“This market is yours. I dedicate it to you, and may it prove a benefit to you and your children. It is for you to defend, to protect and to uphold; and it is for you to see that those who occupy it treat you fairly, that no extortion be . . . — — Map (db m69997) HM
The famous “Ton of Gold” that started the Alaska Gold Rush was unloaded here in 1897. The SS Portland landed the valuable cargo at this pier then known as Scwabacher Dock.
Ereceted National Maritime Day 1957 — — Map (db m47998) HM
At this site on August 31, 1896, the Nippon Yusen Kaisha Steamer ‘Miike Maru’ arrived with her cargo of tea. This was the first regularly scheduled steamer service between the Orient and Seattle and marked the birth of Seattle as an international . . . — — Map (db m47996) HM
The U.S. Navy’s “Great White Fleet” arrived Seattle May 23 and departed May 27, 1908 to continue their famous 46,000 mile round the world cruise. Part of the fleet anchored in Elliot Bay near this site and the crews disembarked here at . . . — — Map (db m48001) HM
This bell is the remaining symbol of the leap made by city leaders to establish and equip a professional firefighting force after the Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889. On that day, the young metropolis of Seattle was devastated by flames in spite . . . — — Map (db m27187) HM
First Pastor
Dr. George F. Whitworth.
Charter Members
Mary E. Whitworth • Clara Whitworth York
Lida Whitworth • Ruth J. McCarty
Rebecca Jones • Samuel Kenny
Jessie Kenny
Erected on the Fiftieth
Anniversary of the
founding of . . . — — Map (db m81459) HM
Restored in 2012-2014 and unveiled and dedicated on June 6, 2014 at the "Birthplace of Seattle" Log House Museum of the Southwest Seattle Historical Society.
This is a replica of a totem pole carved by natives of the coastal island region . . . — — Map (db m181248) HM
Designed by Max Umbrecht for J.W. Clise, this building originally housed stores, offices and lodgings, and together with others in the area, marked the northward move of the downtown up First Avenue. Later it was converted into a parking garage and . . . — — Map (db m99629) HM
Under the provisions of the National
Historic Preservation Act of
October 15, 1966, this property
possesses exceptional value in
commemorating, or illustrating
American history
Placed on the National Register on
March 16, 1972 by . . . — — Map (db m181530) HM
Dedicated: 1893
Elmer Fisher, architect
National Historic Register
Renovation & addition dedicated 1999
Snell Partnership, Architect
Cassimar US, Inc. & Austin A. Bell Associates, LLC
a member of the Murray Franklyn family . . . — — Map (db m181425) HM
Multiple markers on and near the Ballard Centennial Bell identify the Ballard Avenue Historic District.Marker 1:
Be it remembered that at this place on the eleventh day of April, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy Six, the Ballard . . . — — Map (db m168325) HM
Built by Ballard saloon entrepreneur Louis Anderson, this structure was originally home to Warren Brothers Drug Store. In 1912 Samuel and Lewis Barthelemy opened the well-known Ballard Hardware and successfully conducted business from here for . . . — — Map (db m181484) HM
Considered one of the largest moving companies in the area, Ballard Livery and Transfer was established on Leary Avenue in 1904. Its office was moved to this location in 1907, when B.J. Cooney took over the business. A year later the Boyd Brothers . . . — — Map (db m181485) HM
In this area once part of the bay, vessels from ports all over the world dumped their ballast. Untold thousands of tons were unloaded into the water by ship’s crews including 40,000 tons from San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill.
The island, long a . . . — — Map (db m48122) HM
Designed in 1901 by Max Umbrecht
For Clifford Beebe, This Building Although
Presenting an Elegant Neo-Regency Facade,
Housed a Modest Hostelry for Most of its
Earlier Life. It was Restored to In-City
Housing by the Cornerstone . . . — — Map (db m120352) HM
The original Bell Street Bridge was a wooden trestle built in 1915 to provide access to Pier 66 from Elliott Avenue and the hillside above.
In the early 1900s, trestle bridges connected many of Seattle's piers on the central waterfront with the . . . — — Map (db m86453) HM
The site of the Indian camping place called Muck-Muck-Wum. In 1911 the headquarters of Washington’s first public port was established here by commissioners H.M. Chittenden, C.E. Remsberg and Robert Bridges. This tablet dedicated May 19, during . . . — — Map (db m48002) HM
On this site, from 1978 to 1982, the Belltown Café served the neighborhood as a cultural hearth and home to a Groundhog Day root pie tradition. The café proprietors often traded food for art with their customers. One exchange resulted in the . . . — — Map (db m180272) HM
In August 1907, in a 6 by 17 foot office under the original sidewalk here, a few messenger boys began the business which their many thousand successors extended throughout the vast regions of our country covered by United Parcel Service today. . . . — — Map (db m70736) HM
Acquired By the People of King County, State of Washington, for the Purpose of Promoting Aeronautics, and Named in Honor of
William Edward Boeing,
Whose Intelligent, Active, and Long Continued Interest in All That Concerns and Advances the . . . — — Map (db m139396) HM
From this site, Boeing launched its first airplane, the B & W, in 1916. Employees manufactured the parts at the Red Barn and assembled them here in a specially built hangar. — — Map (db m155215) HM
On this site stood Seattle's first High School. Opened in 1902 as Seattle High School, in 1904 it was named Broadway High School until its closing in 1946. Broadway set high standards for education and racial harmony. This plaque is presented by . . . — — Map (db m102981) HM
A historic day in Seattle
Just after 1pm on July 07, 2014, Deb Green, a 65-year-old marathon running grandmother from Ballard brought her camp chair, a hat, and a book as she planted herself down to become the first person in line to legally . . . — — Map (db m116579) HM
Carkeek Park is an urban oasis. The salt water beach, the salmon bearing stream, wetlands, forest, picnic tables, play areas and miles of trails welcome visitors with new discoveries year round.
The land once occupied by early Salish peoples . . . — — Map (db m102488) HM
[Right side of the monument]
Kitsap sights Vancouver’s vessel 1792 – First vessel on Puget Sound
[Left side of the monument]
Seattle
Chief of the Suquamish
A firm friend of the whites
For him the city of . . . — — Map (db m47938) HM
Dedicated to American Soldiers of Chinese Ancestry in Seattle and vicinity who died in the service of their country during World War II,
1941 - 1945
[Translation in Chinese calligraphy]
Yeu Louie
Lee Hong Chew
Bak Hong Chin
John . . . — — Map (db m26934) HM
The original owner was Louis Chopard, a partner in Chopard and Cosgrove Wholesale and Retail Liquors, who ran his successful business in downtown Seattle. In 1901 Nicholas Theisen purchased this property and maintained ownership until the late . . . — — Map (db m181441) HM
The Washborn-Haines Company built this structure to showcase their preeminent Chrysler auto dealership, so special that Walter Chrysler himself came out for the opening on November 29, 1925. This building continued to house automobile sales and . . . — — Map (db m103015) HM
Only the base of this building, designed by the well-known firm of Bebb and Gould, in 1915 was designated. In 1982 the Bumgardner Partnership saved the facade and merged it into the new tower for the Cornerstone Development Corporation. — — Map (db m99636) HM
Colman Dock was built on this site by
J. M. Colman in 1909. This dock was center
of ferry boat activity on Puget Sound.
Seattle Ferry Terminal dedicated May 18, 1966,
National Maritime Day - 1966 — — Map (db m112965) HM
Through the 1890s this was the most imposing structure in Ballard. It was built in 1893 by William Cors and Robert Wegener, proprietors of the Ballard Wine House. These two men first became business associates in 1889 and opened the Wine House a . . . — — Map (db m181461) HM
The Cristalla site is the original home of the Crystal Pool Natatorium. Known as Crystal Pool, the building was commissioned in 1913 by Seattle dignitary C. D. Stimson and designed by architect Marcus Priteca, a prominent West Coast designer . . . — — Map (db m99651) HM
Under the Provisions of the
National Historic Preservation
Act of 1966, This Property Possesses
Exceptional Value in Illustrating
American History and Culture
Entered in the
National Register of Historic Places
August 18, 1980
by . . . — — Map (db m120470) HM
Built for Fitzgerald and Hynes Department Store for a total of $15,000, this building was dedicated in February of 1909. The department store was located on the ground floor. The Ballard Aerie of Eagles leased the entire upper floor for what was . . . — — Map (db m181473) HM
Originally the Young's Credit Jewelers Clock c. 1907 located at 4th and Pike. Donated to Historic Seattle by the Dean Black family. Placed here in dedication to Earl Drais Layman City of Seattle Historic Preservation Officer 1974 - 1982, in . . . — — Map (db m103167) HM
Medal of Honor Recipient Emil Fredreksen 1/5/1867-6/24/1950. Emil Fredreksen was the recipient of extremely rare peacetime Medal of Honor for his extraordinary heroism during the boiler explosion on July 21, 1905 aboard the USS Bennington . . . — — Map (db m109290) HM
In 1898 Swedish merchant tailors Frank and Arthur Enquist opened their first tailor shop down the street in the Swanson Block at 5140 Ballard Avenue. Through their success at that location, they were able to build this classic brick structure in . . . — — Map (db m181474) HM
For much of the 20th Century, this site was occupied by the Medical Arts Building, a six-story brick and concrete building, built in 1903. This original building was named the Lumber Exchange. In a 1950 renovation by its long-time owners, the Albert . . . — — Map (db m99566) HM
Opened in May 1930, the Exchange Building was designed to house more stock and mercantile exchanges than any building in the United States. It was constructed as one of the tallest and largest reinforced concrete structures in the world. . . . — — Map (db m99501) HM
Father Sullivan served as president of Seattle University from 1976-1996, leading it into a prosperous time of record enrollment, financial stability and new academic programs. An insightful leader in the Seattle community, he served as chairman of . . . — — Map (db m99644) HM
Historic fire bell from Station No. 4 located at 4th and Battery Street in the 1800's prior to the first Denny regrade - This bell sounded out the fire alarms to all the stations in the North End area and Queen Anne Hill by means of area code and . . . — — Map (db m98926) HM
A main north-south artery of Seattle, stretching north from the original Pioneer Square business district, First Avenue was lined with offices, leading hotels, banks and even a few residences. Until the mid-20th century, the street was also home to . . . — — Map (db m47941) HM
Arthur A Denny
in his log cabin home on
this spot opened the first
post office of Seattle
August 27, 1853.
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This Tablet was Erected by the Washington . . . — — Map (db m99533) HM
This is the corner stone of the old church, corner of Fourth Avenue and Spring Street. It was removed to this location A.D. October 1906 by order of the Session... — — Map (db m81457) HM
In memory of the men of our church who gave their lives for their country and the liberty of the world
Major Golland C. Clark Jr. •
P.F.C. Hugh E. Craven •
Private H. E. Dupar •
Lieut. David C. Hall Jr. •
P.O. J. Francis Henning • . . . — — Map (db m81461) WM
In memory of the men of our church who gave their lives for their country and the liberty of the world
Capt. John S. Pringle •
Capt. Elijah W. Worsham •
Lieut. Walter C. Lee •
Lieut. Wm. J. A. MacDonald •
Lieut. Harold C. White • . . . — — Map (db m81460) WM
Bank
of
California
On this spot
the first school in Seattle
was taught by Mrs Catherine
P. Blaine in January 1854
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This Tablet was Erected by . . . — — Map (db m99628) HM
Near this site
in the autumn of 1851
David Denny and Lee Terry
erected first log cabin at Alki
Birthplace of Seattle
This plaque placed April 21, 1962
by the West Seattle
Rotary Club — — Map (db m181255) HM
Stephen Battleson, secretary and treasurer for the Horse Shoe Mining Company, with his sisters Olga and Emma, constructed a modest storefront here in 1905. It was initially occupied by Dr. A. J. Douglas's optical manufacturing business and P. . . . — — Map (db m181482) HM
Late at night on June 15th of 1917 the world's first vehicle crossed the Fremont Bridge. Foot traffic was allowed across the bridge deck the next day and has continued in a steady stream since then, along with horse drawn conveyance, trolleys, . . . — — Map (db m112962) HM
Louis Anderson began his illustrious career in Ballard as a barber in 1891. He quickly became involved in the thriving saloon business, fronting bonds for various bar owners' liquor licenses. By 1902 he had opened his own saloon, the Fremont Saloon, . . . — — Map (db m181479) HM
This fine example of Romanesque architecture was built in 1901 and named in honor of Gustavus B. Sanborn, a pioneer Ballard businessman. Sanborn began his career as a carpenter in 1891. He owned a series of hardware stores on Ballard Avenue in the . . . — — Map (db m181481) HM
Two markers are side-by-side on this house:
(Marker 1)
Ward House
Seattle's Oldest Building
1882
Seattle Landmark
(Marker 2)
George Ward House
520 E Denny Way
has been placed on the
National Register
of . . . — — Map (db m102516) HM
Presented to the University of Washington June 14, 1909 by Rainier Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, Assisted by the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution by the School Children of the State of Washington and by the State . . . — — Map (db m120324) HM
Longtime Music Director of the Seattle Symphony, Maestro Schwarz has initiated concert series, led award-winning recordings and introduced many new American works. He is active as a spokesman for music education, and was honored in 1994 as . . . — — Map (db m99649) HM
Originally known as the Squire-Latimer Building, this structure served as office space until 1897. At that time the influx of miners on their way to the Klondike Gold Rush brought about its conversion to the Grand Central Hotel. After years of . . . — — Map (db m48126) HM
This Excellent Example of Richardsonian
Romanesque Architecture was Built as the
City Expanded Northward to Meet the Needs
of the Alaskan Gold Rush. It, also was
Long in Use as a Workingmen’s Hotel, and
Has Been Converted to Apartment . . . — — Map (db m120462) HM
Completed in 1905, this one mile long railroad tunnel provided access to the new passenger depot and the expanded freight yards south of King Street. The tunnel was built at the suggestion of City Engineer R.H. Thomson to relieve growing street . . . — — Map (db m48167) HM
Registered national
historic place
Washington State Advisory Council
on Historic Preservation
Guiry/Schillestad Buildings
under the provisions of the
National Historic Preservation
Act of 1966, this property possesses . . . — — Map (db m181422) HM
In 1920 Charles and Edna Halverson built this structure to house their Ladies and Gents Furnishings Store, which they ran successfully for thirty-four years. Shortly after opening the store they expanded their retail focus to include dry goods. . . . — — Map (db m181476) HM
Built by Swan Hansen, the president of the Horse Shoe Mining Company, this elegant brick structure was home to the Henry Brothers Saloon (Charles and Lewis). By 1908 the Pederson and Olsen Bar took up residence on the ground floor and stayed until . . . — — Map (db m181487) HM
When dedicated on July 4, 1917, the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks was the largest navigation facility in North America. During the dedication, the USS Roosevelt - flagship for Commodore Robert Peary's famous 1909 expedition to the North Pole - led a . . . — — Map (db m86455) HM
At its peak, nearly 14,000 people, many of them U.S. citizens,
lived and worked from here on up the hill.
This is the original edge of Japantown, a large and energetic community from the 1890s to 1942. The Japanese influence in Seattle . . . — — Map (db m142039) HM
Workers moved 80 million cubic yards of earth from the hills to the tidelands. By hand.
In the 1890s, Seattle boomed from sleepy village to significant metropolis. Accelerated by the arrival of transcontinental railroads and the Klondike Gold . . . — — Map (db m140914) HM
Dedicated June 16, 1977, the Pioneer Square information booth was constructed from portions of an ornate elevator cab from the Maynard Building. Idle for years, the cab was donated by Strand, Inc., and now continues in service to visitor’s to . . . — — Map (db m48163) HM
Originally known as the Pacific Block, this building was designed by John Parkinson, a noteworthy Seattle-Los Angeles architect. Built in 1890, it housed the office of the Puget Sound Electric Railway Interurban Line, which served Seattle and . . . — — Map (db m48025) HM
This romanesque revival building, with outstanding brick masonry and exceptional stone carving and terra cotta trim, is one of the finest in Pioneer Square. The building served as an interurban railroad depot and ticket office until 1920, and was . . . — — Map (db m48036) HM
Left Marker:
This is Sacred Land. Before World War II a community of Japanese and Japanese Americans lived on what is now south campus. In 1942, approximately 120,000 were incarcerated and held behind barbed wire for three or more years . . . — — Map (db m103016) HM WM
[Front]
This commemorates the services of an energetic and wise leader in many enterprises undertaken for the general welfare especially the project for connecting Lake Washington with tide water by a ship canal
[Right side] . . . — — Map (db m47940) HM
Purser, mate, trader, Shipowner, venturer, Joshua Green began his waterfront career on Puget Sound in 1888 when steamboating was in its infancy. He founded the LA Conner Trading and Transportation Company, operating freight and passenger steamers, . . . — — Map (db m118081) HM
Built by Seattle saloon owner Stephano Raggio in 1904, the Junction Building originally stood three stories tall with a crenellated turret. Unfortunately, fire destroyed the third floor, requiring its removal. In the early 1900s the ground floor was . . . — — Map (db m181465) HM
The station was completed in 1906 for James J. Hill and his Great Northern Railroad. The depot and the vast freight yards were built on the reclaimed tide flats adjacent to a newly developing warehouse and industrial district near Pioneer Square. . . . — — Map (db m22490) HM
A coal wharf was located at the waterfront during the late 19th century. Coal was transported here by railroad from Newcastle and Renton. Abandoned in the early 1900’s, the wharf soon became the Skinner & Eddy Shipyard.
During World War I, the . . . — — Map (db m48123) HM
Brothers Charles and Richard Kutzner built this stately brick and sandstone structure in 1904 to house their Tonsorial Parlor, a successful barber shop that was formerly located in downtown Seattle. The Kutzners operated their business out of the . . . — — Map (db m181471) HM
Named as a French-Spanish twist on the word "lover", L'Amourita was built in 1909 by developer Adolph J. Jarmouth. It is a classic example of the Mission Revival style of architecture, with ornamentation unique to the Pacific Northwest. An Eastlake . . . — — Map (db m181512) HM
Seen by most as one of the most controversial art pieces in Fremont; the sculpture of Lenin reminds us that art outlives politics — a stalwart reminder
of egregious policy not to be repeated.
One of A Kind
Weighing over 7 tons, the . . . — — Map (db m83642) HM
Lou Graham, Seattle’s best known madam, opened her establishment on this site in 1888. Rebuilt in brick and expanded after the Great Fire in 1889, Graham’s parlor became the most elegant of Seattle’s bordellos during the city’s rough pioneer era. . . . — — Map (db m22499) HM
This park honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. was inspired by Dr. King’s last speech entitled “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.” He delivered the speech in Memphis, Tennessee the night before he was assassinated. He was there in support of . . . — — Map (db m22557) HM
Originally only two stories tall, this Neoclassical Revival building was financed by Albin and Oscar Matthes, proprietors of the Old Home Saloon. In 1905 the Fraternal Brotherhood of the Elks purchased the building and occupied the upper floor. The . . . — — Map (db m181466) HM
Built circa 1915 by Joseph Mayer, Seattle clockmaker and jeweler, this clock uniquely features eight dials. Seattle, once known as the City of Clocks, boasted dozens of these grand clocks around the city, but today few remain. This clock is one of . . . — — Map (db m181428) HM
Solid grey brick and stone, and fully restored interior paneling mark this romanesque revival building as one of Pioneer Square’s most handsome. Site of Seattle’s first bank, operated by pioneer merchant Dexter Horton. This building was restored in . . . — — Map (db m48127) HM
Ordinary Individuals
Facing Extraordinary Circumstances
With Courage and Selflessness
Answer the Call and Change the Course of Destiny
Medal of Honor
Deming Bronson, 1LT, USA (1915)
Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, COL., USMC . . . — — Map (db m113048) WM
Seattle’s oldest continuously-used restaurant retains most of its original interior. Its 30-foot bar was brought “around the horn” in a sailing vessel during the 1860s, and much Klondike gold passed across it during the 1890s. The . . . — — Map (db m48021) HM
The Ballard Historical Society and the Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association joined together to create this mural in 1995 to commemorate our community’s rich and prosperous history, and to celebrate our economic and cultural ties to . . . — — Map (db m27794) HM
This modified Romanesque Revival building of brick and terra cotta complements the nearby Pioneer Building. It has been home to such varied businesses as a speakeasy (1920s), elegant cigar store (1930s), and ice cream parlor. Site of Henry Yesler’s . . . — — Map (db m47995) HM
Occupied 80 Acres, this site
Trained 15,000 Naval Volunteers
Commander Miller Freeman, National Naval Volunteers
Commanding Officer
Rear Admiral Robert E. Coontz U.S. Navy
Commandant Thirteenth Naval District . . . — — Map (db m142204) WM
Tacoma residents James and Welthia Kelsey built this one-story building in 1903 as an investment. They entered into an agreement with Eugene Felt, the owner of the Felt Block next door, to create an internal opening between their two buildings . . . — — Map (db m181472) HM
Longtime Ballard bar owner Charley Swanson built this structure in 1904 and opened the Owl Saloon here with his partner Leonard Strygen. Except for the years during Prohibition, when the Owl Cafe occupied the ground floor, this building has . . . — — Map (db m181460) HM
Alfred Palmer, proprietor of Alfred Palmer and Sons Real Estate Company in downtown Seattle, owned this building for more than three decades. Valued at $3,890 in 1905, the property was one of the more impressive structures in what was known as the . . . — — Map (db m181440) HM
In 1975, guided by a belief that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop and in every home, Bill Gates and Paul Allen cofounded a company called Microsoft, which would grow to become the #1 computer software company in . . . — — Map (db m99657) HM
The Pioneer Building is one of the finest and most ornate buildings in the District, characteristic of the Richardsonian Romanesque style prevalent throughout Pioneer Square. Constructed in 1889 on the site of Henry Yesler’s first home. This . . . — — Map (db m22495) HM
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