The River Side House: A New Era for a Snohomish Landmark
H.W. Light breathes new life into a local fixture, promising first-class lodging and supplies for the growing Snohomish community.
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H.W. Light, having recently leased this convenient and well-known hotel building for a term of years and refitted it in good style, begs leave to inform the community that they are now prepared to accommodate the public. They propose keeping a strictly first-class house. The table will be supplied with the best the market affords. Fine quality wines, liquors, and cigars always on hand. Every attention will be shown for the convenience of the patrons of this house.
“They propose keeping a strictly first-class house. The table will be supplied with the best the market affords.”
This notice from the 1870s highlights the vital role of boarding houses and hotels in early Snohomish, a necessity for a frontier logging town. Today, Snohomish grapples with a modern version of that same struggle—the need for diverse, accessible housing options that keep pace with the region's rapid growth.
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