Reinig Family papers, 1862-2003

Leonard L. Reinig (1839-1910) was a Seattle pioneer, businessman, and real estate developer. Reinig, a native of Bavaria, immigrated to the United States in 1862, and came to Seattle in 1869. In that same year, he opened a grocery and purchased a southwest corner lot at First Avenue and Columbia. On that property he built a two-story building in 1873, which had a large assembly hall that was referred to as "Reinig's Hall." In 1881, the Reinig and Voss Block opened at First Avenue and Marion Street but burned in the Seattle fire in 1889. Leonard L. Reinig and his family moved to Snoqualmie in 1890. He is buried at Lakeview Cemetery in Seattle.

Leonard L. Reinig and his wife, Margarethe Schafer (1850-1933), had three sons: Otto F. Reinig, Dionis G. Reinig, and Edward C. Reinig (d. 1912). Otto, who married Minnie Owens, was a businessman and mayor of Snoqualmie, Washington. Dionis married Hadassah Lorette Knapp in 1910 and had three children.