Rail Station & Ale House

The stone warehouse was the first warehouse built in Wenatchee at a time when the fruit industry was just beginning. Lillis originally arrived in this new town in May of 1892, the same year that the Great Northern Railway announced its plans were to pass through Wenatchee. His warehouse (which would later become the beginning of the warehouse district) was positioned one block south of the train depot and four blocks north of the steamship landing. This was an excellent location between the two major transportation systems of the town. The walls are constructed of local sandstone from the Chumstick/Dry Gulch area and are 32" thick above the ground and 42" thick below ground. The original floors and beams are still intact.