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    • Camano City Schoolhouse
    • Camano Island Parks
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    • The Floyd
    • Iverson Preserve
    • Kristoferson Farm
    • S.A.Thompson House
    • SVFD and SAAL Brewing
    • Utsalady Ladies Aid
  • Maps & Brochures
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2022 Historic Sites

We are so glad to be back for the 6th Annual Stanwood Camano Historic Sites Tour.  The theme for this year, "Car and Quilts", provides new layers of history and ways for our community members to participate with their own personal historical treasures. 


The following sites are featured on the 2022 Historic Sites Tour. 

IF you see these on the Historic Site Photo

CAMANO CITY SCHOOLHOUSE AND FIRE HALL

993 Orchid Rd, Camano Island 

camanoschoolhouse.org


Built in 1906, this one room schoolhouse served students of the rapidly growing mill town of Camano City.  The recent acquisition of the Fire Hall will host the soon to open Fire House Museum.

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CAMANO LUTHERAN CHURCH

850 Heichel Rd, Camano Island

camanolutheranchurch.org 


Established in 1890 in Utsalady. In 1895 services were held at the Livingston Bay school, which was located across the road. It was moved to this site and is now Pioneer Hall. 

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KRISTOFERSON FARM

332 North East Camano Dr, Camano Island kristofersonfarm.com 


Kristoferson Barn has been the hub of farm operations for the Kristoferson family for over 100 years. This barn was built in 1914 from Douglas Fir milled on site. 

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UTSALADY LADIES AID

79 Utsalady Rd, Camano Island utsaladyladiesaid.org


Utsalady Ladies Aid was founded in 1908 and is the second oldest organization in Island County. The building was constructed in 1923.

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SOUTH CAMANO GRANGE

2227 S Camano Dr, Camano Island


The local grange was established in 1930 and known for its clam dinners, dances, and for providing youth activities. In July of 1949, they sponsored and coordinated the volunteer effort to build Camano Island State Park in just one day. 

CAMA BEACH STATE PARK

1880 South West Camano Dr, Camano Island
www.parks.state.wa.us/483/Cama-Beach 


Cama Beach was a 1930s-era fishing resort complete with waterfront cedar cabins and bungalows. In 1990, the property was turned into a state park. 

Historic House Museum Info
BARNUM POINT COUNTY PARK

278 S Sunrise Blvd, Camano Island 


In 1904 Sterling J. Barnum arrived on Camano Island from Binghamton, New York. After searching the island by boat, he bought 110 acres and cleared 40 of them for a farm. 

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CAMANO ISLAND STATE PARK

2269 Lowell Point Rd, Camano Island
www.parks.state.wa.us/484/CamanoIsland


A community initiated and supported park. In 1949, ninety-two acres of land was acquired for a park. The initial development was accomplished in one day by nearly 500 public spirited volunteers from Stanwood and Camano Island.

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IVERSON PRESERVE

3 Iverson Rd, Camano Island


Be transported back in time to see the foundations of land today where flat trails explore wetlands, native plants, and tidal marsh. Look out at the Stillaguamish estuary in Port Susan Bay for birds benefited by wetlands and estuaries. 

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CAMANO LUTHERAN CHURCH CEMETERY

 850 Heichel Road, Camano Island


Lutheran churches had a long tradition of establishing their own cemeteries. Records of burials appear as early as 1909.

CAMANO PIONEER CEMETERY

557 East North Camano Dr, Camano Island


Camano Island’s early settlers and some Native Americans are buried here. The cemetery was originally platted in 1887. There are many unmarked graves. The new 2021 sign maps the history of many of the gravesites. 

ENGLISH BOOM HISTORICAL PARK

Moore Rd, Camano Island


During the 1920s and 1930s, the park was once a logging boom owned by the English Lumber Company. Trees were hauled to the water, tied together and pulled by tug to sawmills.

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UTSALADY VISA POINT/OLD UTSALADY VIEW POINT

390 Shore Drive Camano Island


Its original appeal was for logging; the Douglas Firs were logged and imported from all over the world. Saw mills were constructed, which sparked further development, and suddenly there was a blacksmith, saloon, hotel, and school.  

I.O.O.F. PUBLIC HALL (THE FLOYD)

27130 102nd Ave NW, Stanwood
sahs-fncc.org 


The Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was restored in 2003 by the Stanwood Area Historical Society to host music, arts, cultural and family events, as it once did in the early 1990s.

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D.O. PEARSON HOUSE

27108 102nd Ave NW, Stanwood


Built in 1890, the D.O. Pearson House belonged to the first mayor of Stanwood. Pearson became the sixth Postmaster in seven years, changing the town’s postal designation to a less commonly used name of Stanwood, the maiden name of his wife Clara. 

THE S.A. THOMPSON HOUSE (STANWOOD HOUSE)

9915 270th St. NW, Stanwood

https://stanwoodhouse.com/


The S.A. Thompson House, now known as "Stanwood House", was built sometime between 1900 and 1908. The house is a two-story hipped roof colonial with full front and side porches.

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STANWOOD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT/SAAL BREWING

10209 270th St. NW, Stanwood

https://www.facebook.com/saalbrewingco 


Volunteer firemen from three counties met in the new fire hall in Stanwood in 1929. The upper floor at one time served as the Stanwood Police Department office, and a place for city council meetings.  Now home to S.A.A.L. Brewing,

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STANWOOD CITY HALL

10220 270th Street NW Stanwood

https://stanwoodwa.org/


September 30, 1936 was the date of a memorable event for Stanwood…the dedication of the new city hall. The building included a ballroom, orchestra pit, kitchen, council chambers and city jail. 


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