Flowing Lake

New Timber Structure for Flowing Lake State Park

March 16-23 2025.  Members of the Timber Framers Guild gathered in Monroe, Washington, to build a park pavilion for Flowing Lake Park in Snohomish County. the work took place at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds and the Flowing Lake Park & Campground located approximately 15 minutes north of Monroe.

Flowing Lake Park had an existing pavilion structure that was in poor repair and in need of replacement and we were delighted to once again partner with Snohomish County.  The project is an octagonal open-sided pavilion with monitor roof. The structure was designed by Jim DeSantis of Silver Creek Timberworks, who donated the design for our use. 

The structure is octagonal with a hipped roof with a large central boss pin, supporting a monitor or lantern roof at the top. Joinery is a mix of traditional and contemporary connections. Timbers are rough sawn Douglas fir. 

The design of the frame provided opportunities for learning in areas such as square rule and scribe rule layout, compound roof joinery for hips and jacks, and of course the octagonal plan layout with five-sided posts. 

The cutting took place at Evergreen State Fairground. Volunteers camped on site during cutting and then the whole operation moved to Flowing Lake State Park for installation and raising.