By Shannon Lukens for Steamboat Radio News/Blizzard Broadcasting.
The plan for the relocated Marshall House was approved by Steamboat Springs City Council Tuesday night. Right now, the house is up on stilts on Oak Street, between 11th and 12th streets. Joella West is a co-owner with her family on the project. She says they’ll pull a permit to get the lower level foundation built. Then the house can be lowered onto it and interior work can begin.
The lower level will be a cigar lounge. The upstairs level will be a tavern/speakeasy that will be available for historic walking tours. West says the historic preservation of the building is important.
“If we are able to have tours come inside, the tour guide can talk about not only the city of Steamboat but more about what life was like to live here at the turn of the 20th century.”
The Marshall House was built in the late 1800s. It’s one of the oldest surviving structures in Steamboat Springs.
It was moved a few lots down from its original location at 12th and Oak to behind the building where Smell That Bread is now.
West hopes to get the foundation permit approved and construction to start next month.
Previous Steamboat Radio News coverage
August 13, 2024 — Marshall House to move this week
May 16, 2024 — The historic Marshall House needs to move, or it will be demolished