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Weyerhaeuser
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THE HISTORIC WEYERHAEUSER BUILDING - THE HISTORIC WEYERHAEUSER BUILDING -
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THE HISTORIC WEYERHAEUSER BUILDING - THE HISTORIC WEYERHAEUSER BUILDING -
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Weyerhaeuser
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1923 - Present
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1923 1938 1983 1986 1993
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An Icon of the Everett Waterfront Comes to Life.

The historic Weyerhaeuser Building was built in 1923.

These are some of the original drawings for the Weyerhaeuser Building by architect Carl Gould. These are some of the original drawings for the Weyerhaeuser Building by architect Carl Gould. These are some of the original drawings for the Weyerhaeuser Building by architect Carl Gould. These are some of the original drawings for the Weyerhaeuser Building by architect Carl Gould. These are some of the original drawings for the Weyerhaeuser Building by architect Carl Gould. These are some of the original drawings for the Weyerhaeuser Building by architect Carl Gould.
These are some of the original drawings for the Weyerhaeuser Building by architect Carl Gould.
These are some of the original drawings for the Weyerhaeuser Building by architect Carl Gould.
These are some of the original drawings for the Weyerhaeuser Building by architect Carl Gould.
These are some of the original drawings for the Weyerhaeuser Building by architect Carl Gould.
These are some of the original drawings for the Weyerhaeuser Building by architect Carl Gould.
These are some of the original drawings for the Weyerhaeuser Building by architect Carl Gould.
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Almost 1,000 inspected the new Weyerhaeuser offices and visited the company steamship Pomona in Everett on Nov. 23, 1923.

= 100 people

Among those in attendance were …

George S. Long 
of Tacoma

Vice President

William L. McCormick
Of Tacoma

Secretary

William H. Boner
Of Everett

General Manager

Frederick E. 
Weyerhaeuser
Of St. Paul

Founder/Owner

Carl A. 
Weyerhaeuser
Of St. Paul

Founder's Grandson

An article in the Everett Herald from Nov. 24, 1923 proclaimed the building as …

“one of the handsomest and most distinctive office buildings in the country” 

Functional Architecture.

The ornate Gothic-style structure was designed by Carl F. Gould to showcase the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company’s local wood products – commonly used to build homes at the time – such as...

  • fir
    fir
  • cedar
    cedar
  • hemlock
    hemlock

Though it looks more like a house, the one-and-a-half-story building served as Weyerhaeuser’s Everett mill offices.

The Weyerhaeuser Timber Company was Everett’s largest employer for decades, and the structure was erected at the company’s first Everett plant.

It still has the 160-ton safe that stored all the money from the company’s local lumber sales.

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First “Voyage.”

It was originally located at Weyerhaeuser’s Mill A plant, where the Port of Everett’s South Terminal is today. In 1938, two years after Mill A was closed and converted to a pulp mill, the building was barged around the peninsula upon which Everett is built and resituated at Mill B on the Snohomish River at the site of today’s Port of Everett-built Riverside Business Park. The mill closed in 1979.

The Weyerhaeuser Building was barged up the Snohomish River from Mill A to Mill B in 1938. The Weyerhaeuser Building was barged up the Snohomish River from Mill A to Mill B in 1938. The Weyerhaeuser Building was barged up the Snohomish River from Mill A to Mill B in 1938. The Weyerhaeuser Building was barged up the Snohomish River from Mill A to Mill B in 1938. The Weyerhaeuser Building was barged up the Snohomish River from Mill A to Mill B in 1938. The Weyerhaeuser Building was barged up the Snohomish River from Mill A to Mill B in 1938.
The Weyerhaeuser Building was barged up the Snohomish River from Mill A to Mill B in 1938.
The Weyerhaeuser Building was barged up the Snohomish River from Mill A to Mill B in 1938.
The Weyerhaeuser Building was barged up the Snohomish River from Mill A to Mill B in 1938.
The Weyerhaeuser Building was barged up the Snohomish River from Mill A to Mill B in 1938.
The Weyerhaeuser Building was barged up the Snohomish River from Mill A to Mill B in 1938.
The Weyerhaeuser Building was barged up the Snohomish River from Mill A to Mill B in 1938.
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Second “Voyage.”

In 1983, the structure was sold to the Port of Everett for $1 and barged back down the river to the Marina Village. There it was home to the Everett Chamber of Commerce for nearly 20 years.

The Weyerhaeuser Building was barged down the Snohomish River from Mill B to the Marina Village in 1983. The Weyerhaeuser Building was barged down the Snohomish River from Mill B to the Marina Village in 1983.
The Weyerhaeuser Building was barged down the Snohomish River from Mill B to the Marina Village in 1983.
The Weyerhaeuser Building was barged down the Snohomish River from Mill B to the Marina Village in 1983.
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National Recognition.

The building’s “voyages” made it a point of public interest and affection. The Weyerhaeuser Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The application argued that its significance was twofold; first, as the Everett headquarters of the influential and innovative Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, and second, as a Gothic example of renowned architect Carl F. Gould’s work.

Today, it serves as a reminder and a tribute to Everett’s mill town roots and the once prevalent lumber and shingle industry on its waterfront.

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Third “Voyage,” First by Land.

The Weyerhaeuser Building made its first trek by land in 2016 to its current home here, as the showpiece of the Port of Everett’s Boxcar Park.

The Weyerhaeuser Building was moved over land from the Marina Village to Boxcar Park in 2016. The Weyerhaeuser Building was moved over land from the Marina Village to Boxcar Park in 2016. The Weyerhaeuser Building was moved over land from the Marina Village to Boxcar Park in 2016.
The Weyerhaeuser Building was moved over land from the Marina Village to Boxcar Park in 2016.
The Weyerhaeuser Building was moved over land from the Marina Village to Boxcar Park in 2016.
The Weyerhaeuser Building was moved over land from the Marina Village to Boxcar Park in 2016.
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Having Long Since Become an Icon of Everett’s Industrial Waterfront, the Building is Substantially Unchanged.

Photo courtesy of the Forest History Society, Durham, NC.
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