Discover 4 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Bremerton (United States). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: USS Turner Joy, Whitey Domstad Park, and Manette Bridge. Also, be sure to include Bremerton Elks Temple Lodge No. 1181 Building in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Bremerton (Washington).
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USS Turner Joy
Museum battleship with public tours. USS Turner Joy is one of 18 Forrest Sherman-class destroyers of the United States Navy. She was named for Admiral Charles Turner Joy USN. Commissioned in 1959, she spent her entire career in the Pacific. She participated extensively in the Vietnam War, and was one of the principal ships involved in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
Decommissioned in 1982, she is now a museum ship in Bremerton, Washington.[1]
Address: 300 Washington Beach Ave, 98337-5668 Bremerton (West Bremerton)
Whitey Domstad Park
Park, Relax in park
Address: 1101 Wheaton Way, Bremerton (East Bremerton)
Manette Bridge
Truss bridge in Bremerton, Washington. The Manette Bridge was a steel truss bridge that spanned the Port Washington Narrows in Bremerton, Washington, USA. It connected the community of Manette, Washington to downtown Bremerton. Although it is not part of a numbered state highway, it is one of four bridges specifically designated by state law to be maintained by the Washington Department of Transportation. The bridge was 82 feet above the water, and had a horizontal clearance of 321 feet between the piers.[2]
Bremerton Elks Temple Lodge No. 1181 Building
The Bremerton Elks Temple Lodge No. 1181 Building overlooks the busy corner of Fifth Street and Pacific Avenue in downtown Bremerton, Washington. It was built in 1920 and renovated in 1947–48. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. It is now known as Catholic Charities' Max Hale Center.
It is a wood-frame building with a brick veneer on a concrete foundation, and has a sheet metal cornice. It was constructed in 1920 for the Bremerton Elks Lodge (BPOE 1181) with a Classical Revival design by architect Joseph Wohleb of Olympia. During 1947-48 it was enlarged and modified in the Moderne style, with design by Williams-Davis & Associates, a Bremerton architecture and engineering firm.
A grand exterior staircase once fronted the building. This was removed when the current white cube of first-floor space in front of the building was constructed in the 1940s. The white cube space, still existing, held a Payless Drug Store.
In 2010, a center to serve at-risk youths was proposed as a use for the building, which was empty on at least its first floor. There was some community opposition to the proposed center, which was to be run by Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services.
What was eventually developed was 53 units of low-income permanent housing.[3]