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Barnes Building
Seattle Landmark No. 107754
Seattle, Washington
Coordinates47°36′50″N 122°20′49″W / 47.61389°N 122.34694°W / 47.61389; -122.34694
Built1890
ArchitectWilliam E. Boone, George Meeker
Architectural styleVictorian
NRHP reference No.75001853
SEATL No.107754
Significant dates
Added to NRHP1975-02-25
Designated SEATLOctober 23, 1978[1]

The Barnes Building, originally known as the Odd Fellows' Block, the Masonic Temple from 1909 to 1915, and later Ingram Hall, is a historic

Free and Accepted Masons being the primary tenant until their own Hall was built in 1915. The ground floor has been a host to a variety of tenants since 1890 ranging from furniture sales to dry goods to farm implement sales and sleeping bag manufacturing, most recently being home to several bars. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as The Barnes Building on February 24, 1975.[2][3]

History

The Seattle Lodge No. 7 of Odd Fellows, first organized in 1876, had been meeting on this block since 1877 when Seattle pioneer and Belltown namesake William Bell had a hall constructed for their use on the lot where the

his own substantial building, the Odd fellows purchased the lot immediately south of their hall and planned to move the building, which they had also purchased from the Bell family, onto the lot until finances permitted the construction of their new building.[7]

Construction finally began in late July 1890, just as the first wave of re-construction following the Great Seattle Fire was winding down. Despite the advancement of architectural styles in the wake of the fire, the Odd Fellows stuck with Boone's rusticated Victorian design. The old wooden hall was once again moved, to the corner of Depot and Wall streets where the lodge would continue to meet while their new building was built.[i][9] The cornerstone was laid in a ceremony on August 27, 1890 with over 200 lodge members and onlookers present. A time capsule was placed within the cornerstone containing copies of the lodge archives and other historical documents.[6] Construction progressed rapidly- The lodge was completely under roof by October,[10] the ground floor was occupied by the Belltown Furniture Company by November[11] and fraternal functions were being held in the building by December, although the main meeting hall wasn't fully in use until January 1891.[12]

Within a year the Belltown Furniture Company moved out of the first floor and the Seattle Dry Goods Store took its place, only for that store to go out of business by February 1893, likely a casualty of the Panic of 1893.[13] The next tenant to occupy the ground floor around the turn of the century was the Seattle Vehicle and Implement Company, who sold Moline Wagons and John Deere implements.[14]

By the early 1900s, the Odd Fellows began to outgrow their space, with various lodges being forced to rent extra space around the city for their needs. In 1905 the leading lodges of Seattle purchased land in the

International Bible Students Association while somewhat ironically the ground floor was occupied by The Rheine, a beer parlor, opened soon after the repeal of prohibition. The Rheine's proprietor Atwill D. Miller also ran a dance hall above his bar known as Cap's Old Time Dance.[15] During this time the building was referred to as Ingram Hall and soon became a popular place for all kinds of dances and dance classes. A ghost sign on the rear of the building that advertises "Ballroom Dancing" can still be seen today. In the 1970s the building was home to the Seattle Dance Center, opened by the First Chamber Dance Company, Seattle's first resident professional ballet company.[16] The building, now being referred to as the Barnes Building,[ii]
was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 24, 1975 and became a city of Seattle Landmark in 1978.

The building's basement was occupied by several light manufacturing firms throughout the 20th century including the Washington Quilt Company, which was destroyed by a fire on January 31, 1955 which also heavily damaged the ground floor, then occupied by the 1st Avenue Tavern, causing over $60,000 in damages without harming the building's structural integrity.

Class C
office space.

Notes

  1. ^ The Odd Fellows had sold the relocated building to W.A. Flindall who operated a grocery store on the ground floor for about a year. The hall was destroyed by a fire in October 1891 at which point it was only being used for storage.[8]
  2. ^ City Landmark and National Register documentation fails to mention the origin of this name.

References

  1. ^ "Landmarks and Designation". City of Seattle. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  2. ^ "NPGallery Asset Detail".
  3. ^ a b "The Odd Fellows Building - Fine New Residences - Work On Front Street". The Seattle Post-Intellingencer. Library of Congress. February 28, 1889. Retrieved July 29, 2018. The North Seattle Odd Fellows, after examination of the competitive plans submitted for their proposed new building in North Seattle, have decided to accept the design drawn by Architect Boone.
  4. ^ "Belltown Improvements". The Daily Intelligencer. Library of Congress. March 15, 1877. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  5. ^ "A Fine Lodge Room". The Daily Intelligencer. Library of Congress. December 29, 1877. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  6. ^ a b "With Closed Doors - Doings of the Secret Societies of Seattle". The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Library of Congress. August 31, 1890. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  7. ^ "Brevities". The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Library of Congress. April 17, 1889.
  8. ^ "A Midnight Balze; Odd Fellows Building On Depot Street, Gutted". The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The Library of Congress. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. October 4, 1891.
  9. ^ "With Closed Doors: Doings of the Secret Societies of Seattle". The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Library of Congress. August 3, 1890. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  10. ^ "Signs and Symbols: Doings of the Secret Societies for a Week". The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Library of Congress. October 12, 1890. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  11. ^ "With Closed Doors: What the Secret Societies of Seattle Are Doing". The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Library of Congress. November 30, 1890. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  12. ^ "Signs and Symbols: What the Secret Societies of Seattle Are Doing". The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Library of Congress. December 21, 1890. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  13. ^ "Auction Sale at the Seattle Dry Goods Store [Advertisement]". The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Library of Congress. March 8, 1893. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  14. ^ "Seattle Vehicle and Implement Co. [Advertisement]". Aberdeen Herald. Library of Congress. September 25, 1902. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  15. ^ "Dance License Fees Reduced". The Seattle Daily Times. Newsbank. April 23, 1934. p. 2.
  16. ^ Beach, Carol (December 1, 1974). "Seattle's Resident Ballet Company". The Seattle Times. America's News – Historical and Current.
  17. ^ "3-Alarm Fire Hits Building". The Seattle Daily Times. Newsbank. February 1, 1955. p. 1.
  18. ^ KIRO 7 News Staff (May 30, 2019). "Belltown Pub closes its doors after 9 years". KIRO 7 News. Retrieved May 30, 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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