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Macy's (former Bon Marché), Seattle, 1929; Naval Reserve Armory, Seattle, 1942 [1] Pacific Tower, Seattle, 1932; Sanctuary at Admiral, Seattle, 1929; Schmitz Park Bridge, Seattle, 1936; Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, 1933 [1] Seattle Tower (former Northern Life Tower), Seattle, 1927; SIFF Cinema Uptown (former Uptown Theatre), Seattle ...
The Pergola was formerly a cable car stop built in 1909, [15] and the Seattle Totem Pole, which was originally carved around 1790, was stolen from a Tlingit village, and presented to the city of Seattle by its Chamber of Commerce in 1899. [16] 18: Port Gamble Historic District: Port Gamble Historic District
N. 221 Wall St. and W. 711 Spokane Falls Blvd. 47°39′35″N 117°25′18″W / 47.659722°N 117.421667°W / 47.659722; -117.421667 ( Spokane City Hall Built 1912-13, this was planned to be a "temporary" city hall, but functioned in this capacity for 70 years.
Development of the Corbin Park area began in the late-1880s. Its first use was as the site of the Washington-Idaho Fairgrounds which was organized in 1886. The property was purchased from prominent Spokane pioneer John J. Browne in 1887 — Browne lends his name to another historic district in the city in its Browne's Addition neighborhood. The ...
May 1—For almost 120 years Mary's Place has stood at its South Hill location, eventually in the shadows of the Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center campus. But Wednesday morning, the house was ...
In 1895, former territorial governor Eugene Semple (1840–1908) proposed several ambitious plans to reengineer Seattle. One of these, which he undertook in 1901, was to dig a canal from Elliott Bay to Lake Washington by cutting through Beacon Hill [6] in roughly the area of Spokane Street, [2] sluicing earth into the tide flats.
A Spokane Arts brochure lists 34 sculptures in walking distance along the Spokane River downtown. In addition to displays from individual countries, the Expo commissioned 14 official sculptures ...
References of the time of Gregory the Great suggest two groups of martyrs, mother and daughters, one buried on the Aurelian Way and the other on the Via Appia. According to the Passio, Sophia was a widow of Milan who gave away her possessions and moved to Rome with her daughters. Her daughters were martyred before her and she buried them at Via ...