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Eagles Auditorium Building
On February 6, 1898, a group of theater managers met to di...
Times Building
As its name suggests, the Times Building housed the busine...
Pike Place Public Market
Prior to the arrival of grocery stores in the 1920s, many ...
Bell Apartments and Barnes Building
Elmer Fisher is best known as the dominant architect of Se...
Harvard - Belmont Historic District
The Harvard-Belmont District encompasses an exclusive resi...
Ballard Avenue Historic District
The Ballard Avenue Historic District reflects the patterns...
National Arboretum
Official proposals for the establishment of an arboretum i...
Marine Barracks
The oldest continually active post in the Corps, the Marin...
East Capitol Street Car Barn
The East Capitol Street Car Barn, constructed in 1896, is ...
The Folger Shakespeare Library
Henry Clay Folger, a millionaire Standard Oil executive, d...
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Eagles Auditorium Building
On February 6, 1898, a group of theater managers met to discuss some business matters. The men decided to take a walk along the tide flats, and upon reaching the shipyards, settled upon some pilings, where the conversation took a ...
Times Building
As its name suggests, the Times Building housed the business, editorial and printing functions of one of Seattle's prominent newspapers. The Times was best known throughout the Pacific Northwest as the paper of the Blethen family, who purchased it in ...
Pike Place Public Market
Prior to the arrival of grocery stores in the 1920s, many Americans purchased their produce in large open-air markets directly from farmers as a way to "beat the middleman." In 1907, after rumors of price fixing mounted, Seattle's City Council ...
Bell Apartments and Barnes Building
Elmer Fisher is best known as the dominant architect of Seattle's reconstruction after the Great Fire of 1889 that destroyed 60 acres in downtown Seattle. In the wake of the Great Fire, Fisher designed and supervised the construction of over ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Marine Barracks
The oldest continually active post in the Corps, the Marine Barracks served as Marine Corps Headquarters from 1801 to 1901. Here recruits and officers were trained, and vital decisions were made affecting Corps development. Troops quartered at the Barracks played ...
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, ...
The Folger Shakespeare Library
Henry Clay Folger, a millionaire Standard Oil executive, devoted a great deal of his life to the acquisition of the largest collection of Shakespearean materials in the world. Folger purchased the land where the library stands today a parcel at ...
