357 results for: Homes and Housing
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The Kennett apartments, Seattle, February 20, 1935
This four-plex residence is located at 705 North 46th Street. Built in 1930, it is typical of small-scale residential multi-family units constructed in Seattle's neighborhoods during the first half of the twentieth century. An advertisement for The Kennett in the Seattle Times says, "4-room modern, with every convenience." Handwritten on sleeve: Kenneth Apts for First Rental & Sales Corp., 2/20/35.Photographer's…
ID Number:1983.10.4514
Date:1935
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Home of the Good Shepherd, May 13, 1936
In 1908, the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd opened a home in Wallingford for orphaned girls and troubled girls. For over 65 years, the Home of the Good Shepherd provided young women with shelter, counseling, and job training. The home closed in 1973. The buildings are now called Good Shepherd Center and are used by…
ID Number:1983.10.4550.1
Date:1936
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Sunset Heights Apartments, Seattle, February 20, 1935
In the first quarter of the twentieth century, many mid-rise apartments were constructed in various neighborhoods. The Sunset Heights Apartments were located at 455 North 44th Street in Fremont. Handwritten on sleeve: Sunset Heights Apts for 1st Rental & Realty 2/20/35.Photographer's Reference Number: 140525
ID Number:1983.10.4578
Date:1935
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Tudor Manor Apartments, Seattle, circa 1931
During the 1920s, English Tudor style courtyard apartments were constructed in several Seattle neighborhoods, especially Capitol Hill. Frederick William Anhalt was the most notable architect responsible for these apartments, which are highly regarded today. Handwritten on sleeve: Tudor Manor Apts.Webster & Stevens number: P061; P559
ID Number:1983.10.4971.48
Date:Circa 1931
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Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) at her house, circa 1893
Kikisoblu was the eldest daughter of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle). By the time this photo was taken, probably in the 1890s, her Suquamish and Duwamish people had been exiled to the Port Madison Reservation. White settlers renamed her Princess or Queen Angeline and built her a new home. Her house was located on Western Avenue near what is now Pike…
ID Number:1983.10.6086
Date:Circa 1893
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First Presbyterian Church, Stacy residence, and First Methodist Episcopal Church, Seattle, 1890
The buildings shown in this photograph are, from left to right: First Presbyterian Church, the Martin Van Buren Stacy residence (on the northeast corner of 3rd and Madison), and the First Methodist-Episcopal Church on the southeast corner. Original photo copied by Webster & Stevens.Caption on image: 3rd St. South From Madison.Handwritten on sleeve: 3rd South from Madison.Webster & Stevens number:…
ID Number:1983.10.6102
Date:1890
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Arthur Denny's cabin at Alki Point, circa 1902
The twelve adults and twelve children of the Denny Party were among Seattle's first white settlers. They landed at Alki Point on November 13, 1851. David Denny had already arrived before the rest of the group and started the new settlement's first cabin. The second cabin was built for Arthur Denny's family. The cabin was forty years old when it…
ID Number:1983.10.6111
Date:Circa 1902
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First Avenue and Spring Street, Seattle, circa 1911
Amos Brown (1833-1899) was an prominent Seattle lumberman and real estate owner in the late 1800s. He built the family house featured at the center of this photograph around 1870 after his marriage. The house survived the Great Seattle Fire, and other buildings and businesses were built around it, until the house's demolition in 1914. Signs in image: Grand Pacific.…
ID Number:1983.10.6280
Date:Circa 1911
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Hotel Waldorf, Seattle, circa 1921
The Hotel Waldorf, on the northeast corner of 7th Avenue and Pike Street, was during its last decades an inexpensive apartment building. It was demolished for the expansion of the Washington Trade Center. Signs in image: [...l] Brighton. Pure Milk Dairy - Ice Cream. Hotel Waldorf. Millinery. Shoe Repairing - Shoe Store. Chauncey Wright Restaurants Co. Candies. American Furniture Co.…
ID Number:1983.10.6493
Date:Circa 1921
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Hwehlchtid's house at low tide, Shilshole, circa 1903
Hwehlchtid (called Salmon Bay Charlie by the settlers) of the Shilshole people lived on the southern shore of Salmon Bay, near present-day Ballard, which was then outside of Seattle. Hwehlchtid and his wife Chilohleet'sa (Madeline) remained in their traditional homeland long after others of their tribe had moved away. This photograph showing Hwehlchtid and Chilohleet’sa’s home, later made into a…
ID Number:1983.10.6567
Date:Circa 1903