page_title: Monroe, Washington
section_title: Arts
hierarchical_section_title: Monroe, Washington / Culture / Arts
caption_attribution_description: English: The Wagner Performing Arts Center, a small arts and theatre venue in Monroe, Washington, on the campus of a local elementary school. It is named for George Wagner, a German immigrant to the area who owned a prominent sawmill in the early 20th century.
context_page_description: Monroe is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Skykomish, Snohomish, and Snoqualmie rivers in the Cascade foothills, about 30 miles northeast of Seattle. Monroe's population was 17,304 as of the 2010 census and was estimated to be 19,776 in 2019.
  Monroe was originally founded in 1864 as the town of Park Place, located at the river confluence among several existing settlements in the Tulaco Valley. The townsite was previously a trading post used by the indigenous Skykomish people. Park Place was renamed to Monroe in 1890 to honor U.S. President James Monroe, and was moved northeast to be near the tracks of the Great Northern Railway, which was constructed in 1892. Monroe was incorporated in 1902 and was selected as the home of a major condensed milk plant and the state reformatory.
  Monroe became a suburban bedroom community in the late 20th century, serving commuters to Everett, Seattle, and the Eastside. It is home to the Monroe Correctional Complex, which absorbed the original reformatory in 1998, and the Evergreen State Fair, which runs annually in late summer. The city is located at the junction of two highways, U.S.
context_section_description: A non-profit arts council for Monroe was founded in 2003 and sponsors art projects and events in the city using small government grants. The arts council sponsored the creation of a 80-foot (24 m) mural depicting the ecosystem of local rivers that was installed on a building in downtown Monroe in 2004. The arts council renovated an elementary school auditorium into the city's performing arts center in the 2010s after a plan to build a dedicated facility was shelved.
  Part of the 1981 drama biographic film Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy was filmed in Monroe. The 2002 horror film The Ring and its sequel, The Ring Two, were both partially filmed in Monroe and Stanwood. A scene in the pilot for the web television series The Man in the High Castle was filmed at the Lewis Street Bridge on State Route 203.
caption: The Wagner Performing Arts Center in downtown Monroe
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