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Grays Harbor County courthouse Review

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Grays Harbor County courthouse

Address: 102 W. Broadway, Montesano, WA | Map It
Phone: 360/249-3441

Category: Architectural Sites
Location: Montesano

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Fodor's Review:

The enormous, sandstone Grays Harbor County courthouse seems exceptionally grand for such a small town, but it was entirely appropriate at the time it was built, between 1909 and 1912, when Montesano was a prosperous railroad boomtown. Its clock tower soars above the classical, pillared entrance. The lobby has a marble staircase flanked by murals depicting Robert Gray in 1792, discovering the harbor that bears his name, and Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens negotiating with Native Americans at Cosmopolis in 1855. The murals inaccurately depict native people wearing feather headdresses and standing in front of tepees (neither was used by the local Chehalis). Information packets for self-guided tours around town are available in the room to the right of the Commissioner's Office.

Cost: Free
Open: Weekdays 8-5

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