North Coast Casket Company Building

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North Coast Casket Company Building
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Location1210 W. Marine View Dr., Everett, Washington
Coordinates 48°0′10″N122°12′54″W / 48.00278°N 122.21500°W / 48.00278; -122.21500 Coordinates: 48°0′10″N122°12′54″W / 48.00278°N 122.21500°W / 48.00278; -122.21500
Arealess than one acre
Built1926 (1926)
Architectural stylegeneral mill construction
NRHP reference No. 06000700 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 8, 2006

The North Coast Casket Company Building was a building located in Everett, Washington listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building was built in 1926 when William G. Humbert added a casket production building for his mill. It had been known as the North Coast Casket Company Building and the Collins Building.

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While the building was placed on the National Register of Historical Places in 2006, costs made the building's renovations impractical. The building was deconstructed in 2010. [2]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Everett. "1926 - Casket Building on the Waterfront - Everett Waterfront Historical Interpretive Program". www.historiceverettwaterfront.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.