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The library opened to the public on June 24, 1904. [1] [2] It was the first major branch of the Seattle public library system after Ballard was annexed by Seattle in 1907, and also employed one of the first African American librarians in Seattle. The Ballard Carnegie Library remained in use until 1963, when a newer and more modern facility ...
Designed in the Beaux Arts Classical style by P.J. Weber of Chicago. Built by Causey and Carney. Razed 1957-8 for new Library 25: Seattle Ballard: Seattle: March 27, 1903: $15,000 2026 Northwest Market Street, Seattle, WA. 98107-4080 Designed in the Neoclassical Revival style by Henderson Ryan. Library moved to new quarters in 1963.
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The Seattle Public Library also includes Mobile Services and the Central Library, which was designed by Rem Koolhaas and opened in 2004. The Seattle Public Library also founded the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library (WTBBL), which it administered until July 2008. All but one of Seattle's early purpose-built libraries were Carnegie ...
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In October 1999, after two public meetings, the Seattle Library Board voted to build a new branch on the current site of the Henry Branch. [1] The Library Board rejected an offer from a private developer that sought to put the new library branch in a mixed-use development at Broadway and 10th Avenue East, after public opposition to the 65-foot ...
Pages in category "Libraries in Seattle" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ... Ballard Carnegie Library; Beacon Hill Branch Library; C.
The Ballard Avenue Historic District is a section of downtown Ballard in Seattle, Washington state, US, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 (ID #76001885). [1] The district consists of Ballard Avenue N.W. between N.W. Market Street and N.W. Dock Place, and is located near to and along Salmon Bay .