• 1870 - Philo Remington owns Kenmore lands.

• 1880 - Watson C. Squire purchases Kenmore lands.

• 1887 - Railroad completed from Seattle to Bothell.

• 1889 - John McMaster moves from Kenmore, Ontario (named after Kenmore, Scotland) to Seattle.

• 1903 - Kenmore School District established.

• 1901 - John McMaster moves to Kenmore area and gives it its name. He leases land from Watson C. Squire on which he builds a shingle mill.

• 1913 - Brick road is built between Lake Forest Park and Bothell.

• 1916 - December/January, Lake Washington freezes; people ice skate from Montlake Bridge to Kenmore.

• 1916 - Bothell and Kenmore schools merge.

• 1917 - Lake Washington is lowered nine feet for ship canal.

• 1917 - First Kenmore bridge built.

• 1920 - School District purchases first school bus.

• 1920 - State Flower Nursery is established (now known as Kenmore Park, where rhododendrons are featured).

• 1921 - Inglewood Country Club opens.

• 1925 - Inglewood Country Club destroyed by fire.

• 1930 - John McMaster dies.

• 1931 - St Edwards Seminary is built.

• 1942 - Kenmore Fire Department begins.

• 1946 - Munro Air Harbor (Kenmore Air Harbor) established.

• 1952 - Residents begin Water District # 79 service.

• 1954 - Kenmore voters defeat an incorporation plan.

• 1959 - Northshore School District established.

• 1961 - Kenmore Village opens.

• 1976 - St Edwards Seminary closes.

• 1978 - St Edwards becomes a State Park.

• 1984 - "Missing Link" in Burke-Gilman trail is completed (former rail line).

• 1995 - Kenmore Incorporation Committee is formed.

• 1998 - City of Kenmore is incorporated on August 31.

• 1998 - Kenmore Heritage Society is formed.

**Resources for timeline include: Kenmore Heritage Society.