505 West 8th Street
Built 1930 |
Style: Tudor Revival
#25 on the Map
Deed: Recorded September 5, 1928. Warranty deed – no amount disclosed. Robert Polson, a bachelor, to C. Stuart Polson and Marigold Read Polson, husband and wife.
The Polson/Schafer/Franciscovich House
The home was a wedding present from Robert to Stuart and Marigold. Robert also built the Polson family home in Hoquiam for Stuart’s brother Arnold. That house is now the Polson Museum. The Polson Logging Company was the largest logging operation on the Harbor and today is known as ITT Rayonier. The home was later owned by Ed Schafer and has been owned by Frank Franciscovich, a local attorney and developer, for approximately 30 years.
There is a four-car garage, and seven bathrooms. Polson was concerned about fires so each bedroom has more than one exit. Originally, the roof valleys, downspouts and nails were all copper.