The Weyerhaeuser Office Building is a historic building located in Everett, Washington. It was built in 1923 as offices for Weyerhaeuser, at the time the largest employer in Everett; the company commissioned architect Carl Gould to design a 6,000-square-foot (560 m2) building that would showcase local wood varieties such as fir, cedar, and hemlock.[3] The building houses a two-story, concrete-and-steel, 160 ton vault that was originally used to store the company payroll. The Gothic-style structure was erected at the company's first Everett plant, known as Mill A.
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| Location | 1710 W. Marine View Dr., Everett, Washington |
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| Coordinates | 48°00′05.3″N 122°13′21.1″W / 48.001472°N 122.222528°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1923 |
| Architect | Carl F. Gould |
| Architectural style | English Gothic cottage |
| NRHP reference No. | 86001079[1] (original) 100009679 (increase) |
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| Added to NRHP | May 14, 1986 |
| Delisted from NRHP | December 19, 2022[2] |
| Added to NRHP | January 2, 2024 |
The building was first moved by barge in 1938. It was located up the Snohomish River to the company's Mill B, located near the Legion Memorial Golf Course. The structure served as an office space until the mill closed in 1979. In 1983, the building was donated to the Port of Everett. It was relocated at the Port's south marina the following year and served as an office space for the Everett Chamber of Commerce in the 1980s.[4]
In July 2016, the structure was relocated to Boxcar Park, located within the Esplanade District at the water's edge.[5] The building had been moved twice before to other locations around Everett, most recently in 2016.[4][6] The building includes a 100-ton safe which complicated its move.[7]
The port planned to reopen the building in 2020, but the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic rendered the renovation work cost-prohibitive without a private partner. The port commission eventually approved a ten-year lease with The Lokey Group, led by Whidbey Island restaurateur Jack Ng, to operate the building as a bar, coffee shop, and museum in March 2022.[8] The renovated building, tentatively renamed The Muse, was projected to open on March 23, 2023, to mark the centennial of its original opening.[9] The opening of the coffeeshop and bar at the Muse was delayed to July 2023.[10]
The Weyerhaeuser Office Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 and delisted in 2022 following the move. It was re-added to the historic register in 2024.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 12/16/2022 through 12/22/2022". National Park Service. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
- ^ "Weyerhaeuser Building Move Complete". My Everett News. July 14, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
- ^ a b Muhlstein, Julie (January 5, 2016). "Historic Weyerhaeuser house to be moved to new waterfront park". The Everett Herald. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- ^ Clark, Charles (July 13, 2016). "Historic Everett building is on the move again". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- ^ "Historic Weyerhaeuser Building Successfully Moved to Boxcar Park – Third Move, Fourth Location for This Port of Everett, WA Iconic Building" (Press release). Port of Everett. July 14, 2016.
- ^ Margaret Riddle (August 26, 2016), "Weyerhaeuser Building moves to the Port of Everett's new Boxcar Park on July 14, 2016", HistoryLink, Seattle: History Ink
- ^ Watanabe, Ben (March 3, 2022). "Port OKs historic Weyerhaeuser building lease with restaurateur". The Everett Herald. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ Stiles, Marc (March 21, 2022). "Whiskey bar planned for historic Weyerhaeuser building on Everett waterfront". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ Podsada, Janice (July 13, 2023). "Cheers! Weyerhaeuser Building finds new life as coffee, whiskey bar". The Everett Herald. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
External links
edit- Boxcar Park (Port of Everett)
- Forest History on the Move: Everett's Wandering Weyerhaeuser Office A history of the Weyerhaeuser Office Building from the Forest History Society