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. 

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.

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. 

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. 

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.

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.

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. 

 850 Heichel Road, Camano Island

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

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. 

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.

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.  

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.

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. 

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.

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,

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.