H. W. Lee Refits the Riverside Hotel in Snohomish
A newly leased and refurbished hostelry promises a first-class experience for the growing community of Snohomish City.
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Riverside Hotel, Snohomish City, Washington Territory. H. W. Lee, having recently leased this convenient and well-known 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 first-class hotel. The table will be supplied with the best the market can afford. A first quality of wines, liquors, and cigars always on hand. Every attention will be shown for the convenience of the guests of this house.
“The table will be supplied with the best the market can afford.”
In 1877, a 'first-class' hotel was the backbone of a developing frontier town, serving as the essential meeting ground for commerce and news. Today, Snohomish’s historic downtown continues to grapple with the tension between preserving these landmark buildings and meeting the modern housing and hospitality demands of a rapidly growing region.
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