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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...
Seattle, Chief of the Suquamish, Statue
The Seattle, Chief of the Suquamish, Statue was created in...
Fire Station No. 25
Fire Station No. 25 is a reminder of the fire stations and...
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...
Wawona
The three-masted, bald-headed (having no topmasts) Wawona ...
Queen Anne High School
Queen Anne High School represents a major change in Seattl...
Virginia V
The Virginia V documents a crucial phase in Seattle's mari...
Ballard Avenue Historic District
The Ballard Avenue Historic District reflects the patterns...
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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 ...
Seattle, Chief of the Suquamish, Statue
The Seattle, Chief of the Suquamish, Statue was created in 1912 and commemorates the relationship between the American Indians of Puget Sound and the incoming European-American settlers. Around 1783, a Suquamish named Noah Sealth was born on Blake Island in ...
Fire Station No. 25
Fire Station No. 25 is a reminder of the fire stations and fire equipment of earlier eras. Built between 1908 and 1909, the station was designed with features necessary for the horse-drawn fire wagons of the early 20th century: room ...
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 ...
Wawona
The three-masted, bald-headed (having no topmasts) Wawona is the largest sailing schooner built in North America. Constructed by Hans Bendixen at Fairhaven, California, she began her career in 1897 as a lumber ship, making quick runs up and down the ...
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 ...
Virginia V
The Virginia V documents a crucial phase in Seattle's maritime history. Built in 1922, when roads were frequently impassible, this propeller-driven wooden steamer immediately became one of the vessels that supported the commerce and communications of Puget Sound. For 16 ...
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 ...
