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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y4R_earl-layman-street-clock_Seattle-WA.html
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 apprec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y4O_japanese-american-remembrance-garden_Seattle-WA.html
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 without…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y4N_chrysler-building_Seattle-WA.html
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 se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y33_pantages-house-historical_Seattle-WA.html
Built in 1907 for Alexander Pantages Vaudeville Impressario Founder of Over 200 Theaters Nationwide Designated a Seattle Historic Landmark in 2004 Restored in 2005 by Capitol Hill Housing
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y32_broadway-high-school-historical_Seattle-WA.html
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 B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XPS_george-ward-house-historical_Seattle-WA.html
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 Historic Places by t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VR8_the-fremont-troll-historical_Seattle-WA.html
The Fremont Troll was designed and built by Steve Badanes, Will Martin, Donna Walter and Ross Witehead with the help from the community. The Fremont Arts Council sponsored the project, which hoped to build a greater sense of place in the neighborh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VPM_why-are-the-piers-angled-historical_Seattle-WA.html
Normally a pier, or dock, extends straight out from the shoreline. So why are the piers in Seattle angled? How would you build them? Piers are constructed by first driving numerous pilings into the bottom of the bay to support the pier deck. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VPJ_paul-g-allen-bill-gates-historical_Seattle-WA.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VPF_crystal-pool-historical_Seattle-WA.html
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 famed…
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