Kenmore became Washington’s newest city on August 31, 1998, and began conducting its business in an empty storefront in Kenmore Village, a small strip mall on NE 181st ST. One year later, Kenmore officials arranged with Wells Fargo Bank to...

The Great Blue Heron, with its slate-gray body, chestnut and black accents, and very long legs and neck, is the largest heron in North America. In flight it looks enormous, with a six-foot wingspan. Kenmore’s heron rookery includes dozens of...

The Kenmore Mural Project began with a simple exchange of emails between the City of Kenmore and St. Vincent de Paul staff in May of 2015. Completed in the summer of 2016, the mural is 188 feet long by 12...

The Schnitzelbank building was constructed in 1926 to house the Chili Bowl Café. The building was often vacant during the mid-1930s Depression years. In the 1940s the building became the Wishbone Inn, specializing in chicken meals. It was followed by...

“To make memories with each other and give shape to time.” In March of 1930, Kenmore Community Club opened their doors, bought a piano, and formed an orchestra. Dances were held on meeting nights after business was completed. The orchestra,...

“Connecting the Community with Water.” Named for Watson C. Squire, an early Kenmore developer who had visions for a waterfront park in the early 1900s, Squire’s Landing Park comprises 42-acres at the confluence of Swamp Creek and the Sammamish River....

From the 1920s through the 1940s, Kenmore was known for good food, but also for “good times,” which sometimes gave Kenmore a questionable reputation. During Prohibition, whisky was floated to Kenmore’s shores, and found its way into some restaurants, roadhouses,...

The present-day Burke-Gilman Trail is located on the former railroad bed completed in 1887, making it possible for trains to travel from Seattle to Kenmore. Seattleites loved taking the Sunday afternoon train to Kenmore to see “the wilderness.” Passenger service...

“More than just a lumberyard.” Started by fraternity brothers at the University of Washington in the 1950s, Plywood Supply, Inc. today is a wholesale distributor that covers 18 acres in Kenmore, delivering a full line of wood products and services,...

Kenmore Air Harbor was founded in 1946 by three men, aviation mechanics Bob Munro and Reg Collins, and pilot Jack Mines, after returning from duty in World War II. They purchased a shingle mill and adjacent swamp totaling 2.5 acres...

Tracy Owen Station at Log Boom Park is a 3.9-acre park that provides access to over 1,200 lineal feet of shoreline on Kenmore’s Lake Washington waterfront. This shoreline was where early loggers once operated mills and anchored their log booms,...

Early Kenmore residents knew Inglewood as Peterson’s Goat Farm until 1919, when the land was cleared for the formation of the golf course. The club is one of the oldest in the Pacific Northwest. In October 1925, the original clubhouse...

Located on the eastern shore of Lake Washington, surrounded by low forest and lawns, Saint Edward State Park sits on the traditional territory of several Native American tribes. The 1830s brought disease to the area and the native population was...

The 51-acre Bastyr University campus is uniquely suited for the study of natural health sciences. Nestled among fields and woodlands on the northeast shore of Lake Washington, the 186,000-square-foot campus complex is located adjacent to St Edward State Park. Built...

Rhododendron Park sits on 13 acres of land in Kenmore and was once the home of rhododendron enthusiast Reginald A. “Charlie” Pearce. An Englishman who immigrated to the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the 20th century, Pearce became a...