first students taking classes at a converted elementary school. In 1957, construction began on a new college campus in north Everett. The campus, which originally included seven buildings, opened in 1958.
The college's name changed to Everett Community College in 1967 to conform with the Washington State Community College Act.
On February 16, 1987, an arson fire broke out at the college's library that destroyed the main student services building and killed firefighter Gary Parks. The arson destroyed 48,000 books and remained unsolved for decades. In 2021, Elmer Nash pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of Parks; he had been 12 years old at the time of the arson and admitted to starting it to conceal a theft. A new library and service building was opened in October 1988 at the same site and dedicated to Parks, who was honored with a statue in the courtyard. The building cost $8 million to construct and stock with new books, using funds from the state legislature and private donations.
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