Port Orchard was once called Sidney, after Sidney Stevens, an Illinois inventor who in 1885 bought 88.5 acres in the area for $900. The logging town is shown in 1891, a year after it was incorporated. The view is from Bay Street near Rockwell Avenue, looking west. The town of Sidney acquired its present name in 1903.

Downtown Port Orchard as it appeared in 1923. The view is from Bay Street looking west.

The Kitsap County Court House at Division and Austin, as it appeared around 1913.