Industry
E.J. Anderson Sawmill
A sawmill scene that connects old Marysville to timber work, local labor, and the industries that helped the town grow.
Marysville History
Civic Center Paintings
Painted scenes of old Marysville, displayed in the Marysville Civic Center outside the City Council chambers.
Public art as local memory
These paintings belong with Marysville's history stories.
The Civic Center paintings are not archival photographs. They are visual interpretations of earlier Marysville: mills, stores, churches, schools, trains, farms, civic buildings, and regional neighbors.
Placing them here gives residents and visitors a way to browse the collection as a small online exhibit, while keeping the images connected to the broader local-history hub.
Gallery context
A civic hallway becomes a small history exhibit.
The paintings are especially useful because they bring many parts of local memory into one walkable place: public buildings, everyday work, faith communities, transportation, and early commerce.
This page treats them as a curated gallery, with descriptive labels and themes so each image has a clear place in the larger Marysville story.
Painting gallery
Old Marysville in ten painted scenes
Each title below is a descriptive label based on the image file name and visible subject. Artist, date, and source details can be added as they are confirmed.
Civic life
Historic Marysville City Hall
City Hall anchors a downtown street scene, placing public business alongside the storefronts and sidewalks of early Marysville.
Community halls
Historic Marysville I.O.O.F. Hall
The I.O.O.F. Hall points to the fraternal organizations, meeting places, and civic networks that shaped local public life.
Farming
Historic Marysville Rural Farming
A rural scene that widens the story beyond downtown, toward fields, farm families, and the agricultural landscape around Marysville.
Early commerce
Mark and Sarah Swinnerton General Store
The general store represents everyday exchange: supplies, conversation, errands, and the small businesses that held the town together.
Transportation
Marysville Airport on Steamboat Slough
This scene connects Steamboat Slough with early aviation, a reminder that Marysville movement happened by water, rail, road, and air.
Schools
Marysville First Schoolhouse
The first schoolhouse gives the collection a family and classroom thread, showing education as part of the city's foundation.
Railroad
Marysville Great Northern Railroad Station
The railroad station marks one of the strongest links between Marysville and the wider region after rail service reached town.
Churches
Marysville M.E. Church and Baptist Church
These church buildings represent worship, gathering, mutual aid, and the community institutions that grew with the town.
Regional neighbors
Tulalip Tribe and St. Anne Catholic Church
This painting places Marysville history in a wider local context that includes Tulalip neighbors, faith, and regional memory.
What the collection shows
Downtown, work, travel, schools, churches, and neighbors.
Civic buildings Early commerce Timber and farming Rail, water, road, and air Schools and churches Tulalip context
Location note
See the paintings in person at the Marysville Civic Center.
These images document paintings displayed outside the Marysville City Council chambers at 501 Delta Avenue. The City’s Council page confirms the chamber location. Artist, installation date, commissioning record, and formal artwork titles have not yet been verified; the labels here describe visible subjects and should not be treated as archival attributions.