EVERETT, OCT. 23: The Port of Everett and partners received an award from the State for their restoration efforts of the 100-year-old Weyerhaeuser Office Building.
The Port, NGMA Group and The Schuster Group received the Valerie Sivinski Award for Outstanding Rehabilitation in September. The award honors projects that embody the spirit of the late Valerie Sivinski, a longtime Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) board member and preservation leader, a press release from the Port said.
“This was an ambitious historic preservation project for our team, and we’re proud of the care that went into every detail,” Lisa Lefeber, Port of Everett Executive Director/CEO, said. “Restoring a century-old building was no small task and it required many dedicated partners, like NGMA Group and The Schuster Group, to pull off this meticulous and complex work. But the results have been worth it to see its renewed life as a thriving business and special venue, and as key part of our Waterfront Place community.”
The project began in 2016 when the Port relocated the historic building to Boxcar Park from its previous location on West Marine View Drive in Marina Village. This is the building’s third home on the Everett waterfront.
The Weyerhaeuser Office Building was constructed in 1923 to showcase the company’s local wood products such as fir, cedar, and hemlock. At the time the Weyerhaeuser company was the largest employer in the city.
Its first home was at the Weyerhaeuser’s Mill A site which is now the South Terminal at the Port.
In 1983 the building was donated to the Port and was relocated to the Port’s south marina and served as an office space for the Everett Chamber of Commerce in the 1980’s.
After sitting vacant for several years, the Port spearheaded a multi-million-dollar public and private partnership with NGMA Group to restore and reopen the building for public use, the Port said.
The building reopened in 2023 during its centennial year. It is now home to The Muse Whiskey & Coffee, a vintage coffee bar by day and a 1920s speakeasy-inspired whiskey bar by night.
Restoration work included saving the building entrance’s stained-glass windows, preserving the Batchelder fireplace in the front room, and turning the company’s former vault into a temperature-controlled wine and spirits collection room.
Guests can see historic images and read plaques with nuggets of history, while also accessing QR codes throughout the building to learn more. It can also be found online at www.weyerhaeusermusehistory.com.
Based on a press release from Port of Everett.