820 results for: Neighborhoods
Photograph
Fremont district, circa 1910
At the start of the twentieth century, Seattle's Fremont area had lumber mills and a commercial district. Before the Lake Washington Ship Canal was built, Fremont's Canal Street ran along a small canal used for moving logs to nearby mills. Railroad tracks ran along the canal.This photo, taken around 1910, shows the building of a retaining wall along Canal Street…
ID Number:1983.10.9152
Date:Circa 1910
Photograph
Mount Baker boathouse, Seattle, circa 1912
Handwritten on sleeve: Mt. Baker Blvd.Webster & Stevens number: 19761
ID Number:1983.10.9253.2
Date:Circa 1912
Photograph
Mount Baker clubhouse and street, Seattle, circa 1912
This photograph was taken looking east on South McClellan Street where it intersects with the two halves of Mount Baker Boulevard South on the right. The clubhouse, which still exists today, is clearly shown in the foreground. Handwritten on sleeve: Mt. Baker Dist.Webster & Stevens number: 19762
ID Number:1983.10.9254
Date:Circa 1912
Photograph
Peterson Hall at Seattle Seminary, circa 1913
Seattle Seminary opened on the north side of Queen Anne Hill in 1891. In the first term, there were two faculty members and thirty-four students, mostly at the elementary level. The school soon added college classes and dropped the lower grades. In 1915, it became Seattle Pacific College, and in 1978, Seattle Pacific University.This photo shows Peterson Hall at Seattle…
ID Number:1983.10.9340.1
Date:Circa 1913
Photograph
First Hill neighborhood, Seattle, circa 1912
Providence Hospital, shown in the upper right of this view, was located at 18th Avenue and East Cherry Street. Handwritten on sleeve: Eastside of First Hill Panorama.Webster & Stevens number: 20604
ID Number:1983.10.9381.3
Date:Circa 1912
Photograph
First Hill neighborhood, Seattle, circa 1912
Handwritten on sleeve: Eastside of First Hill Panorama.Webster & Stevens number: 20604
ID Number:1983.10.9381.4
Date:Circa 1912
Photograph
Beacon Hill Playground, Seattle, circa 1912
This image shows Beacon Hill Playground at 1902 13th Ave S, adjacent to Beacon Hill Elementary School and near the northern end of Beacon Hill. The park was originally built around the beginning of the 20th century and was expanded in 1909 under the direction of the Olmsted Brothers. The southern half of the playground had previously been a waterworks…
ID Number:1983.10.9390
Date:Circa 1912
Photograph
Fire engines in front of Fire Station No. 25, 1912
When Fire Station No. 25 opened on First Hill in 1910, it housed the fire department's blacksmith and the city's first motorized hose wagon. Fire trucks replaced the last of the horse-drawn equipment in 1920. The building still stands at Harvard Avenue and East Union Street and was renovated into condominiums in the 1990s.This 1912 photo shows three fire engines…
ID Number:1983.10.9394.2
Date:1912
Photograph
Jefferson School, circa 1911
West Seattle's Jefferson School opened in 1911 with four teachers, including the principal, and 160 students in five elementary grades. The building was designed by Edgar Blair based on the brick model plan of Seattle school architect James Stephen. Two wings were added to the original eight-room brick building in 1918 and 1927.This photo, probably taken in 1911, shows the…
ID Number:1983.10.9401
Date:Circa 1911
Photograph
Hotel Sorrento, circa 1912
By 1912, a number of hotels had been built just outside Seattle's downtown area for people traveling on business or pleasure. The Hotel Sorrento, which advertised itself as "A hotel in the heart of things," opened on First Hill in 1908. It had Seattle's first rooftop restaurant, a roof garden, and scenic views of the city, the bay, and the…
ID Number:1983.10.9468.1
Date:Circa 1912