Profile: Carnegie Free Library In Ballard
September 12th, 2007 @ 12:53 am by Cliffe | Sorted Historic Buildings |
Recently while eating dinner at Ballard’s Hi-Life (my favorite restaurant in Seattle), I noticed an impressive building across the street. Upon further inspection, I found that it was an old Carnegie Free Library building. The library opened in 1904 on Market Street and served as a branch of the Seattle Public Library until 1963 when a larger building was constructed. The plans were drawn up by Henderson Ryan featuring a men’s smoking room and women’s conversation room (!). Also of note was the 500 seat auditorium on the second floor. In 2003, the building became (aptly named) Carnegie’s restaurant and banquet hall. Click here for a 1911 shot of the library. Let’s devour the present day shots, shall we ? Click on the thumbnail for more resolution.
This still looks like an amazingly well kept building!
It really is. A true treasure.
Cliffe
I remember, back in the 80′s, there was a used book/music store on the first floor -I sold a few old cassettes for soda money that summer. I don’t remember anything else that was there, but the Carnegie Library sign stood out, since I learned about Carnegie and his philanthropy earlier in the year at school.
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