What’s the Deal With: The Bellingham Hardware building?

The former Bellingham Hardware building's bold signage is hard to miss, though it's now a larger complex with apartments, offices and retail space. (Photo by Sophia Nunn)The hardware store closed in 1978 but found new purposes two years later

By: Sophia Gates

Outlets: Cascadia Daily News

Published: August 17, 2026

Words: 323

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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It’s hard to miss the bold, old-fashioned signage looming over Holly Street in downtown Bellingham. Though Bellingham Hardware closed in the 1970s — and the expanded and remodeled property is now apartment, retail and office space — the building still bears the historic name.

In the early 1900s, what is now the Hardware complex was two separate buildings. Developer Morris Piha combined the former Hardware store property on Holly Street with an adjacent building …

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