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RIVER FRONT PROPERTY WITH SPECTACULAR VIEW
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This
historic steamboat landing site is located in the historic community of
Skamokawa (Skuh-mah-kuh-way), Washington. The building is listed
on the National Register of Historical Places, is on the Lewis & Clark
Trail and has a sweeping view of the lower river.The building is a two-story, seventy by one-hundred foot structure.
One half has been reconstructed for use as a family retreat, containing three bed
rooms, each with bath, a large kitchen, and a great room. The large living and dinning area has a twenty-foot ceiling with
two-story windows facing the river with passing ships only 400 yards
distant.
The other half of the building contains five rental offices,
rest rooms and a storage room on the first floor. The large corner
office contains a conference room and has views of both the main river
and Steamboat Slough where the stern-wheelers once arrived. The second floor
above contains an auditorium with stage and rest rooms. There is seating space for 300 chairs and
an occupant capacity of 340
people. The auditorium has been utilized
for public meetings, musicals, and social functions.
The dock consists of a reinforced concrete deck and a concrete moorage
float with an approach ramp for small boat moorage. The deck was
designed for 15-ton axle loading.
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