![]() Washington State Department of Archeology and Historic PreservationĮverett Engine Company 2 and mascot in front of Snohomish County Courthouse (August Heide), 1909 It is currently on the National Register of Historic Places. The new Snohomish County Courthouse opened in 1910. During its construction, courthouse business operated out of the small courthouse annex. Retaining three surviving arches from the burned structure, Heide designed the new courthouse in Mission Style. Now reality mandated the changes.Īrchitect August Heide (1862-1943), designer of the original courthouse, was hired to draw plans for a new building. During a decade of rapid population growth in Everett, fire department pleas for a larger crew and better equipment previously had been ignored. Investigation following the fire led to changes for the Everett Fire Department. Several suspects were questioned as possible arsonists, but no charges were made. Only about half the losses were covered by insurance. In the final toll, 12 buildings were lost and three damaged. Everett’s participation was understandably small at the A-Y-P Exposition that day, since many citizens had spent the night guarding their town. They had constructed 50 replica smokestacks to be carried in a parade, but most were never used. Finally the firefighters were able to control the fire.Īugust 3rd was Snohomish County Day at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific (A-Y-P) Exposition, and many Everett residents had planned to attend. Jay Kingsley planned to dynamite a threatened hotel to end the flames. A stable was set on fire, as well as a row of frame buildings in Everett’s business district. They were called to a burning barn near Hewitt and Hoyt avenues, then to a fire at the Wellington Saloon. They succeeded in saving county records and the courthouse annex, but the courthouse itself was destroyed.Īs evening approached, firefighters had contained the devastating blaze but were soon battling a string of arson fires. Firefighters from Snohomish, Marysville, and Seattle Fire Departments come to aid, but their help arrived too late.Ĭourthouse workers scrambled to secure courthouse records, placing them in fireproof vaults as the fire burned from upper to lower stories. In a few hours all are ruins.Īfter the fire started, calls for help were made to neighborhood fire stations and firefighters reported for duty, but there was insufficient water and too few men to do the job. Fire next engulfs buildings of Everett Livery and Transfer Company, the Northern Transfer Company, and the Iles and Newman Carriage Works and finally ignites moss on the wood shingle roof of the Snohomish County courthouse. A strong northwest wind spreads the fire quickly and damages the Wetmore Avenue fire station, located only a few feet away. The wooden building is soon fully aflame. Healy blacksmith shop at 3014 Wetmore Avenue in Everett ignite a pile of loose hay on the floor below. ![]()
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