page_title: Chehalis, Washington
section_title: Historic buildings and sites
hierarchical_section_title: Chehalis, Washington / Historic buildings and sites
caption_attribution_description: English: Late autumn, sunset photo of Vernetta Smith Chehalis Timberland Library on Market St.
context_page_description: Chehalis is a city in Lewis County, Washington, United States. The population was 7,259 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Lewis County.
context_section_description: Vernetta Smith Chehalis Timberland Library - The library is named in honor of the mother of former Chehalis resident, Orin Smith, the new library's chief donor.  This library was completed in 2008 after the original Chehalis Library and Chehalis City Hall was torn down in September, 2007.  Originally part of the Carnegie library movement, the first library was built in 1910 and survived a major 1949 earthquake.
  Lewis County Historical Museum - The building, built and opened in 1912, was originally known as the Northern Pacific Railway Depot.  The Lewis County Historical Society and Museum currently occupies the site, celebrating the storied history of Lewis County, Washington.  The society "mobilized to save the depot" beginning in 1972 after the city was informed that the building would be torn down.  Renovation began in 1978 and a five-day grand opening began on September 18, 1979.
  Chehalis Theater - Built as a car dealership in 1923, the building was converted into a movie house and opened as such on December 7, 1938 under the name, Pix Theater.  Renamed in its current form in 1954, the Chehalis Theater saw an uninterrupted run into the 1980s.  From then until 2018, the theater had been used for various business ventures, and had been reopened and closed several times, with a last use of it as a movie theater in 2008. Major restoration began anew in 2016 and in 2018, a Chehalis family purchased the building while continuing the remodeling efforts.  The theater has been reopened to offer "a variety of both performance and cinema-based entertainment" and displays its original Art Deco lighting.
  Claquato Church - The oldest continuously used church in Washington state.
  Washington Hotel - Built in 1889, with a vaudeville and movie house, named the Dream Theatre, added to its spacious first floor in 1911, the building currently houses several small businesses, including the current site of the Vintage Motorcycle Museum.  A major fire in 1997 brought near demise to the structure, but a local family worked to save and restore the historic site, and were recognized for their work in 1999 by receiving a Washington State Preservation Award.  Ghost signs are visible on the north side of the structure.
caption: Vernetta Smith Timberland Library
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