PORT ANGELES — The proposed Timber Town heritage museum, which will include 15 buildings and a small steam-engine train to move people around the site, will receive a public hearing next month before the Clallam County hearing examiner.
The conditional use permit hearing is set for 1 p.m. Feb. 8 in Room 160 of the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
In August 2005, Olympic Timber Town President Lee Embree said the nonprofit organization was buying a 57-acre former log yard in the Indian Creek area, north of U.S. Highway 101 and about 1.5 miles west of the Elwha River.
The group’s Web site, olympictimbertown.org, describes plans for the “working museum” that include logging tools and equipment in operation in the early 20th century, displays on how the industry has advanced its operations and current-day timber equipment and techniques.
The proposal submitted to the county includes 15 buildings covering about 68,000 square feet.
Among the buildings proposed are a 2,500-square-foot food service building; 8,250 square feet of tourist retail shops; a 3,750-square-foot auditorium; a 4,500-square-foot office and library; and 500 square feet for restrooms.