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Phillips House
The Phillips House documents First Hill's transition from ...
Harvard - Belmont Historic District
The Harvard-Belmont District encompasses an exclusive resi...
Volunteer Park
For more than a century Volunteer Park has been the center...
Queen Anne High School
Queen Anne High School represents a major change in Seattl...
Ballard Avenue Historic District
The Ballard Avenue Historic District reflects the patterns...
Kenilworth Gardens
Although Kenilworth Gardens are locally important today as...
National Arboretum
Official proposals for the establishment of an arboretum i...
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
From 1877 to 1895 this was the home of famous abolitionist...
East Capitol Street Car Barn
The East Capitol Street Car Barn, constructed in 1896, is ...
Lincoln Park
Laid out in L'Enfant's plan for Washington as a square to ...
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Phillips House
The Phillips House documents First Hill's transition from its late 19th-century role as an opulent neighborhood of wealthy citizens to its 20th-century status as a largely middle-class area of modest homes and apartments houses. In the 1880s, many affluent citizens ...
Harvard - Belmont Historic District
The Harvard-Belmont District encompasses an exclusive residential area on the western slope of Capitol Hill. Seattle was the departure point for the Yukon gold rush, and an event which created a new class of wealthy people. These individuals attempted to ...
Volunteer Park
For more than a century Volunteer Park has been the center of Seattle's park system. Though the city began purchasing this site along the crown of Capitol Hill in 1876, more than 15 years passed before the municipal government began ...
Queen Anne High School
Queen Anne High School represents a major change in Seattle's education system. Reformers around the turn of the century viewed education as a possible cure for America's social ills. They argued that better schooling required safe, scientifically designed buildings. Seattle's ...
Ballard Avenue Historic District
The Ballard Avenue Historic District reflects the patterns of industrial growth in Seattle, as well as the city's Scandinavian heritage. In the 1870s and 1880s, several distinct communities were formed in the Puget Sound area that centered around the area's ...
Kenilworth Gardens
Although Kenilworth Gardens are locally important today as a part of Washington's Park System, its greater significance lies in its contribution to the botanical study and development of water plants and gardens under the direction of its founder, W.B. Shaw ...
National Arboretum
Official proposals for the establishment of an arboretum in the Washington area date as far back as the McMillan Commission of 1901. The gradual elimination of the Botanic Gardens on the Mall in the second decade of the 20th century ...
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
From 1877 to 1895 this was the home of famous abolitionist, writer, lecturer, statesman, and Underground Railroad conductor, Frederick Douglass. Modest in its scale and ornamentation, Cedar Hill demonstrates the characteristics of a romantic cottage in natural surroundings. Frederick Douglass ...
East Capitol Street Car Barn
The East Capitol Street Car Barn, constructed in 1896, is a Romanesque Revival style building designed by Waddy B. Wood, a prominent Washington architect. The L-shaped building is intrinsically linked to the history of Washington's rapid transit system. The building, ...
Lincoln Park
Laid out in L'Enfant's plan for Washington as a square to hold a monumental column from which point all distances on the continent would be measured, Lincoln Park was slow to develop, and, in fact, was used for years as ...
