Arnold Polson Museum


Built in 1924 by one of the timber barons of Hoquiam, this 26-room riverside mansion is filled with period furniture, clothing, regional artifacts, a doll collection and logging implements, plus a reconstructed 1920s kitchen and an outdoor shed housing a steam locomotive.


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