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Schooner WAWONA, 1018 Valley St Seattle, King County, WA
WAWONA is one of two large wooden three-masted lumber schooners known to be preserved from scores built in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries for service in the West Coast lumber trade. Her builder, Hans D. Bendixsen, was well known in his time for the superior construction of his vessels, and it is perhaps some testimony to his ability that the other surviving lumber schooner, C.A. Thayer (National Maritime Museum, San Francisco), was also built by him. She is a rare, intact representative of a type of sailing vessel once very common on the West Coast. She was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
Schooner WAWONA, 1018 Valley St Seattle, King County, WA
WAWONA is one of two large wooden three-masted lumber schooners known to be preserved from scores built in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries for service in the West Coast lumber trade. Her builder, Hans D. Bendixsen, was well known in his time for the superior construction of his vessels, and it is perhaps some testimony to his ability that the other surviving lumber schooner, C.A. Thayer (National Maritime Museum, San Francisco), was also built by him. She is a rare, intact representative of a type of sailing vessel once very common on the West Coast. She was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
