Q & A From Dan J.

I used to make regular trips out to the Bush house for lunch or dinner, and am really bummed that it has been closed down.

Has there been any buyers for the property yet or has the city bought it and is working on making it a historical landmark?

Great question Dan and hopefully I can answer it.  Corrections are welcome.
To my knowledge, nobody has stepped up to buy it.  It needs a LOT of work.  Septic, foundation, rotting out and the list goes on.

On the bright side, there are attempts at the present to make it an
historical landmark.

Before we moved here, we used to eat there 5-6 times a year.  Great food.  Lousy service (no labor pool up here so you get what you get).  They had the best pepper steak for miles and miles around.

The building is owned by one of the Nordstrom’s grand-daughters (heresay?), and she is probably in her 80′s.  The house that came with it was purchased a few years back and the folks have been working on it pretty steady.  I think they moved in finally and continue to work on it but they have done a fine job getting back to a habitable state.

Time will only tell what happens next.

The Bush House From the Everett Herald

Saving a historic hotel in Index

The Bush House makes a list of state landmarks to save.

By Debra Smith
Herald Writer
INDEX — Waylon Robert remembers a time when the Bush House hummed with activity.

In the space of a few years, the pioneer-era hotel at the heart of this mountain town has fallen into disrepair.

The owner shut the hotel down a few years ago and vandals and weather quickly took their toll.

Now the building’s roof is leaking, and broken windows are boarded over.

The sight so disturbed 12-year-old Waylon that he decided to do something about it.

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