July 24th, 2008 @ 12:28 am by Cliffe | Sorted Historic Buildings
I had a chance to tour
Knights of Columbus Hall on
Capitol Hill not long ago. If you have around 250 friends, you can rent out the Colonial Room and get your own up-close look. This handsome brick Colonial Revival building went up in 1913 for the Seattle council of the Knights of Columbus, the world’s largest Catholic fraternal service organization. The three story building is in excellent condition, with minimal alterations. It features an ornate entry bay, a second story and roof line cornice, stepped parapets, and almost 100 years of history. Check out the high-res photos below. Be careful, however, you may want to throw a party just as an excuse to rent it out.
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| Facade of the Knights of Columbus Hall, built 1913. |
Southwest corner of the building with “K of C Club” painted sign on brick. |
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| East face of the Colonial Revival structure. |
Back of the building. |
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| A cloth awning replaced the original metal version. |
West entrance. |
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| Stairs leading to the third floor. |
Main “Colonial Room” reception area. The 3,000 square foot room seats up to 250 people. |
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July 24th, 2008 @ 7:56 am
You know what? I’ve always wanted to start my own social organization, a la the Oddfellows, a la the Shriners. For one thing, you’d probably get a neat hat out of the deal. You also help your community, sure, but you get neat hats and put on pancake breakfasts a lot for good causes. Pancakes, hats, doing good - it’s a great thing! That said, my buddy and I have started noodling around with creating a new social organization called IHOP. IHOP - International Helpers of People. So far we’ve got, uh, two members, but undoubtedly more will come, those with like minded interests in pancakes, and helping people, and wearing hats.
July 24th, 2008 @ 10:55 am
I used to work in this building at a creative firm called Merwin Creative. One time I snuck down to the gym and shot hoops. I recall there being an elevated track above the rickety old court and some various ancient weight lifting equipment lying around - did you get any pictures of that area? That was almost 10 years ago and it looked as if no one had been down there in 50 years. I’m sure they incorporated the medicine ball into nearly every exercise back in the day.
Kind of sad that all of the old clubs are fading away. I guess people are a bit more solitary nowadays thanks to the internets and whatnot. Even the private golf clubs are far less socially involved, so I hear.
July 24th, 2008 @ 12:08 pm
Jonathan: I’d join if they were waffles. But pancakes? I’m just going to have to pass.
July 24th, 2008 @ 3:43 pm
I think Jonathan was somewhat tongue in cheek kidding about his IHOP group, but a group of my friends (10 of us so far) actually have started a new social group with the express purpose of raising funds (while also having some fun) in order to help out others. We are in the process of doing our 501(c)(3) non-profit application right now and planning for our first big event at the beginning of 2009. Maybe once we get big enough we can find one of these club builds and get our funny hats!
July 25th, 2008 @ 11:52 am
I’ve walked by this building dozens of times, and always wondered what it was, and what the K of C could possibly stand for. Thank you for sharing!
July 27th, 2008 @ 1:55 am
Bryan: Sounds like a great concept to “bring back.” What kind of things are you going to do to raise money?
July 28th, 2008 @ 8:58 am
Bryan: I’ll be the first in line for your pancake breakfast. And, truth be told, I was a little kidding about IHOP but we started writing our anthem this weekend…over pancakes.