History article written for the GFHS website,Many Hotels Offered Room in Granite Falls An anonymous handwritten history of Granite Falls (1918) found amongst papers given to the Museums says: "Every village hamlet, or town, no matter how small, is naturally visited by a few strangers sometimes, who come there either on business or for pleasure, and if these strangers can find comfortable lodgings and meals, they are naturally pleased, and will therefore be likely to come again, bringing more money and business with them. A hotel is consequently one of the town’s chief assets." We are fortunate today to have several pleasant bed- I . andbreakfast facilities nearby, but none of the early The first hotel, the Granlte Falls Hotel, was bUllt by Roy Granite Falls hotels survive. CFOfl in 1891. Other hotels over the years included the Hotel Granite, Park Hotel, and Hotel Livengood. The Mountain View Hotel was built by John Snethen in 1893. It later was renamed the Cascade Hotel. The Hotel Granite stood on the East side of 8. Granite Ave, just South of the Pilchuck Market. A fire destroyed the top floor in 1931, but the building still stands at the corner of Stanley St. and Granite Ave. and is occupied by a variety of small businesses. , Accession/Object ID: No accession number, Object Name: , Title: "Back in the Day" article, Author: Fred Cruger, Description: History article written for the GFHS website, Date: , OCR Text: Many Hotels Offered Room in Granite Falls An anonymous handwritten history of Granite Falls (1918) found amongst papers given to the Museums says: "Every village hamlet, or town, no matter how small, is naturally visited by a few strangers sometimes, who come there either on business or for pleasure, and if these strangers can find comfortable lodgings and meals, they are naturally pleased, and will therefore be likely to come again, bringing more money and business with them. A hotel is consequently one of the town’s chief assets." We are fortunate today to have several pleasant bed- I . andbreakfast facilities nearby, but none of the early The first hotel, the Granlte Falls Hotel, was bUllt by Roy Granite Falls hotels survive. CFOfl in 1891. Other hotels over the years included the Hotel Granite, Park Hotel, and Hotel Livengood. The Mountain View Hotel was built by John Snethen in 1893. It later was renamed the Cascade Hotel. The Hotel Granite stood on the East side of 8. Granite Ave, just South of the Pilchuck Market. A fire destroyed the top floor in 1931, but the building still stands at the corner of Stanley St. and Granite Ave. and is occupied by a variety of small businesses. , Granite Falls Historical Society,Documents (articles, clippings, letters, papers),Local History Articles,Back in the Day (local),Many Hotels.pdf,Many Hotels.pdf Page 1, Many Hotels.pdf Page 1