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Columbia City Historic District
Columbia City is one of hundreds of communities across the...
Boeing Building No. 105
Building No.105, better know as the "Red Barn," documents ...
Triangle Hotel and Bar
Seattle's early surveyors attempted to lay out the city's ...
Washington Street Public Boat Landing Facility
The Washington Street Public Boat Landing Facility illustr...
Pioneer Building
The Pioneer Building helps mark the heart of Seattle's ear...
Hoge Building
The 1911 Hoge Building represents the wealth and extravaga...
Lyon Building
The Lyon Building illustrates changes in Seattle life both...
Arctic Club
The Arctic Building is associated with one of the lesser-k...
German Club/Assay Office
As its name suggests, the German Club/Assay Office has wit...
Cobb Building
The Cobb Building is the only surviving example of the inn...
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Columbia City Historic District
Columbia City is one of hundreds of communities across the country which blossomed with its connection to an electric streetcar. A trolley line was built through the village in 1890 and within three years enough industry and residences relocated to ...
Boeing Building No. 105
Building No.105, better know as the "Red Barn," documents the humble origins of what is today the world's largest airplane manufacturer. In 1910, 28-year-old William Boeing purchased this balloon frame building, built one year earlier, to house construction of the ...
Triangle Hotel and Bar
Seattle's early surveyors attempted to lay out the city's streets on a square grid plan. The varying angles of the shoreline, however, created overlapping grids that converged at points to produce a series of triangular lots. Building on these properties ...
Washington Street Public Boat Landing Facility
The Washington Street Public Boat Landing Facility illustrates Seattle's long-running reliance on the waters of Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean. The earliest European American settlers chose the area in the 1850s partly because of its natural harbor, and since ...
Pioneer Building
The Pioneer Building helps mark the heart of Seattle's early commercial development. It stands on the ground where Henry Yesler established the first sawmill of the area in 1853, thereby providing the city with its initial industrial base. He sold ...
Hoge Building
The 1911 Hoge Building represents the wealth and extravagance of America's early 20th-century financial elite. The building--named after John Hoge who personally financed the project--is considered to be the second true "skyscraper" in Seattle (the Alaska Building was the first). ...
Lyon Building
The Lyon Building illustrates changes in Seattle life both at the beginning and at the end of the 20th century. Although the flood of gold from the Yukon slowed to a steady stream as the 1900s opened, the city itself ...
Arctic Club
The Arctic Building is associated with one of the lesser-known facets of the Klondike gold rush--the formation of social institutions for the men who returned from the Yukon gold rush after "striking it rich." Though most who headed north found ...
German Club/Assay Office
As its name suggests, the German Club/Assay Office has witnessed a remarkable series of events during its history. In 1868, Thomas Prosch, noted newspaper publisher, civic leader and secretary of the Chamber of Commerce in Seattle, built the two-story, Italianate ...
Cobb Building
The Cobb Building is the only surviving example of the innovative urban design scheme planned to create a commercial center in Seattle. It occupies part of a 10-acre plot that originally served as the first site of the University of ...
