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Snohomish Visitors Center
1301 First Street
Snohomish, WA 98290
Hours 10am - 5pm
Phone: 360-862-9609
Tourism Bureau Updates:
SC Tourism Bureau
Jennifer Bravo
Visitor Services Manager
425-348-5802, ext. 13
Official Snohomish Updates:
Chamber of Commerce
Manager Pam Osborne (360) 568-2526
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I-5 Exit 194 - St.
Highway 2 - First Exit Snohomish - Bickford Ave.
5 miles to Downtown Snohomish
Leavenworth from I-5
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I-5 Exit 194 -
Highway 2 - First Exit Snohomish - Bickford Ave.
5 miles to Downtown Snohomish
Snohomish Visitor Center, Tourism Information
1301 First Street - Snohomish, WA 98290 | OPEN 10am - 5pm | Phone: 360-862-9609
Snohomish VIC - Managed By: Snohomish County Tourism Bureau
City of Snohomish Tourism Campaign:
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Visitors say snohomish is the best place to see history in snohomish county.
Tourists and visitors always ask, how do you "saysnohomish"? Its easy, SNO HO MISH. Now that you know how to SAY SNOHOMISH you will be ready to tell your friends and neighbors what a great time you had in Historic Snohomish Washington. HISTORIC SNOHOMISH Snohomish is THE place to visit! Our community has made every effort to insure the preservation of our historical beginnings while creating an wonderfully livable city. Snohomish has 8 parks, offering everything from boat launch facilities on the Snohomish River to tennis courts, fishing docks, and loads of play equipment.
The Centennial Trail head is located at the intersection of Pine and Maple Avenues. Shop Snohomish means finding a treasure in one of our specialty shops or browsing the wares of over 450 antique dealers, plus all your daily needs are conveniently met by shopping locally. We look forward to seeing you in Snohomish!
The City of Snohomish
The City of Snohomish, with the cooperation of the Chamber of Commerce & the HDS move forward with the opening of the new Snohomish Visitors Center. The Snohomish Chamber of Commerce along with the City and HDS have come together for this fantastic new local resource. Designed in homage to the Old Snohomish Train Depot, the Snohomish Visitors Center is at First street and Avenue D.
The Visitor Information Center interior is furnished with authentic antiques donated from Chamber members and from down town Snohomish shops are used to furnish the center, in addition, there is a interpretive historical display and a 10-minute video loop about the city's past and present. See the new visitor video!
State and federal grant, money collected from city licensed businesses through a VIC project assessment funding from the Snohomish Chamber of Commerce and HDS, and numerous other donations are funding this project. The grand opening celebration was in July 2005.
| Snohomish Washington Area History Quick Fact |
| 1903 City Streets In 1903 Snohomish had many dirt streets, and if there was a sidewalk, it was a wooden sidewalk. There was a plank road on some of the downtown streets for a ways. The planks were about three inches wide running across the street. This is were you walked and if you stepped off the planks you stepped into water or mud. These planks were torn out and First Street was paved with brick. When the brick pavement was finished there was a three day celebration! Every Saturday they would wash First Street witha fire hose. It was kept cleaner than it is today. |
| 1911 Disastrous Fire First Street between Avenues B and C, was destroyed when a small blaze in the Palace Cafe on the South side of the street got out of control on Memorial Day, 1911 at about four a.m. Thirty-five business structures were put out of business, with $173,000 worth of goods destroyed. |
| 1890 Fire Department Established The earliest fire fighting in Snohomish was the so called "Bucket Brigade", with buckets and wet sacks. In 1883, the first move towards concerted fire protection in the small community was taken, with the installation of a force pump and 100 feet fo hose on th bank of the Snohomish River. In 1887, the first city water system from Blackman's Lake was put into service. On August 8, 1890 the City Council established a fire department. G.W. Head was elected the first Fire Chief. |
Thank you to the Snohomish Tourism Bureau for their support and cooperation.