Editing Wilkeson, Washington (section)

==Arts and culture==

===Events===
Wilkeson hosts the National Handcar Races annually on the third Saturday in July.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.townofwilkeson.com/sample-page/wilkeson-national-handcar-races/ | title=Wilkeson National Handcar Races &#124; Town of Wilkeson }}</ref>

===Historic buildings and sites===
The town is home to the [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Church]], the oldest Orthodox church in Washington state, and the [[Wilkeson School]], a schoolhouse built in 1909 and listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

[[The Carlson Block]] dates from 1910.

There are several existing relics from Wilkeson's mining past, including bee hive coke ovens, a gated mine shaft on Wilkeson Creek and an abandoned concrete coal works.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.townofwilkeson.com/sample-page/wilkeson-coke-ovens/|title = Wilkeson Coke Ovens &#124; Town of Wilkeson}}</ref> The 30 remaining [[coke (fuel)|coke]] ovens from the town's early involvement in the coal industry are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name=hatcher>{{cite news | newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer | date=October 25, 2000 | last=Hatcher | first=Candy | page=A1 | title=Double Life of an Old Ghost Town | id={{ProQuest|385572841}}}}</ref>