![]() Lilly was born Main Munich, Germany to the late Johann “Hanz” and Maria (Hauslmeier) Hunger. She died peacefully in her home holding the hands of her family amidst all of her favorite things. and sons Dale and Don with the Lord on Friday, October 14, 2022. More about Bush House history, renovation efforts, and a landscape contest at the Index landmark: More about the meeting of the Washington State Governor’s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, where nomination of the Bush House to the National Register of Historic Places was considered: "LILLY" MILLER, known affectionately as Oma, joined her beloved husband O.D. “It was do it or watch it fall down,” Corson said. So far, he has worked five years on the project. “It’s the oldest hotel in our county, and one of the oldest in the state,” Corson said. The Bush House should be on the National Register. Someone else has the hotel’s original registration book - and he’d like to get it. Several presidents might have visited or stayed there, perhaps William Howard Taft, Theodore Roosevelt or even Dwight Eisenhower. Under those stairs, behind old wallpaper, Corson found a signature of the hotel’s founder: “CN Bush.”ĭavid Dilgard, a local historian who recently retired from the Everett Public Library, told The Herald in 1993 that one of the legends associated with the Bush House “is all the lumber for the building came from a gigantic, single fir tree.” It’s a work in progress, but Corson sees completion within months.Īny visitor walking past an antique registration desk, down a narrow hall, or up an original staircase can sense the hotel’s heyday. It has a western false-front facade, a covered wrap-around porch and gable dormers. “We started in January 2012 with a new roof,” Corson said.īuilt in two phases, in 18, the Bush House is like many commercial buildings of its day. The aim is to bring the hotel back as much as possible to its original condition, but important parts are new. Corson, whose father had a construction business, said he was helped by family to jack up the structure and put it on a new foundation. “This is a pretty good nomination,” she added.Īnd it’s a pretty massive renovation project. Brooks said it’s rare for a National Register nomination from a state review board to be rejected. The process could take 45 days to several months. The Bush House listing will be decided by staff in the National Register of Historic Places office in Washington, D.C., Brooks said. “What happens next, we make any final edits to the nomination, I sign it, and it goes to the National Park Service,” Brooks said Friday. Along with the Bush House, the Woodinville School building, Lincoln School in Port Townsend, and Yelm’s water tower are among other sites seeking a listing.Īllyson Brooks, historic preservation officer with the state Department of Archaeology &Historic Preservation, attended Tuesday’s meeting. On Tuesday, the Washington State Governor’s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation met in the city of Coulee Dam to consider nominations to the National Register of Historic Places or the Washington Heritage Register. “We’d get a sign on the highway,” Kathy Corson said. It also would mean qualification for federal preservation grants and eligibility for a tax credit. Inclusion on the register would bring higher visibility for the town, which is about a mile north of U.S. Part of that effort is their decision to seek a listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The Corsons’ ownership partners are Dan Kerlee and Carol Wollenberg. The Index couple bought the Bush House in 2011 from Loyal Nordstrom McMillan, granddaughter of Seattle-based clothing store founder John Nordstrom. They intend to lease the dining space, and are looking for a restaurateur.īecause the event venue isn’t original, that section would not be included in the National Register listing. ![]() With their top-to-bottom renovation, plus the addition of large rooms for weddings and other events on the building’s back side, the Corsons plan to run a hotel with six guest rooms. The Bush House was in disrepair when it closed in 2002. There were once five hotels in town, yet the railroad called its destination the Bush House stop. Long a hotel and restaurant, the early-day Bush House played a big role in what she called “an iconic boomtown.” In a place sustained by logging, mining and the railroad, the hotel built in 1899 by Clarence and Ella Bush “kept Index alive,” she said. ![]()
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