The 1.3 mile waterfront boardwalk has long been a vision for Ketchikan. Considered by many residents to be the most important element of the City’s character and heritage. It is of utmost importance to protect and enhance the beauty and vitality of the waterfront. It is our front porch where we welcome more than a million visitors each year to our community. After the ships leave each day, and after our tourism season ends, it is there for us to enjoy.Connecting the city to its waterfro ...
Bawden Street Brewery
Photo by J. Kelly ButwinskiArchitects Amanda Welsh and Tim Whiteley, longtime enthusiasts of historic preservation, restored a downtown Ketchikan building--now the Bawden Street Brewery. Built in 1944 to serve the then adjacent hospital's need for boilers, laundry facilities, and nun's quarters, this reinforced concrete structure was important to Ketchikan's early medical facility needs. Its tall chimney was built to extend above the roof of the adjacent hospital. One the hospital ceased op ...