The El Rancho Bar & Grill closed around 2007. Around 2009, the "El Rancho" letters were removed from the canopy. The sign with the sleeping Mexican man remains. The building now houses an antiques store. [map]

The Shanghai Cafe opened in 1929. This sign is probably from the 1950s. The restaurant closed in 2019. The sign will be sold to a collector. [map]

The Hacienda Lodge sign appears to be from the 1960s. For more, see this website. [map]

This Rocket Gas sign was located inside the Butler Bar & Grill which had a nice collection of old neon signs. The bar was closed when I was there but I got this photo through the window in 2008. By 2011, the bar and signs were gone. I believe Rocket gas stations were a local chain and this is the only sign left that I know of. These 12-foot-tall signs were created in the late 1950s or early 1960s. It was restored by the Neon Electric Sign Co. in Seattle. For more, see this website.

The Thunderbird Motel and sign appeared to be from the 1950s or 1960s. This photo is from 2008. By 2012, the sign was gone and the business had become a Motel 6. For more, see this website.

The Lighthouse Motel sign was partially repainted in the past couple years before this photo was taken in 2008. There seems to be part of the sign missing below the "vacancy" piece. [map]

The Winegar Dairy was established in Ellensburg in 1949. According to the company's website, Winegar's Drive-in Dairy opened in 1960. However, this sign read 1956. This photo is from 2008. By 2015, the sign was gone.

These embossed plastic Glidden signs hang in front of M&H Glass Co. They are probably from the 1960s or 1970s. [map]

The Everett Motel sign may be from the 1960s. The motel has been demolished but the sign remains. [map]

The word "Tavern" on the Blue Moon Tavern sign has been painted over. By 2021, the entire sign had been painted over and the neon removed.

The Pacific Stone Company featured two great signs which have been kept from a previous business. The rake and shovel sign was designed by Howard Frederick Tollefson for "Farmer's Garden Center" and installed sometime between 1957-1961. The lettering on the panels was changed later for Pacific Stone. The sign with the lawn mower guy which was installed at the back of the parking lot was probably on the front of the garden store. It may have been built earlier. That sign fell off the roof in 2014. It was badly damaged and put in storage. There are no plans to restore it. In 2024, Pacific Stone announed that they were moving. It is not yet known what will happen with the sign. For more, see this website. [map]

The Poodle Dog Restaurant opened here in a rail car in 1933. This sign appears to be a recreation of the one that was installed on the restaurant's 1950s building. I believe this sign was built in 1967. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]