Blaze destroys boathouse at Nick's Cove in Marshall
A boathouse at the end of a historic pier at Nick's Cove in Marshall has been destroyed in a fire.
The cause of the fire on Sunday remains under investigation. The building was unoccupied at the time. No one was hurt, said Marimar Ochoa, a spokesperson for the Marin County Fire Department.
Firefighters were called just before 5 p.m. and found the boathouse engulfed in flames, according to the department. The fire was contained at about 5:30 p.m. Crews remained for another two hours to mop up.
The building is a complete loss, according to the fire department.
Responding departments included the Marin County Fire Department, Sonoma County Fire District, the Coast Guard and the Tomales Volunteer Fire Co.
The boathouse is at the end of a 300-foot pier at 23240 Highway 1. The structure and a popular restaurant date to the 1930s and are considered places of historic local significance.
The boathouse is overseen by Nick's Cove, a hospitality company that manages event spaces, a restaurant and 12 guest cottages at the site. It is advertised as an event space available for rent that can seat 12 guests or 20 people
standing.
“This is a timeless space filled with wonder (and a piano),” according to the company's website.
Benson Wang, managing partner, said the fire was spotted during the business' inaugural artistin-residence celebration, hosted on the Tule Deck along the water.
“It was just an ordinary day in the boathouse,” Wang said. “We saw black smoke billowing out of the space and the winds were heavy that day and really fueled that fire immediately. By the time we got there it was too late to save it.”
Wang, a Tiburon resident, called the boathouse a historic