For future events, see our home page: historiceverett.org.
2024 Events
November 3: The Everett Massacre Story, by historian Steve Bertrand who explores why those aboard the Verona and those on the City Dock found themselves in a gunfight.
August 22: Rucker Hill: Walking Tour
July 24: Evergreen Cemetery: Walking Tour
May 19: Discover Local HistoryLink (Virtual)
Learn tips and tricks for researching the history of your home or commercial space. Guest speaker Lisa Labovitch is the History Specialist at the Everett Public Library. Watch video
April 25: Discover Local HistoryLink (Virtual)
Original presentation: , 2:00pm meeting via Zoom
Guest speaker Jennifer Ott is an environmental historian and the assistant director of HistoryLink.org leads the presentation on what history we can discover online.
Feb 28: Everett: Then & Now (Virtual)
Steve Bertrand shares pictures of Everett’s past and present at the Annual Members Meeting. Renew your membership. Vote for board members. Learn about upcoming events.
2020 Events
Growing Up with Trains Around Everett (Virtual)
Original presentation: December 3, 7:00pm meeting via Zoom
Take a virtual train ride down memory lane with local historian Neil Anderson as he shares colorful stories.
Gruesome Everett: Tales of Untimely Death (Virtual)
Original presentation: October 29, 6:30pm meeting via Zoom
Watch local historian Gene Fosheim share these true stories of murder and violence from Everett’s early days, and show you where they happened.
Architectural House Styles (Virtual)
Original presentation: September 17, 6:30pm meeting via Zoom
The presentation by DAHP architectural historian Michael Houser will be replayed in the near future.
Hewitt Ave National Historic District Tour (Virtual)
Original presentation: August 26, 6:00pm meeting via Zoom
The presentation by historian Jack O’Donnell will be replayed in the near future.
Evergreen Cemetery Tour (Virtual)
Original presentation: July 28, 6:00pm meeting via Zoom
Watch the full video tour lead by local historian Gene Fosheim: https://youtu.be/bmtCQcb0foU
Annual Meeting: March 1, 2020 at 2:00pm (Everett Library)
Guest speaker, Feliks Banel, Editor of COLUMBIA, the quarterly magazine of the Washington State Historical Society. He has been a host and contributor for KIRO Radio on matters of Northwest history.
2019 Events
Dec 15 at 6:30pm: Historic Everett Holiday Party, Delta Hotel by Marriott, 3105 Pine St
Sept 14 at 10am-3pm: Historic Everett Home Tour Home Tour
August 10 at 10am: Downtown Everett Tour. Lead by Jack O’Donnell. Village Theatre Plaza, 2710 Wetmore Ave.
July 13 at 10am: Out of Town Tour: Snohomish with Warner Blake. 230 Avenue B, Snohomish.
June 8: Evergreen Cemetery Tour with Gene Fosheim, 10am.
May 18: Bayside/NW Neighborhoods Tour 10am, meet at Grand Avenue Park.
May 4: Brown Preservation Awards, Everett Station Weyerhauser Room, 3201 Smith St., 10:30am.
April 20: Mapping Everett’s History, 10am, Everett Public Library Auditorium, guest speaker Fred Cruger.
March 16: Malstrom Heritage Awards luncheon, 11:30am, Granite Falls. Presented by LOSCHO.
March 1: Lowell School: Heart Bomb, 3pm, 3715 Oakes Avenue in front of school.
Feb 24: Annual Membership Meeting “The Boeing 747’s First Flight” guest speaker Steve Bertrand.
2018 Events
Dec 16: Holiday Party, 6:30pm, Elks Club, 2802 Hoyt Ave.
Sept 8: Home Tour, 10am-3pm. Tour starts at the Van Valey House, 2130 Colby Ave.Aug 9, 16, 23: Waterfront History Boat Tours, 6:30-8pm. Meet at Jetty Landing, 10th Street and West Marine View Drive.
July 26: Waterfront History Boat Tour, 6:30-8pm.Co-sponsored by Historic Everett and the Port of Everett. Meet at Jetty Landing, 10th Street and West Marine View Drive.
July 22: Everett’s 125th Anniversary presentation by Jack O’Donnell. Everett Public Library Auditorium.
June 30: Evergreen Cemetery Tour, 11am, led by Gene Fosheim.
June 2: Mill Town Trail Bike Tour & Waterfront History sponsored by Historic Everett, presentation by Jack O’Donnell, 10am-1pm. 1205 Craftsman Way.
May 9: Waterfront History Bus Tours, 3:30 & 5:30, free admission. Co-sponsored by Historic Everett and the Port of Everett.
April 23-25: Revitalize WA preservation conference in Port Townsend, sponsored by the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation.
April 12: Everett Museum honors Larry O’Donnell, Everett Yacht Club.
Mar 17: Malstrom Heritage Awards luncheon, 11:30am, Marysville Museum. Presented by LOSCHO.
Feb 18: Historic Everett Annual Meeting. 125th Anniversary of Everett, speaker Jack O’Donnell
2017 Events
Feb 19: Annual meeting at the Everett Library auditorium
State Architectural Historian Michael Houser highlights the work of several local Mid-Century Modern architects including Harold W. Hall, William A. Johnson, Robert Champion and John Bryant
Mar 18: Malstrom Heritage Awards by the League of Snohomish County Heritage Organizations (LOSCHO)
Apr 30: Margaret Summit will talk about Madame Luella Boyer, Everett’s probable first African American business woman.
May 6: Brown Awards, presented by the Everett Historic Commission. Weyerhauser Room at the Everett Station.
June 10: The Cemetery Tour at Evergreen Cemetery, led by Gene Fosheim.
June 11: Trinity Episcopal celebrates their Quasquicentennial (125th) Anniversary — Jack O’Donnell gives a talk on the first three decades of Everett history.
July 29: Mid-Century Modern Architecture downtown tour and open houses cosponsored with Docomomo WEWA.
August 19: Civil War program at Evergreen Cemetery.
Sept 23: Historic Everett Home Tour of 7 homes starting with the Van Valey House.
Oct 22: Aileen Langhans presents her new book, “Random Facts From the Founding Days of Everett, Washington”.
Dec 17: Holiday party at the Schack Art Center.
2016 Events
Mar 6: Annual Meeting, at Trinity Lutheran College. Christopher Summitt, “Everett and First Settlements in Snohomish County”.
Mar 19: LOSCHO Malstrom Award luncheon.
Apr 3: Kent Sullivan on the Northern Pacific Railroad
Apr 17: Talk and book signing with Gene Fosheim, author of Mill Town Boy
Jun 4: Cemetery Tour, Evergreen Cemetery.
July 13: Ceremony for moving the Weyerhauser building.
July 28: Bicycle ride on the Mill Town Trail.
Aug 20: Downtown guided walking tour with Jack O’Donnell.
Aug 27: Civil War cemetery tour at Historic Evergreen Cemetery, led by Gene Fosheim.
Oct 29: Presentation of the creation of the “Everett Massacre graphic novel” by Deborah Fox.
Nov 3: 100th anniversary of the Everett Massacre.
Dec 17: Holiday party at the Schack Art Center.