jb54 Actually, I was wondering what is to the left of the column in the photo, and next to the stairs. Thank you

Eggleston Farkas Architects Sorry for the misunderstanding. What you're looking at is a decommissioned military bunker that has been integrated into the design of the house. The original structure was the fire control station for a gunnery at Fort Ward, protecting Puget Sound from enemy attack (which never occurred). The raised platform was where a rotating scope was located, and the lower floor area was where trajectory calculations were done. Fort Ward was decommissioned, part of it was turned into a state park, and other sections, such as this house, are now in private ownership.