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In 1878, the City of Seattle spent $2,000 to acquire approximately 45 acres (180,000 m 2) on north Capitol Hill from a sawmill engineer. Originally named City Park, it was renamed Volunteer Park in 1901 to honor the volunteers who served in the Spanish–American War . [ 2 ]
Volunteer Park Water Tower. The park includes a conservatory (a designated city landmark) [16] which was completed in 1912; an amphitheater; a water tower with an observation deck, built by the Water Department in 1906, [17] a fenced-off reservoir; the dramatic Art Deco building of the Seattle Asian Art Museum (a designated city landmark); [18] a statue of William H. Seward; a memorial to ...
Seattle Asian Art Museum: Capitol Hill: Art: Asian art, facility of the Seattle Art Museum Seattle Central College M. Rosetta Hunter Art Gallery: Capitol Hill: Art: website: Seattle Children's Museum: Lower Queen Anne: Children's: Located in the Seattle Center Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame: SoDo: Sports: Located at T-Mobile Park: Seattle ...
Capitol Hill is situated on a steep hill just east of the city's downtown central business district. It is bounded by Interstate 5 (I-5) to the west (beyond which are Downtown, Cascade, and Eastlake); to the north by State Route 520 and Interlaken Park (beyond which are Portage Bay and Montlake); to the south by E. Pike and E. Madison Streets (beyond which are First Hill and the Central ...
The Seattle Art Museum (commonly known as SAM) is an art museum located in Seattle, Washington, United States.The museum operates three major facilities: its main museum in downtown Seattle; the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park, Capitol Hill; and Olympic Sculpture Park on the central Seattle waterfront, which opened in 2007.
The Seattle Asian Art Museum (often abbreviated to SAAM) is a museum of Asian art at Volunteer Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Part of the Seattle Art Museum , the SAAM exhibits historic and contemporary artworks from China, Korea, Japan, India, the Himalayas, and other Southeast Asian countries. [ 2 ]
The Ward House is a house on Capitol Hill in Seattle, Washington, USA.Having been built in 1882, it is one of the oldest houses in Seattle. Existing houses reportedly built before 1882 in Seattle include the 2629 East Aloha Street (1881), 727 28th Avenue (1870) and Maynard's House located at 3045 64th Avenue Southwest (approximately 1860 ± 2 years).
The Sanctuary is a townhouse project located at 1519 East Denny Way / 1841 16th Avenue on the corner of East Denny Way and 16th Avenue in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It was created out of an historic church building known as First Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle.