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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHK_mural-at-bergen-place_Seattle-WA.html
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 other nations…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI2D_1890-seattle-fire-department-bell_Seattle-WA.html
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 spit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHW7_chinese-american-soldiers-memorial_Seattle-WA.html
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 LouieLee Hong ChewBak Hong ChinJohn ChinnBing Poy WongHenry…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF4B_congressional-medal-of-honor-monument_Vancouver-WA.html
This monument is presented to the city of Vancouver, Washington by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, in recognition of the spirit and sacrifice shown by the valiant Medal of Honor recipients now at rest in the Vancouver Barracks Cemetery.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEWZ_martin-luther-king-jr-memorial-park_Seattle-WA.html
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 striking sani…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEVJ_lou-grahams-sporting-house_Seattle-WA.html
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. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEVF_pioneer-building_Seattle-WA.html
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 build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEVB_king-street-station_Seattle-WA.html
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.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEV2_smith-tower_Seattle-WA.html
Seattle's first skyscraper opened on July 4, 1914. The 42 story Smith Tower was the tallest building outside of New York City and Seattle's tallest for nearly fifty years. It was built by Lyman Smith of Smith-Corona and Smith and Wesson fame, fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7XY_a-river-of-settlers_Vancouver-WA.html
Before 1846 American immigrants traveling the Oregon Trail to Fort Vancouver had to make a choice at The Dalles (80 miles upriver from here). They could navigate their own handmade raft or take a Hudson's Bay Company boat down the Columbia River t…