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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 rest of the buildings were spared the wrecking ball, and Pioneer Square–Skid Road Historic District were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [5] In 1971, the National Park Service proposed a purchase of the Pioneer Building to house the Seattle unit of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.
Built in 1911, it is the state's oldest surviving steel arch bridge. Renamed the Jose Rizal Bridge in 1974, the bridge spans Dearborn Street, connecting Beacon Hill and the International District. [6] [7] Also part of the Historic Bridges and Tunnels in Washington Thematic Resource listing [8] 2: 1411 Fourth Avenue Building: 1411 Fourth Avenue ...
Oldest building in the state used as a courthouse; also known as Jackson Courthouse Miles Weston House: Steilacoom, Washington: 1852-53 Residence Oldest house in Steilacoom [3] Daniel R. Bigelow House: Olympia, Washington: 1854 Residence Oldest house in Olympia Judge Columbia Lancaster House: Ridgefield, Washington: 1850–1855 Residence
A portion of the original Colman Building c. 1900. Construction of the Colman Building was finally resumed in February 1904 and by this time, architectural tastes had changed, and Colman hired Norwegian architect August Tidemand, who had designed the Colman Block Annex ten years prior, to completely rebuild the building in a Chicago School style while still echoing the building's intended 1889 ...
It was the first building in Seattle designed specifically to house offices for the federal government. Among its first tenants were 52 federal agencies, the largest of which was the Department of the Treasury. [2] Today, the building is located among three significant historic areas: Pioneer Square, Pike Place Market, and the
Denny Hall was designed by Charles Saunders and constructed between 1894 and 1895. The brick and sandstone, French Renaissance Revival building is the oldest on the University of Washington's current campus. [a] A grassy area planted with large, canopy trees - the Denny Yard - sits in front of the building. [2]
The Barnes Building, originally known as the Odd Fellows' Block, the Masonic Temple from 1909 to 1915, and later Ingram Hall, is a historic fraternal and office building located at 2320-2322 1st Avenue in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.