Browns Point, Washington

Browns Point is an unincorporated community in Pierce County, Washington, United States, bordered by Tacoma on the east and Puget Sound on all other sides. The Tacoma neighborhood immediately adjacent to Browns Point is also referred to locally as "Browns Point" (although it is also often referred to as Northeast Tacoma).

Originally named Point Harris, after Alvin Harris, a sailmaker on the Wilkes Expedition, Browns Point was later renamed by residents for an early landowner.

Browns Point is home to the Browns Point Lighthouse, which, although now fully automated, was once fully manned and has a history that stretches back more than 100 years.

The community is supported by the local Browns Point Improvement Club, which owns much of the land adjacent to the lighthouse. The club is best known in the Pacific Northwest for its fundraiser, the Browns Point Salmon Bake. Started in the 1940s by Browns Point pioneer and Puyallup tribal member Jerry Meeker, the festival is held in the first weekend of August in even-numbered years.

External links

* [http://www.brownspoint.org/ Browns Point Improvement Club]
* [http://www.pointsnortheast.org Points Northeast Historical Society]
* [http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=121 Lighthouse Friends] entry about Browns Point
* [http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/page.php?id=65 Browns Point Lighthouse Park]
* [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5648 History Link] article about the lighthouse station
* [http://www.aquatantravel.com/Webcam.htm Webcam] view from Browns Point looking south