M.V. Lotus Heritage Foundation
The Second Hundred Years...
Lotus in the Hiram Chittenden Locks circa 1910M.V. Lotus

The MV Lotus Foundation is dedicated to the Restoration, Maintenance, Preservation, Education and Funding of the 1909 Classic Houseboat Cruiser, LOTUS.

  • Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
  • Built for Maurice McMicken, attorney, legal counsel to the legislature of the State of Washington, publisher Seattle Post Intelligencer Newspaper, Sportsman and civil leader
  • Designed by Naval Architects - Lee and Brinton,
  • Built in the Sloan Yard, Seattle , Washington.
  • Length 92 feet, Beam 18 feet, Draft 5.5 feet, 102 tons
  • Built to cruise the Inside Passage of the Pacific Northwest
  • M.V. Lotus
    Click here for an article about the Lotus from the Fall 2006 issue of American Bungalow magazine