Once an actual home, Addington House was eventually converted into a museum and events space. The grounds sit atop a hill, accessible by a steeply climbing driveway, commanding a view of Gray Harbor - the city to the east, the ocean to the west. Attended by a fleet of gardeners, the exterior of the grounds include a brick-paved courtyard with a fountain in the center, surrounded by a low wall, with antique bronze statues inside it cavorting in a madcap revelry. The courtyard leads to the front entrance of the main house: a massive Queen Anne that takes decorative excess to the extreme, with its scalloped shingles and rounded turret, a massive porch with columns and archways over the windows, painted fancifully bright colors of green-and-yellow with scarlet highlights and delicate white filigree. On the fringes of the courtyard are carefully-tended gardens, suitable for a stroll, with placards throughout detailing the types of flowers and herbs grown here - all an homage to the original Addington family's preference for nosegays despite the difficulty of growing them in this climate.