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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VMD_first-post-office-in-seattle-historical_Seattle-WA.html
Arthur A. Denny in his log cabin home on this spot opened the first post office of Seattle August 27, 1853. ——————————— This Tablet was Erected by the Washington University S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VM1_burke-building-remnants-historical_Seattle-WA.html
This arch and other architectural components in the plaza are from the Burke Building which was built on this site in 1895
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VLS_exchange-building-historical_Seattle-WA.html
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. Desig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VKS_the-holyoke-building-historical_Seattle-WA.html
In 1889, while this building was under construction, fire consumed most (sixteen blocks) of Seattle's downtown business district. The deep pit that had been dug for this building's foundation acted as a fire stop, preventing the destruction from s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VG3_fire-bell-no-4-historical_Seattle-WA.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ME2_hiram-m-chittenden-locks_Seattle-WA.html
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 p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MDG_bell-street-bridge_Seattle-WA.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KPD_lenin-in-fremont_Seattle-WA.html
Seen by most as one of the nost 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 scu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JJN_first-presbyterian-church-cornerstone_Seattle-WA.html
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...
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JJM_the-first-presbyterian-church-of-seattle-washington_Seattle-WA.html
Organized December 12, A.D. 1869 by Rev. George F. Whitworth, D.D. Membership 8 This edifice erected A.D. 1906 Rev. M. A. Matthews, D.D. Pastor Dedicated to the Worship of the Triune God
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