Riverside

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Welcome to Riverside Neighborhood! Riverside is the oldest neighborhood in Everett, Washington -- since 1892. The official boundaries of Riverside are between Pacific Ave and 19th St, and between Broadway Ave and the Snohomish River.

Take the Riverside street quiz! Answers are from this website.

Riverside neighborhood boom times

When the Swalwell and Mitchell plats were filed in the very early 1890s, Riverside started developing at a rapid rate. Soon the eastern industrialists moneys poured in and Bayside eventually became the hot seat of the central business district. Riverside developed quickly again in the 1900-1910 decade, and the mid 1920s. Most homes were built in 1892 or those later two boom times.

Oscar Sandstone Duplexes (1915)

The three adjacent houses here are examples of early 20th century duplex residences. These unusual, remarkably intact homes are excellent examples of the gable-front vernacular form embellished with popular neoclassical and Arts and Crafts decorative details. Note the kneebrace supports for the roof overhang, typical of this era. Also the full-width porch with heavy entablature, supported by partial height square wooden columns. A Palladian window decorates the front gable and each of the gable dormers.

Oscar Sandstone applied for water here June 9, 1915. The Sandstones were the first occupants of all three homes (also spelled Sandsten).

Other nearby California houses:

• 2906,08,10: (1949). Three duplex cottages, although 2906 may have been built as a single house.
• 2711: (1892). One of three similar houses on NW corner of California and Cedar. County Sherriff Peter Zimmerman, Edward Zimmerman, and John M Thompson a motorman in 1900. Sewer connected 1902.

3609: Melvin Swartout house (1892).

Lew Ramstad drawing for the 1987 Historical Commission calendar. Dave Ramstsad collection

Designed by Frederick Sexton. Built by Melvin Swartout. Everett Register.

It's a Queen Anne Style, with hipped roof and a large, front-facing dormer. The gable is pedimented and contains a small sash with six lights. The cornice and frieze below the pediment are embellished with Italianate brackets. Corner brackets on either side frame the top of the two-story cutaway bay. Both stories of the cutaway bay contain three one-over-one double-hung sash. The wall surface between the two is embellished with a wide band of sawtooth patterned shingles which continues around the south, east and west facades. The rest of the wall suraces are horizontal drop wood cladding. The cutaway bay is offset on the front facade by a pent roofed, highly ornamented porch, with spindlework balustrade and frieze. Herald Mar 31, 1892 and Dec 10, 1891. Swartout obituary Herald Aug 3, 1938.

25th Street

• 3712: (1909). At one time this house was numbered 3708 25th St. George Councilman lived there in 1932. Remodeled in 1960.
• 3709: (1925). The house that was originally here was moved to 2429 Cleveland. There was a 1905 permit for sewer connection. Because the earlier 3709 stood across the alley from the present 3709, the records are confusing. Melvin Olsen lived here in 1932. 1941: Frank Reed and Elsa, he is restre operator at gas station 2131 Broadway. 1947: Mrs Margaret Mason, teacher, Everett Schools.
• 3612: Albert E. Ogilvie house (1937). Ogilvie built this house and lived here until 1940. He was a driver for the Everett City bus line. Casper O. Hilmo bought the house from him.
• 3519: (19??/1983). This house was moved here from "the county jail site" in 1983, per city permit records.
• 3517: (1903). One of three houses built on this block in 1903 by Mary Hickey (3513, 3517, 3519 which is now gone). William L. Smith, Parker-Poyner Lumber Co. employee, lived here from 1928-32.
• 3513: (1903). Built by Mary Hickey. New siding installed in the late 1970s.

24th Street

• 3616: (1916). One of three houses built side-by-side in 1916 by engineer B.K. Ingersoll (see also 3612 and 3614). Everett fireman Thomas M. Jordan lived here from late 1920s to early 1930s.
• 3614: Benjamin K. Ingersoll house (1916). One of three adjacent houses built by engineer Ingersoll. He lived here until 1920.
• 3612: (1916). An earlier house burned c. 1913-14 as shown on the April 1914 Sanborn map. Built by B.K. Ingersoll along with two adjacent properties. Rented to Howard R. Strieby in 1932.

Friske's Barber Shop

See also 2314 Summit, another Friske's Barber Shop location around the corner. Jack O'Donnell collection

Leonard

Riverside Historic Overlay research

• 3010: Jones house. John E. Jones. Worked at dairy, then co-owner of Home Grocery, then driver for West Coast Dairy. They lived above Pioneer Alpine Dairly for a year before that.
• 2914: (1918). 1923 Polk: Foster lives at 2715 Walnut. 1928-9 Polk: Horace A. Foster (Louisa), car repair at Great Northern shops.
• 2907: (1921). 1923 Polk: Stacey M. Fountain (Lucille), cond.
• 2803: (1915). 1917 Polk: Harry G Moore (Laura A) engineer. Later he's on 2905 Victor.
• 2520: Peter J Leonard house (). The curious thing about this family is the son, whose name was Leonard Leonard who lived on Leonard Dr. In 1922, Peter J. Leonard owned the ABC Butter Co at 3122 Hewitt, Tel Main 104, with Thos Phelan. They sold wholesale butter, eggs, cheese and produce. In 1919, Peter and Agnes Leonard was a salesman Coast Ice and Storage.

Victor

Riverside Historic Overlay research. A number of men worked for the Great Northern Railway.

• 3017: (1911). 1920 census: Edward Lamar (Minerva), car inspector Great Northern Railway. Check 2919 Victor also.
• 3015: (1914). 1919-20 Polk: Chester A. Nelson (Lydia), fireman Ferry-Baker Lumber Co. Moved to Grand in 1922 (chauffer).
• 2919: (1918). 1920 census: Edward Lemar (Minerva), car inspector Great Northern Railway.
• 2909: (1923). 1920 census: Gilbert S McCharman? (hard to read).
• 2905: (1918). 1920 census: Harry G Moore
• 2817: (1916). 1920 census: unreadable.
• 2814: (1913). 1922 Polk: Daniel J O'Leary (Hilda), fireman Great Northern Railway.
• 2813: (1916). 1920 Census and Polk: John Jones, clerk Kittleson Grocery Co.
• 2811: (1918). 1919-20 Polk: Herman Kempe (Blanche), teamster Ferry-Baker Lumber Co.
• 2715: (1911?). 1911 Polk: Gilbert N. Simpson (Rosa), teamster. 1915 Polk: Charlotte M. Kempe, Henry C. Kempe, laborer. Alma B. Kempe, telephone operator, in 1917 she was a stenographer city water department. 1913 Polk: Herman A. Kempe, farmer, plus other names.
• 2707: (1917?). 1920 census: Sidney J. Pierce (Catherine), renter, conductor Great Northern Railway. 1917 Polk: Erikka Nelson, renter at 2707 1/2 Victor.
• 2705: (1910). 1920 census: Frederick J. Kearny (Ann L), engineer. In 1917 lived on 1726 Baker.
• 2510: (). Built by Oscar B. Overvold. Literally built it himself. Trolley driver.

19th St

Riverside Historic Overlay research

• 3018: (1911). 1920 Census and Polk: Benjamin C Huntley (Mary E), laborer Ferry Baker Lumber Co.
• 3014: (1912). 1920 Census: George W. Selvidge (Bertha), lineman Puget Sound International Railway and Power Co.
• 3012: (1915). 1920 Census: Thadeus O'Callahan?
• 3008: (1917). 1919-20 Polk: Edward B. Fish (Mamie L), lecturer. Edward B Fish is a renter. Stella B Fish (widow of Edward B. Fish). 1915 Polk: Edward B. Fish (Stella), pastor First Pentacostal Church of Nazerene, lives on 2015 Lombard. 1918 Polk: Edward B. Fish (Stella).
• 3006: (1921). 1920 Census: Vanderhof, Mary rented.
• 3002: (1917). 1920 Census: George W. Ambrose. 1922 Polk: Geo W. Ambrose (Minnie), laborer. 1919-20 Polk: Geo lives on Broadway.
• 2916: (1917). 1919-20 Polk: Percy B. Tyler (Anna), carpenter Great Northern Railway.
• 2910: (1914). 1917 Polk: Charles Plummer. 1920 Census: Charles Plummer. 1919-20 Polk: Charles W. Plummer (Mary E), watchman Great Northern Railway.
• 2908: (1911). 1920 Census: John Murdy
• 2902: (1912). 1913 Polk: Levi Parks (Ora W), engineer Great Northern Railway. 1922 Polk: Levi Parks (Ora), engineer; Utah C Parks, clerk Frey & Johnson.
• 2818: (1920). 1919-20 Polk: Earl Smith (May)... 1922 Polk: Earl L. Smith (May), motorman, Puget Sound Railway and Power Co.
• 2816: (1914). 1919-20 Polk: Otto M. Muck (Pearl), laborer. 1915 Polk: Muck was on Grand Ave. 1917 Polk: Muck was on Rockefeller.
• 2812: (1914). 1920 Census and Polk: John Koster, Great Northern Railway. But he was at different addresses other years.
• 2808: (1916). 1920 Census: Fred B. Schooley, 1917 Polk: Fred B. Schooley (Carrie), foreman Ferry Baker Lumber Co.
• 2806: (1912). 1920 Census, 1919-20 Polk: Gust H. Strom (Adina), piler Weyerhauser Timber Co.
• 2716: (1901). 1915 Polk: Chauncy H. Mundy (Margaret), edgerman Weyerhauser Lumber Co. 1917 and 1919-20 Polk: Fred C. McNutt (Helen), car inspector Great Northern Railway. Lived on 1319 East Grand and worked for Great Northern.
• 2532: (1917?). 1917 Polk: Henry McCaustland (Isabelle), assistant car foreman, Great Northern Railway. 1919-20 Polk: Henry G. McCaustland (Isabelle), foreman Great Northern Railway. 1915 Polk: they lived on 1307 East Grand.
• 2524: (1917?). 1922 Polk: Manny (Pearl) Lundstram, Mary R Lundstam. 1917 Polk: Maune Lundstram (Pearl_, carpenter.
• 2520: (1912). 1922 Polk: Otto C. Freese (Capitola), General agent Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co., ad p. 24. 1913 Polk: Otto C. Freese (Capitola), Ageng Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co.
• 2516: (1918?). 1915 Polk: John Raycroft rents at another address. 1918 Polk: Roycroft, same info. 1919-20 Polk: John B Raycraft (Suzie R), brakeman Great Northern Railway.
• 2510: (1918?). 1920 census and Polk: George B. Greger (Janet) 1918 Polk: George B. Greger, pipefitter.
• 2506: house (1916). 1919-20 Polk: Frank Neff (Ada), foreman Great Northern Railway.

Mitchell Land Company Addition

The eastern-most part of Riverside was platted by the Mitchell Land Company, filed on Sept 23, 1891. This was the third plat in Everett, just weeks behind the other two, and precedes the main plat of Everett. It was the heady days of the land rush in the hopes of a great industrial port. Originally the area was the homestead of Neil Spithill, who was half Native American, half Scot.

The partners of the companay were R.M. Mitchell (entreppreneur), John E. McManus (Everett Herald, Bank of Everett, senator), and A.F. McClaine (banker). McManus built a mansion at 2528 East Grand Ave.

Originally platted from "Washington Ave" (now called Summit Ave) to the river, and from Everett Ave to 24th St with homes, the area east of the Grand Ave bluffs were replatted in 1901 as The Industrial Addition. Canyon Lumber Company built their mill in the Industrial Addition in 1906-07.

The neighborhood started as a fashionable neighborhood, but evolved into a working-class enclave with a sprinkling of management class residents. Within a one-mile radius were several lumber and shingle mills, the Sumner Iron works, and the Everett Ave bridge.

The Mitchell Land Company homes were well documented by David Dilgard and others in 1990. This is available at the NW room in the Everett Library.

2600 block of E Grand

From Mitchell Land Company survey

• 2630: Robert M. Mitchell house (1892-2005). President of Mitchell Land & Improvement Co, he lived here until his death in 1927. Frederick Sexton, architect. This house was demolished in 2005. Newspaper: Oct 23, 1891, Dec 10, 1891.
• 2616: Nelson J. Chapman house (1902). Contractor who built some of the earliest houses in the Mitchell Addition, he lived here until 1918. Thomas Duggan, sawyer at Weyerhaeuser, 1918-20. Charles S. McLean, realtor, c. 1921 until after 1939. glass negative in NW room, Herald May 21, 1902
• 2612: (unknown date, probably before 1923). House moved here from 3319 Pine in 1963. Burned down about 2010-11.
• 2611: (1924). Built by Jacob Anthes who lived in the nearby mansion, contractor was G.A. Webster. Homer W. and Helen Caldwell, mechanic Western Manufacturing and Heating Co, 1926-33. Norman Olsen, Sound Casket Co., 1935-37. Albert E. Parks, off-bearer at Soundview Pulp Mill, 1939.
• 2606: George H. Russell house (1913). Proprieter of a local shingle mill, he lived here until 1916. Almyrah Burrows, rented in 1933. Herbert McLaughlin, 1935-37. Kenneth Welborn, C-B Mill, 1939.
• 2605: (1924). Built by Jacob Anthes. Originally a rental investment. Anna Eckman, 1928-32. Grant Besse, 1933-39.
• 2603: (1924). Built by Jacob Anthes. Originally rental. William Stuart, foreman at H.O. Seiffert, 1932. William Post, Weyerhaeuser, 1933. Oscar Norlen, millworker, 1935-37. Ruth McFall, widow, 1939.
• 2602: missing from survey?

McManus Mansion/Jacob Anthes house (1893)

Architect: Frederick A. Sexton

John McManus ran the Bank of Everett, the Everett Herald, and was secretary of the Mitchell Land Company. He was also a state senator. This two-and-a-half-story frame house with basement cost $10,000 to build. At the time it was the most expensive and impressive homes. It was began in the spring of 1892, completed April 1893, and was the first large mansion in Everett. As it was completed, the panic of 1893, the worst depression in the U.S. up until then, caused McManus' bank and newspaper to fold. McManus soon left Everett and didn't stay in it for more than a few months.

The original house was Queen Anne and Shingle styles. The two story round tower is balanced by a one story round atrium. Originally it had two large porches. There is a large skylight over the main stairwell. The upper story has 7 full size rooms surrounding a large hall. The ground floor has a kitchen, pantry, dining room and conservatory, plus a parlor, music room, den, and sewing room. That floor had 45 windows and 22 doors! Herald Mar 10, 1892, Mar 9, 1893, Sept 11, 1902. Times Dec 28, 1892.

About the turn of the century, it was the rectory of Trinity Church.

For many years, this house was known as the Anthes House. Jacob Anthes came from Germany at 14 and lived on Whidbey Island in 1880 when he was 15. He founded the town of Langley, operating a store, being postmaster amongst other things. At 43, he moved to Everett in 1908 and bought the house. During World War I, the family was careful to hide their German books in the attic. At that time, all the female members of the house contacted the terrible Spanish flu. In the early 1920s, Anthes' foot was pierced by a molten steel bar. During the Depression, the family fortune started slipping away, but they survived it, growing vegetables and canning them. The family had the house up through at least 1943. Many of the homes across the street were built for Anthes and used as his rental properties.

2500 block of E Grand

From Mitchell Land Company survey

• 2531: (1925). Built by Jacob Anthes during the 1924-25 boom. Built as a rental. James Lawton, molder, Everett Concrete Products, 1932. Ray Verlinda, millwright at Hingston Box Co., 1933. Frank Snell, electrician, 1935. Leslie McGriff, Weyerhaeuser, 1937. Roy Murray, Weyerhaeuser, 1939. Note: some county records may list this as 2501 E Grand.
• 2529: (1925). Built by G.A. Webster for Jacob Anthes who lived across the street. Built as a rental. Elmer Behnke, laborer, 1932. Nora Burger, widow, 1935-37. Wilbur Ryder, laborer, 1939.
• 2516: Atterbury house (1902). Built by the Swalwells as a rental. Remodeled c. 1945. John Welty, oiler for Rice Lumber Co., 1902. Thomas Anderson, molder, 1908. In 1909, Joseph Atturbury and family moved in. He was an employee of several mills, then a tankman for the Great Northern Railway. He died during World War I. His son, Charlie Atterbury, was a friend of Helmer Malstrom (author of Memory Lanes). The family remained until 1927. James Snow, Canyon Lumber employee, bought it in 1927.
• 2515: Bertha Feugas house (1906). Built by Jean and Bertha Geugas, but not owner occupied until after Jean's death in 1913. Ulysses Birge, switchman, 1909-10.
• 2511: Malstrom house/Peter Lundgren house (1902). Helmer Malstrom was author of Memory Lanes and an avid researcher of neighborhood history. His parents, Axel and Hilma, bought the property in 1910. Built by Peter Lundgren, who was an operator of a knee-bolter at the Blackman Shingle mill, 1905-09.
• 2510: Achille T. Ballard house (1909). Machinist at Sumner Iron Works, then Great Northern Railway. There 'till 1913. Harold T. Donovan bought during WWI, stenographer, bookkeeper, timekeeper at Canyon Lumber. He and his wife Flora there 'till 1937. Extensively remodeled 1974.
• 2506: Daniel Neeson house (1905). A realtor, he (until death 1917) and his wife Sarah lived there until about 1919. Carl Troxel, bookkeeper, 1932-35.
• 2502: Noble A. Munro house (1905). Co-proprietor of Barron Furniture. Lived with family until end of WWI. Clyde Smith, salesman, for much of 1930s.

2400 block of E Grand

From Mitchell Land Company survey

• 2428: Daniel Munro House (1900). Built by Thomas Robinson, president of Robinson Mfg. Co., never occupied by the builder. Munro family lived there 1903-18. Chris J. Gaeth and family, proprieter of Model Cream Baker with Carl Dreyer, 1926. Fred and Chris Gaeth owned it in the 1930s.
• 2420: Elias P. Nelson house (1908). Manager of State Milling Co, lived there for a decade. Early 1920s, Thomas Duggan, sawyer at Weyerhaeuser, moved from 2616 E Grand, was there until late 1930s.
• 2412: Herman C. Paddock house, Sam Bostwick house (1908). Bookeeper for State Milling Co. Lived there only two years. Attorney Samuel A. Bostwick bought it in 1910, was there until end of 1920s. Born in Montana, educated in Wisconsin, arriving in Everett 1901, he was founder and president of the "Law and Order League", which worked for local prohibition legislation.

2204 E Grand (1910)

photo by Robert P. Robison

2600 Cleveland block

Nelson Chapman house (1892-2017)

From Mitchell Land Company survey

• 2623: Alfred Hilse house (1915). Machininst at Sumner Iron Works. Until 1919/20. Late 1920s Sadie Pelton lived here.
• 2621: Victor Anderson house (1907). Build by "Barnes", home of Anderson family 1908-1920. Employee of Canyon Mill, also started 1907.
• 2617: (1902). Built by Catherine Burke, a widow, but she didn't appear to ever live there. First tenant known is Robert Hayden, engineer, in 1905. Michael Hickey, carpenter, 1907-08. Tuerk family, 1910-14. About 1915, Joseph P. Blair, foreman at Fred K. Baker mill and Hulbert Mill, lives with Susan until 1939.
• 2612: (1902). Joint investment of E.F. Mundy and R.K. Beecham. Thomas T. Clock, shingle packer, secretary-treasurer of local shingle weaver's union. Garfield Kirk in 1905 lived here, shingle packer, was NW shingle champion in 1903 and world champion in 1904, won his last shingle packing contest at age 73 in Portland!
• 2611: (1910). Built by carpenter Natan E. Butts, who never lived there. John Peterson, shingle packer for Garner Shingle Mill, lived here 1918. Louis F. Mauser, Hingson Box Company, purchased the house in late 1920s.
• 2610: (1892). Little known, probably mostly rented in the early days. Marion W. Anderson, laborer, in 1910. Lehman and Louis Morris, foreman and baker for Ideal Baking Co., in 1919-20. Harold M. Kincaid, Robinson Mfg. Co, in 1932.
• 2608: (1901). Built by George Stryker. William F. Dunnagan, blacksmith for Northern Lumber Co., 1903-05. Miles W. Dennison, millworker, about 1910. Martin and Beaulah Wise, pipefitter, early 1930s.
• 2606: (1902). Built by Frank Skinner, department store manager, as an investment. Unknown renters in the early years. John B. and Martha Swartz, American Tugboat captain, owned it from mid 1920s to mid 1930s. Other renters throughout Great Depression.
• 2605: (1900). E.W. Clinchard built it and lived here briefly, worked at Sumner Iron Works. Alvin and Clara Lowe, teamster for city street department, c. 1903. Clara there about WWI. Thomas S. Callahan, section foreman for Northern Pacific, 1919-23. Rawson and Anna Dillman, also foreman for NP, late 1920s, widow Anna until into 1930s.
• 2602: Nelson J. Chapman house (1892). Chapman, contractor, lived here until about 1900. He moved to 2616 E. Grand. James Neally, tailor, 1900-07. Donald Collins, Canyon Lumber Co., 1909-10. Theodore A and Elmira Carroll and three sons, lather, 1919-23 (they moved to Seattle). Charles Catterall, molder at Sumner Iron Works, 1930s.
• 2601: Charles E. Wall house (1905). Built by James Barron, Barron Furniture. Charles Wall's family lived there from 1906-60s -- one of the longest in the neighborhood! Born in Michigan 1880, arrived in Everett 1892 during the boom. His father ran lodging house on Market St. Was a blacksmith, captain for American Tugboat (37 years). Three sons, three daughters went to nearby St Dominic's Academy. One of first parishioners of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Died 1963. House remodeled and porch enclosed in 1959.

2500 Cleveland block

Ella Bowditch house (1892)

From Mitchell Land Company survey

• 2526: Ella Bowditch house (1892). She was a music teacher, and a widow, living there from about 1900 to 1932. Remodeled in 1950 and 1977.
• 2525: (1892). Built for John McManus as an investment property. McManus lived next door, temporarily, until his mansion on E Grand was built in 1893; that house has been destroyed. Possibly Alfred L. Jenkins rented here in 1894. F.C. Hulbert, clerk at Clark's Clothing, rented 1901. George Keyes, shingle weaver at Carpenter Bros., rented 1903-05. Charles King, laborer Canyon Lumbeer Co., rented 1910. Orr Griswold, laborer, rented 1919-20. Casper and Lina Felsted, Weyerhaeuser employee, bought 1923 and stayed until at least 1939. Remodeled in about 1960.
• 2521: (1909). On the site of an earlier house. Edward Howard and family, machinist at Sumner Iron Works. Edward died in 1912 and his widow stayed another year or two. John Robinson, machinist, 1914-20. John Breedlove, Canyon Lumber Co., late 1920s to early 1930s; he moved to 2515 Cleveland.
• 2520: Jacob Falconer house (1892). Owned by Falconer during the time he was mayor of Everett in 1898, but we don't know if he lived here. Seldon Ayres, who ran an upholstery shop and did logging, 1901-06. Margaret Prior, widow, 1909-11. Hjalmar and Ann Johnson, 1930s for many years. Remodeled in 1938, bedroom added c. 1975.
• 2519: Bertha Howard house (1911). House built for the widow in 1911; she lived there 1913-17. Frank BOwen, 1919-20. Rental during the Great Depression.
• 2516: (1892). May have been where the prominent architect Frederick Sexton lived (some records are missing). Henry and Hilda Bergman, machinist at Sumner Iron Works, c. 1900. Widowed in 1904, Hilda remained a year or two longer. Charles Keniston, bridge tendor, then core-maker for Sumner Iron works, 1910-18. Jacob Lund, 1919-25. Remodeled c. 1980.
• 2515: Magnus and Augusta Benson house (1919). Magnus was and Eclipse Mill laborer; he died in 1922. Augusta lived here several more years until she moved to Laurel Heights. John Breedlove, millworker, early 1930s.
• 2513: Peter Lundgren house (1909). Peter worked for the Eclipse Mill. The family lived here until the early 1920s. William Price, ran a motorcycle shop and service station at Everett & Summit, bought it from the Lundgrens. Helmer Malstrom mentions his son Alfred quite a bit in his book Memory Lanes. Remodeled 1945.
• 2511: (1912). Thomas Hennessey built this house, probably as an investment since he didn't live here. Otto Arndt, Canyon Mill employee, 1919-23. Albert Burt, Weyerhaeuser, 1928-35. Vacant during the late 1930s. New foundation 1974. Everett Tribune, Feb 16, 1912.
• 2508: William H. Proctor house (1909). Proctor was manager of the OK Mill; died in early 1920s. His widow Alice was a Christian Science practitioner in the Colby Building, gone in the mid 1930s. Their daughter Grace taught at Washington School.
• 2505: (1911). Built for Arthur Barker, Ferry-Baker Lumber Co. employee, who lived here a couple of years. Fred Ericksen, Weyerhaeuser, 1919-20. Edgar Marl, laborer, 1932-33. Earl Holtzman, North Coast Casket Co., 1937-39.
• 2503: (1924). Contractor: G.A. Webster for realtor Jacob Anthes, who lived in the mansion on E Grand Ave. Cecil Gault, saw filer for Hingston Box Co., rented 1926-33. Earl Livingston, landscape gardener, during Depression. Remodeled in 1957.
• 2502: Harry W. Shaw house (1908). Shaw was a prominent building materials dealer, born in New Brunswick in 1873. He arrived in Washington as a teenager, and located in Everett in 1905. Harry and his wife Nellie lived here until the early 1920s. Alexander Ogilvie, Hingston Box Co., bought it from them and his family lived here for many years.

2400 Cleveland block

From Mitchell Land Company survey

• 2432: (1901). Built 1901 by Chauncey Crippen, co-owner of Everett Iron Works, as an investment about when he retired. He never lived in the house. Louis E. Davis, shingleweaver, 1905. Orville F. Austin, painter, 1909-10. Robert L. Pierce, Canyon Mill employee, bought in 1916 and lived here many years. Riverside Remembers, pp 36-45.
• 2430: (1901). Built 1901 by Chauncey Crippen, Everett Iron Works, as an investment. Frank L. Hammer, "dogger" at Canyon Mill, 1910. Robert L. Pierce, Canyon Mill employee, c. 1912-19. His parents Bush and Mary Peirce lived there afterwards. Remodeled in 1950.
• 2429: (1893?) May be a house moved from 3709 25th St. Records a bit unclear. Not in Mitchell Land survey records at library.
• 2424: Wallace E. Holcomb/Rose Scofield house (1909). Henry Schroeder, furniture finisher, 1909-10. Wallace and Rose Holcomb, Weyerhaeuser employee, c. 1917-1921.
• 2422: Elbert D. Hardison house (1906). Elbert and Rebecca, Canyon Mill foreman, 1908-23.
• 2419: Thomas P. Smith house (1899). Built as an investment ffor pioneer Everett realtor W.G. Swalwell in 1899. Thomas Smith arrived in Everett in 1898 and found employment at the Rice Lumber Co. (8 blocks away). Four years later, Rice became the Ferry-Baker Lumber Co. and Smith was foreman for more than 20 years. He lived there from the turn of the century to about 1937, and his widow some time longer. In 1907, Claude P. Smith, a postal carrier, lived here.
• 2416: Robert H. Leese house (1916). Robert and Betty Leese built the house, and lived here more than twenty years before moving to Wetmore. Robert and Otto Leese of Leese Bros. had an auto parts and repair shop. In the early 1920s they started Everett's first radio station, KFBL, one of the first in the Pacific Northwest.
• 2415: Wallace Holcomb house (1919). Built by contractor Henry O. Bartholomew. Wallace and Fydella and family lived here from 1921-41. Wallace was born in Winsconsin in 1892, and worked 32 years for Weyerhaeuser. Fydella was a clerk at Goldstein's Clothing Store.
• 2414: Rosa Lee Pierce Hughley house (1906). Built by barber Chester C. Crawley, probably as an investment because he probably never lived here. Clarance Carter, core maker at Sumner Iron Works, 1910. Rosa Hughley moved in as a newlywed with her husband Claude about 1929 and remained 32 years. Claude worked for the Canyon Lumber Co.
• 2410: Ida Luken house (1904). Ida, a widow, built the house but only lied there about a year. William R. Fox, planer operator at Salzer Lumber Mill, 1909-14. Remodeled 1954.
• 2409: (1914). Built by Olaf Wold, lived there with his wife Agnes during WWI. They moved to Chestnut. Ingval L. and Susan Pederson, Weyerhaeuser employee, 1927-37. Remodeled in 1952.
• 2405: (1913). This house was built elsewhere and moved here in 1954 by Weyerhaeuser employee Arthur N. Etienne. He and his wife Agnes lived here for two decades. The county assessor's 1913 date is not verified.
• 2402: Edwin Judd house (1901). Judd, a carpenter, built this house apparently having lived in an earlier house on the same property, 1901-10. Lubert S. Bemetz, Canyon Mill employee, after WWI. Empty during part of the Great Depression.
• 2401: Charles E. Butterfield house (1902). Charles was a foreman for the Eclipse Mill Co. The was built by him. He collapsed and died at age 64 at the mill in 1933. His wife Nellie, three sons and a daughter lived here. His son Charles was later pastor at Everett's Bethany Temple.

Frederick and Jennie Sumner House (1893)

Sumner Iron Works was one of earliest major industries in Everett. Frederick and Thomas Sumner started a business in Hutchinson, Minnesota, making farm equipment, sleighs and small engines. James Hill of the Great Northern Railroad advised them of the opportunites out west. They created their Iron Works company across the Snohomish River in 1892.

They survived the financial challenges of the Panic of 1893. They made ore cars for the Monte Cristo mines and other mining equipment for Alaskan mines. When Everett became a Mill Town, they prospered making sawmill machinery. Their factory was destroyed in 1913. They built a new one at 41st and 3rd in Lowell (1914) which still stands. The next Sumner generation took over the business. See more on HistoryLink.org.

Thomas Sumner was one of the first Everett city councilman, then later state senator. He died in 1934. There was a $4500 addition in 1913 (Tribune, Aug 2, 1913). See also Dec 29, 1892 and Jan 18, 1894 Heralds. Frederick Sumner died in 1927. His wife Jennie lived here until about 1948.

Sexton House (1892)

This house was designed by Frederick Sexton for investor C.H. Boynton. Sexton himself lived here in 1900-03. William A. Benson lived here from about 1917-32. Herald: Aug 11, 1892. Hawthorne Vol I, p 505.

Frederick Sexton: Architect of Riverside (1851-1930)

Born in England in 1851, he arrived in Illinois as a child of eight. He studied architecture in Chicago and Minneapolis. By 1889 he was in Tacoma, and he arrived in Everett in the summer of 1891, living in a tent.

His first large commission was Rudebeck Hall on Everett Ave, followed quickly by the Rice-McFarland Building at 3211 Hewitt, and the Hotel Everett, all wooden structures long gone. The brick-veneered Brue Building completed March of 1892 still stands at 3010 Everett.

Sexon's ornate Bank of Everett at Hewitt and Pine, Feb 1892, was the town's first structural brick building. Early that year he designed an impressive house for banker/newspaperman John McManus at 2432 East Grand.

In 1892-93 Sexton designed several important schools. The Monroe School was Everett's first brick school, a splendid assemblage of Romanesque and Byzantine elements, now gone. Other similarly impressive schools in Mukilteo, Marysville, and Lowell are also gone.

Sexton's work often reflected the exuberant, even reckless spirit of the "Riverside Boom". Many of his buildings were conspicuously ornamented in a manner suggesting the Picturesque Eclecticism popular a decade or two earlier. More than any other architect, he seems to have embodied the energy and flash of Everett's boom town phase.

When the 1890s boom was emphatically ended by the Silver Panic of 1893, Sexton abandoned his family for a reckless and unsuccessful gold-hunting expedition to Africa. Though he returned to Everett at the turn of the century, he soon moved to Seattle, where he engaged in a successful practice for a dozen years. Upon retirement he gravitated to Puyallup near Sumner, where he was a gentleman farmer on a homestead with raspberries and asparagus until he died in May 1930.

Other Riverside homes included the Mitchell house that was on East Grand, the Swalwell house, and the Swalwell cottage still existing on Pine, the Tower block that was on Hewitt, 2602 Harrison, 2610 Harrison, the Swartout house on 26th.

Historic Everett 2008 calendar was devoted to Frederick Sexton

2600 Harrison block

William W. Goldsborough house (1892)

From Mitchell Land Company survey

• 2618: (1892). Possibly built by the Skinner family (documetation missing). Charles Beach, driver, 1900-03. Percy Ames, boom man for Northern Lumber Co., 1905. Charles Schroeder, millwright, 1911. Edward Severson, boom man, 1922. Mrs. Louise Heller, 1932.
• 2617: Mary and Patrick Caroline house (1892). It was originally built as a the home of Mary and Patrick Caroline and was lived in by the Caroline family until 1964. Early permits missing.
• 2616: Charles H. Skinner house (1892). Skinner was an investor, and the house was rented in the early years. Mrs. Nora Whitson, 1905. Samuel N. Holmes, carpenter, 1909-10. Edward Hauglum, 1919-20. Charles M. Severson, 1922-29. Extensive remodel in early 1970s.
• 2615: (1911). Built by the pioneer realtor, founder and president of the Mitchell Land Co., R.M. Mitchell. Miles Mitchell, son, clerk at Sumner Iron Works, 1914-15. Walfred Nygren, Canyon Lumber and Weyerhaeuser employee, per Helmer Malstrom research notes. They later moved to a farm across the river.
• 2611: Nelson J. Chapman house III (1892). Built very early in 1892 by contractors Crosby & McAdams, and Chapman. Chapman lived here 1901-02 before moving to East Grand. Percy Ames, 1906. James W Hirst, machinist at Sumner Iron Works, 1903-05. Frank M. Skinner, manager of Stone-Fisher, 1908-23.
• 2610: Charles H. Boynton House (1892). Designed by Frederick Sexton for investor Boynton of the Everett Transportation Co. He was a New York-born newspaperman who came to the Puget Sound area via Neenah, Wisconsin where Henry Hewitt lived at one time. Boynton lived here through at least 1895. Henry Grammar, Rice Lumber Co. employee, 1900-03. Daniel M. Bedell, c. 1914-1930s. It is nearly a twin of 2612 Harrison, the Sexton house.
• 2606: Herbert V. Emmans house (1911). Emmans, who built the house, was the proprieter of the Northern Mill Co. wood division, and lived here until about 1923. Ralph E. May, machinist, lived here until from the late 1920s to early 1930s as a renter. Remodeled in 1954.
• 2602: William W. Goldsborough house (1892). Designed by Frederick Sexton for Everett Herald foreman Goldsborough and Herald co-owner James N. Bradley (who was also involved with the Mitchell Land Co.). Both were residents here until 1895. James P. Caithness, mill operator, 1897-1905. August J. Ritter (biography in Whitfield), 1909-13. Nora Rutherford, widow, 1915-20. Adrian Hulbert, former county clerk, 1930s. Major remodel c. 1973. History of Sno County Vol II, p 34. Herald Dec 10, 1891.
• 2601: Grace Fraser house (1892). Built by Charles Skinner. Extensively modified after possible fire or other damage in 1964. Home of Skinner's widow for the first quarter of 20th century. Grace Fraser ran a boarding house here prior to WWI.

2500 Harrison block

From Mitchell Land Company survey

• 2524: (1903). Built by realtor Robert R. Johnson. Helmer Hendrickson, Ferry-Baker Mill employee, 1905. Roy D. Bulard, OK Mill employee, 1910. Robert J. McGaffin, millworker and later president of Riverview Mill Co., 1916-18. Arthur LaDuke, 1932.
• 2522: Jacob Olson house (1903). Also built by realtor Robert R. Johnson, who lived here briefly after it was completed. Ole Brandin, Northern Lumber Co. employee, 1905. Jacob Olson moved in 1910, shingle sawyer and packer, and stayed into the 1930s.
• 2421: (1901). Built along with 2517 Harrison by Seldon Ayres. Richard Erickson, switchman for Great Northern Railway, 1905. Lorenzo D. Forbes, 1910-11. John W. Leo, sawyer, 1915-16. Edward Severson, logger, 1919-20. Walter Rothfus, Canyon Lumber Co. millwright, later 1920s-early 1930s. Remodeled in 1960.
• 2517: (1901). Built by Seldon Ayres. Orange S. Frasier, teamster, 1905. Francis A Tedrow, Sumner Iron Works and Eclipse Mill employee, 1906-18. Edmund W. Anderson, clerk at Great Northern Railway, 1919-20. Edward A. Mallang Sr, early 1930s and still owned by that family as of 1990.
• 2514: Clarence W. Pangborn house (1921). Replacing an earlier house, Pangborn, a shingleweaver and wood dealer built this house. His family stayed until c. 1927. John Cellene, laborer, was there into the 1930s.
• 2509: George Rowland house (1892). Rowland, a blacksmith for Sumner Iron works, lived there 1900-02. Jerome P. Slough, bookkeeper, 1905. Donald Collins, Clough-Harley and Hulbert Mill employee, 1920s to 1930s.
• 2508: George W. Edwards house (1902). Edwards, a sawyer for Eclipse Mill, built it and lived here until c. 1908. Robert J. McGaffin, OK Mill employee, 1909-11. David J. Evans, logger, rented late 1920s-early 30s.
• 2505: (1904). Mrs. Aurora Murdoch built this house and lived in it briefly c. 1906. Isacc H. Bagley, laborer at Eclipse Mill, 1905. Edward Dahlgren, Eclipse Mill, 1909-16. John L. Gilliam, laborer at Canyon Lumber, 1918. Rental well into the Great Depression.
• 2502: (1923). Built by V.W. Hazelton, who did not live here. Theo J. Jerome, sawyer for Weyerhaeuser, 1930s.

2400 Harrison block

From Mitchell Land Company survey

• 2426: Virginia Neff house (1909). Neff, a widowed nurse, built this house and lived here a short while. Harry Neff, cook, and wife Della lived here during WWI. William L. Smith, Ferry-Baker employee, 1918. Mrs. Ella Howell, widow of Moses Howell (who built 2422 Harrison), mid-1930s.
• 2425: (1908). Built by H.O. Smith. Fred J. McGinn, engineer for Great Northern Railway, 1909-10. Roy Utt, medical information service in Medical-Dental building, 1930-39.
• 2422: Moses C. Howell house (1909). Howell was foreman for Everett Sash & Door Co. His wife Ella lived here a year or two past his death in the early 1920s. William M. Breedlove and his wife moved in c. 1925. After being widowed, she stayed until the late 1920s.
• 2421: William Johnson house (c. 1905). Thomas J. McCann, cook, very early. Helen Johnson, widow, 1907-10. William Johnson, head of household and OK Mill, 1939.
• 2420: (1939?). House was built here in 1909, but 1914 Sanborn map shows the plot is empty. Water service activity in 1939. Building may have been moved from another location. Craftsman details belie such a late date. Records are scarce. Pul Grabner, mill foreman, mid-1930s.
• 2417: (1902). Built by carpenter S.A. Haskill, who may not have lived there. Edward W. Porter, watchman, teamster, and laborer at Northern Mill and Salzer Mill, 1904-14. Ernest L. Hopkins, fireman, 1919-20. Ralph M. Reid, bookkeeper, early 1930s.
• 2413: Homer H. Young house (1903). Built towards the rear of the lot in 1903, and later shifted a short distance to the west. Young, hotel proprieter/chef lived here briefly. George E. Clark, stone cutter, 1905. Charles McWilliams, boom man, 1919-20. Joseph Beauchamp family, ran furniture store, 1922-31. One of the sons went into real estate and insurance, the other a building contractor, daughter an RN.
• 2412: (1902). Built by W.M. Grant. W. Lee Anderson, Myers Grocery Co., 1907-15. Louis G. Buxton, switchman for Northern Pacific, 1928-32. Oscar and Laura Wilson, Weyerhaeuser employee, 1933 to at least 1939. Remodeled 1938.
• 2411: (1900). Thought to be a rare survivor of the residences that faced "Parkhurst", a street vacated late in 1901 and now an alley. Built by Homer H. Young, hotel proprieter/chef, with the address 2412 Parkhurst. This renovated house sits in exactly the same position at the east end of the lot, believed to be the same structure. Robert G. Cox, laborer, 1905-06. John Campbell, city street department worker, 1909-11. George O. Morris, laborer, 1915. Harold F. Cuffin, early 1930s.
• 2405: (1900). Originally one of a pair of small houses (2407 is now lost), built by S.L. Simmons in 1900. Charles H. Winchester, Ferry-Baker Mill employee, 1903-05. John I. Matthews, logger, 1909-16. Nels M. Edeen, laborer at Weyerhaeuser and Canyon Mill, shared with Irene O. Fisher, dipper for Broadway Candy, 1918-20. Carl Maser, millworker, 1932. John Jones, 1933-35. Remodeled in 1951.

Clarence and Augusta Hand house (1911)

Rubatino

The Rubattino's lived in a house at 2711 Summit. Now you can see refuse trucks parked there.

From Riverside Remembers: Angelo and Theresa Rubattino were orignally from Genoa, Italy, arriving in America in 1885 or 1888. Their 20 day crossing of the Atlantic in rough seas was a tough trip. They were living in Newcastle where he worked in the coal mines, but his doctor told him to quit due to black lungs. Then he worked in the Monte Cristo mines. In 1907, Angelo worked in the smelter in Everett, saving money until the rest of the family could come. He worked 12 hours days for a dollar a day.

In 1908, Angelo and his son Henry worked for a scavenger business owned by Louie Fasce. They had two carts and four Dray horses. Occasionnally the horses would get away, running wild in the neighborhood dragging their harnesses. This worked up to 1920 when they got Fords. Sadie L. Swartz recalls her father trying to learn to drive, but he scared himself driving over a curb on Wetmore. After that he didn't drive.

In those days, garbage men were junk men too. They collected metals, glassware, etc. The garbage was hauled to Bayside, and barged out into Puget Sound and dumped.

Henry, Angelo, Tony Bertero and Louie Tobacco teamed up to form a business, then later Ed and Tom took it over.

2600 Summit block

From Mitchell Land Company survey

• Gone: 2617: Apr 30, 1910 ad for 7 room modern bungalow for sale, $1,000.
• 2614: (19--/1963). A previous house at this location was demolished in 1963 and the present residence moved in from 3106 California in Dec 1963. County records indicate 1902 but not confirmed. The house has been considerably altered.
• 2612: (1906?/1964). At least three houses have occupied this site. The most recent moved here in 1964. Assessor's field books show a 1921 date, but there is a case for 1906, but uncertain.
• 2606: Walter B. Hogle house (1918). This Craftsman hous was briefly occupied by the builder, Asa Starkweather, 1918-20. Walter B. Hogle, timekeeper and clerk for Everett Pulp & Paper Mill in Lowell, 1923-1930s. Remodeled in 1922 and 1942.
• 2604: (1913?). Moved to this location in 1970. The 1913 date is not confirmed.

Grace Methodist church (1923)

The day before the church was opened on Oct 21, 1923. Everett Herald

This church began as Summit Avenue Methodist Episcopal by Everett author Max Miller's parents, among others. The Millers ran a grocery at 23rd St and Summit Ave. The congregation reorganized in 1909 as Grace Methodist Episcopal and built the present building, dedicated Oct 21, 1923.

2314 Summit Ave (1945)

1922 Summit

George and M.D. Hatchell owned this house in 1910 when the water was turned on. It had 7 rooms and 1 bath.

Haugen House ()

This house, hidden behind others, was originally addressed ad 1910 Cleveland. When the freeway was built, the address was changed to 1909 Summit. In Riverside Remembers I, Hartvik Haugen explains that the freeway fence went 6 inches from where the front porch and door used to be.

Hartvik (1905-) arrived in Everett in 1927. He had trouble finding work and was starving during the Great Depression, so he hopped trains and somehow made it back to Norway. Returning to Everett in 1947 in much better times, he got a job at Weyerhaeuser, and his family came the next year. They lived here at least up to 1977 according to Polk Directories, possibly a lot longer.

Summit Park (1971)

Riverside was covered with homes from the 1900-1929 era. The trench below cut a large swath through Riverside in the 1960s, splitting the neighborhood in two. Add more about park... With good visibility, you can see many of the Cascade Mountains. Be sure to see the sign (coming mid-2015) that describes local history and the distant mountains.

Donovan House (1914)

House built for C.E. Hand, 1914. By 1916, the Edward Donovan family lived here.

Edward Donovan built about 160 cottage-style houses in Everett and Monroe between 1915 and 1931. There is a neighborhood now known as Everett's Historic Donovan District near Providence Hospital in the Northwest neighborhood, on Lombard and Oakes at about 13th and 14th Streets. When the hospital was expanded about 2006, many of those homes were destroyed. Some were moved to the newly designated Donovan Lane near the Everett Boys and Girls club and Hawthorne School.

In Riverside Remembers, his daughter Geraldine Donovan Matteson and son Dan T. Donovan recalls their father. He arrived in 1900 to work in Marysville at a large hotel/saloon. He moved to Monroe to work in the real estate business. The family would build houses, continually moving into new houses and selling the old houses. They lived in four houses in Monroe.

During WWI, he ferried cattle from Whidbey Island to Lowell. But by 1920 he returned to real estate, which is when he built most of the homes. You can see in the Donovan District that they have a distinctive style: cottages with gabled roofs, small porches, tiled fireplaces, and coved ceilings. The houses sold for about $4500 to $5000, not for a very large profit.

Donovan's real estate business folded during the Great Depression. After working for the Charles Erickson campaign for mayor, he becamse a city street supervisor. Edward Donovan died in 1937 at 62 years old.

Geraldine Donovan Matteson recalls in 1916 the snow piles drifted up to the second story. Her brother Tim jumped out of the second story window into the pile of snow, unhurt. In 1916, 1918, and the 1920s they had a cow and chickens. The cow was tethered where Garfield Park is now.

Deaconess Children's Homes (1910 and 1929)

Deaconess Children's Home (1910)

There are two Deaconess buildings across the street from each other. The first dates from 1910, the second from 1929.

More about Deaconess' history, from Riverside Remembers:

• 1898: concern in Everett for homeless children, started The Orphan's Home Society of America.
• 1899: trustees bought 8 lots SE of Everett center. House and barn built, leased to a family.
• June 1909: First children.
• Jan 1910: more children, starting to get crowded.
• June 1910: changed name to Snohomish County Orphanage Association.
• Sept 1910: 13 lots purchased on corner of Highland and 22nd St.
• Dec 1910: Frame building complete, children moved in.
• Aug 1911: more children, they needed more staff. Deaconess Training School in Seattle contracted. Name changed to The Deaconess Association.
• 1915-28: Deaconess not allowed to own property, by end of this period Methodist Episcopal Church sponsored the agency.
• 1922-24: house on 2000 block of Highland built for staff on their off time.
• May 1927: fire. Also have had overcrowding.
• May 1929: 2120 Highland completed. Capacity increased from 50 to 72 plus 8 babies.
• 1929-30: old building sold. Name changed to Deaconess Childrens Home.
• 1931: Baby area closed.
• Mid 1950s: changed from custodial care to treatment program for seriously emotionally disturbed youth. Completed by 1957.
• July 1969: decision to disbursed campus. Six large family residences purchased, scattered throughout Everett. Complete by June 1970.
• 1980: due to lack of funds, most programs closed.

Deaconess Children's Home (1929)

Jack O'Donnell collection

Architect of 1929 building: Earl W. Morrison

The May 14, 1929 Herald announced a public program opening the new Deaconess Childrens Home as a major and joyful city event. Although the Methodist Church's Deaconess Home had served children and families since 1917 across the street, this structure was carefully planned to the latest modern standards to house and nurture children in need. On the 8-1/2 acre set of lots, this two-story brick faced structure employed the "cottage style" with six separate apartments each housing fourteen children, and each containing a dormitory, living and dining rooms, and kitchenette. Costing $46,000 it was supported by a city wide fund drive. The building was closed as a childrens facility in the early 1970s but remains today as a condominium.

Washington Cooperative Farmers Association (1959)

In 1892 at this location there was a hotel, perhaps a saloon. Water records show it was on State and Hewitt on 7/15/1892 and 4/24/1893, called the Nord Cap Hotel. Proprietors were John Wahl and Nels Nelson. They both lived in the hotel too. By 1895-6 they were no longer listed in Everett, nor was the hotel name.

By 1914, the Sanborn Map does not show anything here. Perhaps the hotel burned down? We don't know much until 1939, when the Riverside Milling Company was there (see attached ad). They were also across the street at 2916 State. By 1941 it was the Washington Coop Farmers Association, and it appears to have had a similar business for the last 76 years! The named changed several times, including at least these:

• 1939: Riverside Milling Co.
• 1941: Washington Coop Farmers Association
• 1991: Grange Supply Inc.
• 2009: Cenex Coop

Shell Station

Rectory (1899)

This house was originally on 2621 Cedar -- the rectory for the Catholic Church.

Garfield Park (1932)

Garfield Park is a 5.6 acre community park in the Riverside neighborhood which serves approximately 2,000 homes. Garfield Park provides tennis, pickle ball and basketball courts, two baseball fields, a children's playground, restrooms, a Little Free Library, and a large open space for free play. We are home field for North Everett Little League. Walking and/or bike paths run throughout the park.

Garfield Park's colorful history began in 1931. The park was a wetland when the Riverside Chamber of Commerce purchased the acreage. This was championed by Everett's first police woman, Bel Marie Gardner, who wheedled the Commercial Club into purchasing the land, the city's first playground. They donated the land to the city to develop it as a playground for neighborhood kids. The city began work on the park in 1932 with the help of WPA laborers. Over the years the site has been used in a variety of ways; for grazing cattle, running bootleg liquor, and hosting circuses and political rallies.1

First proposed by the Lillian Stephens Women's Christian Temperance Union, it wasn't until 16 years later the city purchased the former willow swamp. Before that, motorists would take shortcuts through the swamp, and sometimes get stuck! WPA filled in the swamp from higher areas, and the city forbid cattle grazing. The park was renovated in the 1970s.

In 2003 the Everett Parks in partnership with the Riverside Neighborhood created a new master plan for Garfield Park. Shortly after, with funding from Community Block Grants and the City of Everett the first phase of the master plan was put into action. This phase included: new play ground equipment, new safety fencing around the park, new stone column entryways with art work, new landscaping with irrigation, new parking and sidewalks.

Garfield School (1969)

The current Garfield opened in 1969, and the old building was demolished shortly thereafter. The 1950s gymnasium was incorporated into the new building.

In Riverside Remembers, the story goes that the first School Patrol program started at Garfield. In 1924, Principal Grover Love and police officer Bill Tulin started the new program. This spread throughout the city by 1926, and to Seattle by 1928, and thereafter nation-wide.

W.G. Swalwell house (1892)

Swalwell was the eldest of seven brothers, and was a major real estate operator in early Everett. This house, with its veranda porch cost $2500 to build in 1892. Note how the windows and siding have changed.

The Swalwells created the first plat in Everett, in September 1891, called "Swalwell's First Addition to the City of Everett". This plat is from Walnut to the river for a couple blocks around Hewitt Ave. In November they platted "Swalwell's Second Addition", which went from Walnut to Fulton. This house is in the second plat.

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On the National Register of Historic Places. Architect: Frederick Sexton.

The Swalwells owned much of Riverside before Everett was a dream of the eastern industrialists. Mr. Swalwell related that "the woods were so thick on his homestead that the trees touched his little shack on every side". His wife came with him and didn't see another woman for 3 months. Read about this cottage in the Everett Herald.

Everett Public Library archives.

William G. and Effie Swalwell house, back side, April 13, 1892.

T.F. Packwood house (1892)

The T.F. Packwood house had water turned on in December of 1892.

A Herald article (date unknown)relates how an elderly man, a new owner from Chicago, fell through rotten boards and down a 63 foot abandoned well. He landed on a ledge, not the water, but passed away in the accident. Dave Ramstad research

Our Lady of Perpetual Help (1925)

Architect of the 1925 church: C. Frank Mahan. Builder: A.D. McAdam.

The first Mass celebrated in Everett was January 17, 1892, and first Catholic baptism was 2 days later. By September 1892, plans for a rectory and church were completed. The first church was dedicated on Apr 23, 1893. Across Cedar St where Bethany Christian Assembly stands, St. Dominic's Academy was built in 1900. An all-pneumatic action Moller pipe organ was installed in 1917. About this time, the church was far too small for the growing population. But the World War prevented enough funds to build a larger church and school.

By 1925, $130,000 was available for a church holding 800 people and school for 400 children. Describe architecture. The altar and organ from the original church are still inside.

Just north on Cedar is the convent, built in 19XX.

Coyle House(1904)

The store is probably pre-1932.

Everett Christian School

From Riverside Remembers: In 1920, a group of Everett people formed the American Christian School Society, to start a new school. It took until April 25, 1925 before they bought four lots for $1100 at 23rd and Cedar. School opened that September with one female teacher and 38 students, grades one to four, and the principal who taught 32 students, grades five to eight. By the end of the year there were 83 students.

The Depression was rough, but they got through it and even paid off all debts by 1939. In 1953 the school expanded and the named changed to Everett Christian School. It now included ninth grade. In 1957 and 1967 more buildings were added as the school grew. In 1970, ninth grade was dropped, and in 1973 kindergarten was added.

• 2809: (1900). Engelbrecht Bast, mason.
• 2807: (1900). Built by ME Reilly, carpenter (sometimes written O'Reilly). Owned by Joseph Daly in 1901.
• 2723: (1900). WA Swalwell agent, AC Evoy owner, HH Ware, tenant in 1902.
• 2721: (1903). HW Schroeder, piano tuner.
• 2720: (1903). BR Elzey.

2700 Virginia block

Riverside Historic Overlay research

• 2731: (1928). Donovan & Allen, builders.
• 2727: (1928). Donovan & Allen, builders.
• 2723: (1928). Donovan & Allen, builders.
• 2717: H. F. Treibel house (1904). 1905 Polk: Henry F Treiver, carpenter. See other Treivers. 1908 Polk: Anson M. Small (Nettie), agent Standard Oil Co. 1910 Polk: Frank W. Small, dentist at 201 American Bank Building.
• 2715: Joseph H. Ross house (1903). 1905 Polk p. 67: Charles Barden, resident, grocer. 1905 Polk: Joseph H Ross, millwright, CA Blackman & Co. 1905 Polk: Maria E. Ross, dressmaker. 1905 Polk: Gilbert Ross, emp Northern Lumber Co. 1905 Polk: Wilmer E Ross, musician. 1910 Polk: Ernest Ross, music.
• 2711: (1904 or 05). JJ Nugent built it, rented to HS Groger who was in painting and decorating business. 1906 Polk: Secty Treasurer of Everett Dry Dock Co. and Globe Wallpaper and Paint Co. 1908 Polk: Harry S. Groger, manager, Globe Wallpaper and Paint Co. Loyal N. Groger, student (1908)

2600 Virginia block

Riverside Historic Overlay research

• 2623: Anna Ragan house (1918).
• 2617: W. A. Tomlinson house (1908).
• 2616: Charles Larson house (1906). 2618? In water records. 1909 Polk: Andrew Engblom, boarder.
• 2615: W. A. Tomlinson house (1908). 1912 Polk: Edgar E. Gatewood, Ohio Timber Co.
• 2612: house (1905?). 1905 Polk p. 103: William Daulph, eng. 1910 census: Daulph, Wm Rodman City Eng.
• 2611: house (1904). 1904 Polk: William A. Tomlinson, carpenter. 1905 Polk: William A. Tomlinson, carpenter. 1903 Polk: Tomlinson is on Rockefeller Ave. 1910 Polk: Tomlinson, carpenter. 1911 Polk: wife Aroline. 1908 Polk: William A. Tomlinson, carpenter.
• 2608: J. C. Elliot house (1903). 1905 Polk: Samuel Swanson, driver Everett Coal Co. 1908 Polk: Samuel Swanson, teamster Pioneer Fuel Co.
• 2607: George Kolb house (1904). 1905 Polk: George Kolb, machinist, Sumner Iron Works. 1912 Polk: Patrick J. Gibbons, laborer.
• 2606: Swanson house (1920). Sewer 1925 Swanson?
• 2605: O. Swanson house (1908). 1908 Polk: Samuel A. Swanson is at 2603 Virginia, teamster. 1910 census: Boyle, Dennis P. Assistant Eng. Everett Fire Dept. 1911 Polk: Swanson at 2306 Virginia???
• 2602: Ole Swanson house (1924).
• 2601: (1910). 1917 Polk: Jenine Johnson

2500 Virginia block

Riverside Historic Overlay research

• 2532: Church of God house (1932). The first meeting place in 1911-16 was at 2809 Cedar St -- a combination meeting hall and parsonage, Pastor Chapman. Pastor Orr 1917-23 when they used an organ for the first time. By 1922 there were 133 members. In 1932 they started this building, and dedicated it Sept 30, 1934, Pastor Neal. Costs for the building: Lumber $500, stones $75, Plaster $100, Sand $22, Hardware $75, Shingles $36, Siding $96, Plumbing $155, Lumber $850, Windows $30, Electrical $100, Plaster $214, Lath $69, Cement $130, Chimney $45, Hardware $100, Furnace $100, Valley Tins $7. The building loan was $1500.
• 2531: (1909?). 1909 Polk: Hans T. Ellenson, Ellenson and Thorsvig, general contractors. (see page 149 for ad). 1904 he lived on 1610 Rucker. Ellenson and Anderson were grocers.
• 2525: (1901). 1922 Polk: Adonijah Ameden (Agnes), lathmaker; Amos Ameden, sawyer, Stephen E Ameden.
• 2521: Edwin Rowland house (1905). 1907 Polk: Edwin Rowland, boilermaker, Sumner Ironworks. 1906 Polk: Frank B. Rowland, helper, Sumner Iron Works.
• 2518: H. A. Hedemark house (1914).
• 2517: Charles Ringman house (1907). 1908 Polk: Carl J. Ringman, molder Sumner Ironworks. 1907: Ringman lived on 25th.
• 2515: (1907?). 1907 Polk: Gilbert Soley 1908 Polk: Gilbert Soley 1910 Polk: Gilvert Soley (Olava ) foreman Sumner Iron Works.
• 2514: M. Bebeau house (1908). 1910 Polk: Mark H. J. Bebeau, operator Grand Theater., also Henry J Bebeau, painter, also Willliam Bebeau, electrician. 1913 Polk: Henry J and Sophia Bebeau. William at Orpheum Theater.
• 2512: (1906). 1910 Polk: Charles Bury, clerk L E Sorenson. Lena Bury (wid Rudolph) boards. 1908: Charles was a boarder.
• 2511: G. G. Moore house (1911). 1912 Polk: Garrett G. Moore (Katharine), planerman. He moved soon after several times. 1909 Polk: Ole C. Bergan, laborer Pacific Box and Mfg Co.?
• 2507: Donovan & Allen house (1926).
• 2501: Ed Utt? Witt? Ult? house (1905). 1910 Census: Fuhr, Mons, Notions at 1809 Hewitt 1912 Polk: many Fuhr's mentioned -- at least six.

2400 Virginia block

Riverside Historic Overlay research

• 2431: Robert Quam house (1922).
• 2430: J. S. Rossart Sener? house (1912).
• 2425: Edward Buck house (1906? 1922?). Polk 1908: Edward Buck, driver Steam laundry. Polk 1910: Edward Buck, solicitor. Polk 1901: Edward Buck, driver for Star Laundry Polk 1932: Frank Bonds. 1910 Polk: Egbert G. Rice, laborer for R. M Westover (plumber).
• 2424: Victor Merton house (1926).
• 2423: Edward Buck house (1910). See also 2425 Virginia
• 2420: J. A. Ramstad house (1922).
• 2417: George M. Walker house (1922).
• 2414: A. Solie house (1910).
• 2413: H. Hendrickson house (1907).
• 2410: E. H. Pringle house (1925).
• 2406: William Emerson house (1921).
• 2405: E. Watson house (1926).
• 2402: Forster Liendfuss house (1922).
• 2401: H. S. Imholt house (1924).

2300 Virginia block

Riverside Historic Overlay research

• 2326: Geo. Rowland house (1909). 1910 Polk: George Rowland, blacksmith.
• 2325: J. M. Johnwon (O. W. Johnson) house (1921).
• 2324: W. J. Boddy house (1910). 1907 Polk: Wm J. Boddy, machinist living at 2402 Oakes. 1910 Polk: Samuel C. David 1912 Polk: Peter Francis.. 1913 Polk: Peter L Francis (Susan), conductor Northern Pacific Railway
• 2321: (1920?) Anderson? Johnson?
• 2317: (1909?). Polk 1909: Hans J. Solie, carpenter. See other Solies. Was house rebuilt?
• 2314:: (1922) Frank Schapler
• 2310: William Harry and Hanna Compeau house (1919). They lived in the house into the 1940s. He worked for the US Northern Pacific Railway Company from 1912 to 1941. Their two son's William and Robert lived with them until the early 1930's. The boys were 12 and 9 years old when they moved into this house. Sometimes the Compeau's last name was spelled Compau. Research by Willet Bushnell, brother-in-law to a grand daughter of William Harry Compeau.
• 2309: Peter S. Jackson house (1909).
• 2306: Clara Tegelbert house (1910). 1910 Polk: Clara Tegelbert, wid (Mathias), Herbert C. (Fulton Market), Charles (Northern Pacific Railway).
• 2305: O. S. Ault house (1910). 1910 Polk: Oliver S. Ault, carpenter. Boarders: Margaret Ault, James S. Ault, student 1913 Polk: Oliver and Hettie Ault.
• 2302: H. D. Henry (sp?) or Herry or Herrey house (1912).
• 2301: Mr. Doonan? house (1899).

Andrew and Mary (Hayes) Hebert house (1914)

The 3 Hebert brothers and family migrated from Michigan, originally from Belleville, Ontario. Mary, the lady in the white apron was the first wife not to be French, she was Irish. After the Heberts, the house was made into apartments.

2200 Virginia block

Riverside Historic Overlay research

• 2231: G. R. Klehl house (1911). water 1939? Clair and Geraldine Matteson built the store in the late 1930s. Clair was a meat cutter, meat was their biggest item. Clair worked there until his death in 1979, and Geraldine until she sold it in 1980. Geraldine was the daughter of Edward Donovan, who built many homes in Everett.
• 2226: W. O. Sisson house (1910). 1911 Polk: Alice Stalnaker (wid Samuel). 1910 Polk: Alice lived on Pine.
• 2222: Charles Julius Solie house (1910).
• 2221: Stanley Sponek, W. LeFrench house (1908). 1910 Polk: Stanley Sponek (Mary), laborer. 1911 Polk: Henry, Joseph, Stanley, Frank, Stanley Jr. Sponeks.
• 2219: G. J. Hauschin house (1911). 1912 Polk: Clinton E. French (Jeannie), clerk at A. A. Baily. Buyer there in 1913.
• 2218: C. H. Antle house (1960).
• 2217: G. J. Hauschin house (1911).
• 2215: Fred Johnson house (1940). non-contr
• 2214: Matt Thompson house (1924).
• 2210: E. W. Haskell house (1909). 1910 Polk: William J. Pettys (Minie), filer.
• 2207: Martin Lassen (Victor Wesloy) house (1921). Victor Wesloy builder? Martin Lassen owner?
• 2206: E.B and A.R. Locke house (1914).
• 2201: Olaf James house (1909). 1911 Polk: Theodore Bleyler, Lydia. Central Pharmacy. Also 1913 Polk.

2100 Virginia block

Riverside Historic Overlay research

• 2131: D. R. Shirley house (1908). 1908 Polk: Daniel R. Shirley, laborer
• 2130: Nothing before '74 house (1910). 1910 Polk: Eli Chouinard, Mrs. Euphemia M. Chouinard, dressmaker at 1711 Hewitt Ave, Grace B, Minnie L, Williiam J. 1928-9 Polk: Irene Johnson
• 2128: H. A. Muddaugh house (1908). Nothing before '74?
• 2125: Axel Widgren house (1910). 1910 Polk: William H. West, laborer. 1911 Polk: Axel T. Widgren, carpenter Everett Railway Light and Water Co. 1910 Polk: Axel lives on Lombard.
• 2122: O. E. Solie house (1911).
• 2121: James T. Thompson house (1910). 1910 Polk: James Thompson, engineer Clark Nickerson Lumber Co.
• 2118: Louis Porodeur house (1922).
• 2117: J. E. or T. E. Webber house (1911).
• 2114: F. J. Gufler (C. J. Solie) house (1908). 1908 Polk: Frederick J. Gufler, collector, Great Northern Railway. 1908 Polk: George D. Gufler, clerk GN Railway.
• 2113: J. L. Miller house (1908). See builder of 2103 Virginia
• 2110: Christ J. Solie house (1910). 1917 Polk: Arthur Solie, clerk Owl Pharmacy. See 2214 Baker (Solie). Christ J. Solie (fireman). Daniel Solie (carpenter). A. Solie survived, but four companions died when a car plunged into Deadwater Slough just a few miles east, March 4, 1917.
• 2109: J. L. Miller house (1914). 1913 Polk: James L. Miller Jr (Mary H), millwright Clark-Nickerson Lumber Co.
• 2106: house (1986). 1910 Polk: Lawrence A. Roach, boarder, teacher at high school.
• 2105: Harrison? (Morrison J Molin?) house (1919).
• 2103: J. L. Miller, Sr. house (1908). 1913 Polk: See 2109 Virginia -- James L Miller. 1910 Polk: Fred D. Gusa. 1910 Polk: 2101 Virginia: Edward Cote?
• 2102: Pete Jacobson house (1908). Same builder as 2309 Virginia?

2000 Virginia block

Riverside Historic Overlay research

• 2032: Ray Peer house (1908).
• 2031: B. C. Carter house (1925). 1908 Polk: Thomas Spence, wagonmaker Everett Shoeing and Wagon Co., boarder William A. Spence, shingler.
• 2027: Charles J. Solie house (1912).
• 2023: John W. Cochran house (1908). 1910 Polk: John W. Cochran, sizer Canyon Lumber Co.. 1911 Polk: John and Hilda Cochran.
• 2022: Hattie M Anderson/ W.D. Anderson house (1910). 1910 Polk: William D Anderson, sawyer. 1913 Polk: Hattie Anderson, seamstress at Grand Leader Dry Goods Co.
• 2019: Andrew Larson house (1909).
• 2018: A. Tracy house (1908). 1908 Polk: Anthony Tracy, machinist Great Northern Railway. 1907 Polk: Tracy is boarder at Delta Hotel.
• 2015: Don Danielson house (1909). 1909 Polk: Donald Danielson, Clark Nickerson Lumber Co., Victor Danielson, Donald boarders.
• 2014: George Yerran house (1910).
• 2011: S. K. Painter house (1910).
• 2010: W. E. Barr house (1951).
• 2007: S. K. Painter house (1915).
• 2006: R. E. Fox house (1912).
• 2005: S. K. Painter house (1910).
• 2002: house (1905). 1910 Polk: Margery Philbrick, boarder. 1910 Polk: William J. DeLaruelle, shingler. He lived at 2313 Rockefeller in 1906.

1900 Virginia block

Riverside Historic Overlay research

• 1932: Ingrel Hailand house (1909).
• 1931: R. Hartmann house (1918).
• 1929: R. Hartmann house (1919).
• 1928: Emil Johnson house (1908). 1910 Polk: Gustav Gilbertson, helper at Sumner Iron Works 1909 Polk: Nels Gilbertson was a founder of SI Works, but didn't live there.
• 1925: R. Hartmann house (1919).
• 1924: E.H. Vallan house (1921).
• 1921: R. Hartmann house (1919).
• 1920: Carl Hultgren house (1919).
• 1917: R. Hartmann house (1918).
• 1915: Carl Halverson house (1919).
• 1914: Geo. Robinson house (1926).
• 1912: built by W. A. Swalwell (1915).
• 1907: R. Hartmann house (1918). C. Rudoph also built?
• 1906: Herman. F. Treibel house (1926). S ee 2717 Virginia. Same name? 1926-7 Polk: 2106 Fulton, Herman lived w/wife Mary H. 1913 Polk: Treibel carpenter lives at 2606 Rockefeller. 1928-9: Treibel at 1807 24th 1932 Polk: James I. Fitch, papermaker at Everett Pulp and Paper Co., wife Lucy.
• 1902: (1909). 1909 Polk: Rheinhard Braitzka lives there. 1910 Polk: Rheinhard Braitzka, planerman, Robinson Mfg Co.. Moves by 1913. 1932 Polk: Virginia Grocery, Charles L. Moehlman owner. 1913 Polk: Edward Long (Mattie), grocer, lived at 1731 Oakes.
• 1901: Andrew Johnson house (1914). 1915 Polk: Andrew Johnson, lumber grader, wife Signa.

North Junior High School (1981)

North Junior High was built in 1925, when there were 1180 students in grades 7, 8, and 9. It was the city's first junior high school. Senator Henry Jackson, who later ran for president of the United States, was in the first class, but transfered to South Junior the next year. A library was added in 1929, and girl's gymnasium in 1930. In 1947 there were about 1100 to 1150 students. That year, eighth grade girls and boys were separated for all classes, but the following year they were mixed. The old school was torn down years ago. In 1970, North Junior was changed to North Middle School, with the grades changed to sixth, seventh, and eighth.

After much controversy about whether to build a new building on Bagshaw Field or the current building site, in 1979 it was decided to tear down the old school. During the year the demolition and construction occurred, seventh and eighth graders attended Port Gardner Middle School (formerly South Junior High), while sixth graders went to Washington Elementary. North Middle School reopened in 1981 with 1100 students.

Bagshaw Field (former Fairgrounds)

Enoch Bagshaw (b. 1882, Wales, d. 1930) was the Everett High School football coach from 1911-1920. During this era, Everett completely dominated local high school football. The rest of the 1920s he coached at the University of Washington, going to the Rose Bowl twice. He was fired in 1929 after a poor season, and died the year after.

Originally called "Athletic Field", this is where Everett High School won the national football championship game on the first day of 1921 against Toledo Ohio's team. The grandstand on Rainier held 2000 people. Many more than that attended the game, however. Can you imagine the excitement in Everett? The field was named for "Baggy" in 1931, and the bronze plaque was dedicated November 8, 1985.

From 1909-1911, EHS football was played at "Manufacturer's Field" between California and Everett Aves on east side of Oakes.

S. K. Painter house (1907)

This house was moved from 2106 23rd St.

Important books

• Mill Town, Norman H. Clark (UW Press, 1970). A history of Everett.
• Beginning of a Mortal (1933), No Matter What Happens (1948), and Shinny on Your Own Side (1958), Max Miller. Vivid descriptions of what it was like to grow up in the Riverside neighborhood.
• Memory Lanes, Helmer Malstrom (1986). Malstrom grew up on East Grand during 1910-25, and documented it well.
• Riverside Remembers, a three-book series of stories published by the Greater Riverside Neighborhood Association.

Max Miller (1899-1967)

Max Carlton Miller, born in Traverse City, Michigan, spent his youth in Riverside. He moved to Montana for a time, but returned to Everett for high school. He worked for newspapers in Australia, the South Pacific, and California. Before graduating from high school, he enlisted for WWI. He also was in the military during parts of WWII and the Korean War. He wrote 28 books and was the most famous Riverside author. His books Beginning of a Mortal (1933), No Matter What Happens (1948), and Shinny on Your Own Side (1958), are vivid descriptions of what it was like to grow up in the Riverside neighborhood.

The Miller house was removed by the freeway project. It was at about 23rd and Summit.