2320 Rucker Ave National Register of Historic Places The Roland Hartley Mansion, built in 1910 and 1911 at 2320 Rucker was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 in recognition of its architectural significance and its connection with Roland Hill Hartley, a leading Everett lumber baron, Everett […]
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by Margaret Riddle The Ruckers 1905-1923 A commanding presence atop Rucker Hill, the Rucker/Walton Mansion was one of Everett’s first properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1904 for the pioneering Rucker family, Jane Morris Rucker, her sons Wyatt and Bethel and Bethel’s wife […]
by Margaret Riddle Built in the winter of 1891-1892, the Swalwell Cottage is likely the oldest residence in Everett to have retained its original exterior design. It was one of the city’s first structures to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the recognition given for its connection […]
By Margaret Riddle Everett Register of Historic Places Before it was a neighborhood, Lowell was a town, predating Everett by three decades. Its economy first centered on lumbering, but its greatest transformation came with the arrival of Everett Pulp and Paper Company, a pivotal industry in Everett’s original 1890s development. […]
/ 2528 E. Grand Ave. If any surviving home in Everett represents the city’s “boom and bust” beginnings as well as its recoveryin the early 1900s, the McManus/Anthes house is it. Unlike most of the wealthy investors who plannedfrom hundreds of miles away, John E. McManus and his family — […]
by Margaret Riddle The Donovan homes were built at a time when there was strong national interest in creating moreaffordable housing, including the “Better Homes in America” program which was established in 1921during the Hoover administration. That year a national depression brought housing construction to ahalt and with home ownership […]
620 Laurel Dr. Rucker Hill National Register District Charles and Cora Spriestersbach built unique houses in Northwest Everett, The Delta Neighborhood, and Rucker Hill. Thebest description of the homes might be “cute and quaint.” If so, they designed their own home as thecutest and quaintest. Built in 1923 it is […]
4630 Mermont Drive The Hall House – 4630 Mermont Drive Built in 1952 in the Claremont Glacier View neighborhood, thiswas the home of Harold W. and Sarah S. Hall and their four children. Harold Hall, a busy architectdesigned this home for his family. An Everett native Hall is remembered today […]
1725 Grand Ave. National Register of Historic Places One of the grandest homes in what today is Everett’s Northwest Neighborhood, this architectural gem has been owned by prominent people from the timber industry, politics and aerospace. The house was built for Charles and Idalia Fratt in 1906, at a time […]
Everett’s Riverside neighborhood has an interesting set of street name histories. Take our quiz, and see how well you’ve studied the Riverside self-guided walking tour, which answers many of the questions. Note: some of the fill-in questions don’t work correctly, but we ain’t taking score anyway! Blame it on the quiz […]