Less visible than the cross-avenue arch welcoming guests to downtown Anacortes is this arch over the main entrance to the New Wilson Hotel on Commercial Avenue. The hotel was renovated and now features apartments administered by the Anacortes Housing Authority.
Honored this week at an Anacortes High School basketball game were Erling Oakland, Fred Olson and Lee Wilson, starters on an AHS team that went to state in 1936, 1937 and 1938. The boys, coached by Chet Rhodes, earned 1938 honors as Skagit County champs, NW District Champs and 4th Place team at state. The […]
September can be a awesome month in terms of weather. This was the view Tuesday afternoon from the New Wilson Hotel looking north toward the Guemes Channel. That’s the Majestic Inn and Spa, the state ferry Elwha in drydock and a crane at work at the Dakota Creek Industries shipyard. A tree-lined Commercial Avenue is […]
On my visit to the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce office today I looked across the street and discovered this “Chamber of Commerce weather” scene: a sun-bathed painting of city namesake Anna Curtis on the side of the historic Wilson Hotel. A Chamber banner to the right jumps out against the dark background of the building’s […]
Plans are underway to make sure that this landmark building, the old Wilson Hotel in downtown Anacortes, will be around for many more years. In addition to a beautiful brick face, the side of the building features historic scenes painted by Bill Mitchell. That’s the face of city namesake Anna Curtis just under the word: […]