SEQUIM — Serenity House has purchased a building in Sequim that will allow it to expand its thrift store location and provide more emergency housing to homeless and low-income families.
The building is an Art Deco, 1930s-era structure at the corner of Sequim Avenue and Cedar Street.
It has 10 apartments and one commercial space, as well as a small yard that will provide room for the thrift store expansion.
“It has a lot of potential to help us do more in Sequim, as well as expand the store,” said Kathy Wahto, Serenity House’s executive director.
The agency had expressed an interest some time ago to the building’s previous owner, Jim Horne of Gig Harbor, who maintained the units as affordable housing for 25 years.
Serenity House was the first entity he called when he was ready to sell, said Wahto.
“It was a remarkable act on his part, and he did a remarkable job of keeping them affordable,” she said.