August 23rd, 2007 @ 12:28 am by Cliffe | Sorted Historic Buildings
I just received a news update on the fate of the Central Area’s historic Washington Hall building. As you may recall
from my July 10th post, this landmark was dangerously close to
meeting its demise via condo development. It now look as though the building could be saved. Word from
Historic Seattle is that an offer to purchase the building was made to current owners the Sons Of Haiti. Historic Seattle is hoping to partner with the
Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas to redevelop the hall for “performing arts and cultural uses with related office space.” You can learn more
here from their September 2007 Newsletter. This is very encouraging news! If you haven’t already, be sure to check out my
original photo gallery from the building. And let’s have a look at two additional photos:
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North face of Washington Hall.
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One of the back meeting rooms in the building. The hall is currently in very rough shape.
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August 23rd, 2007 @ 1:19 am
Off topic: I’ve been tinkering with the post formatting and CSS of the subpages. You probably won’t notice it, but let me know if there are any problems.
Cliffe
August 24th, 2007 @ 2:39 pm
Washington Hall was once the home of On The Boards, before they built a spiffy new space on lower Queen Anne in 1998. I attended many excellent performances at the hall. In the summer, it would be stuffy and uncomfortable but the quality of the shows always made up for it.
August 25th, 2007 @ 4:55 pm
Hey Jam,
If you wanted to write up a more detailed recounting of some of your memories from there I’d love to post it on the site. I’m sure people would be interested to hear more!
Cliffe
January 11th, 2008 @ 1:26 pm
In earlier announcement Historic Seattle implied that there was a late December 2007 deadline for determining whether or not it would go forward with participation in buying Washington Hall. The current word from Historic Seattle is that it still has a contingent agreement with the seller. The project is described as “challenging” and requiring as much as $10 Million, with half of that, or more, needed from private sources including foundations, corporations, and individuals. “Feasibility” is being studied. No word on the current deadline or expected decision date.