Sunset Hill Community Association (3003 NW 66th St) will host Ballard Historical Society on Wednesday, April 19, for a special event focusing on the role of the Lake Washington Ship Canal over the past century. Author David B. Williams will inform locals about what drove civic leaders to plan a waterway in a city already surrounded by water.Williams is […]
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Throwback Thursday: Winter in Ballard
It seems that the cold weather is now officially upon us, so the My Ballard team wanted to take a look back at some photos of Ballard winters in times gone by. The photo below features the home of John Nowicki at 6756 22nd Avenue NW taken in 1895 during a heavy fall of snow. […]
Ballard Historical Society’s Classic Home Tour on this Sunday
Ballard Historical Society will host their popular Classic Home Tour this Sunday, June 26, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The self-guided tour will take attendees to eight vintage Ballard homes built between 1892-1934. “Go back to an era of solid craftsmanship, beauty, and style. See how an older home can thoughtfully integrate necessary updates while […]
Ballard History Walks kick off for the Summer
Ballard History Walks are on again this summer and the next one is set for this Saturday, June 18, from 10 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. This week’s walk is titled “Banks, boarding houses and brothels on Ballard Avenue (pictured below in 1900)???” and will start at Bergen Place Park (5429 22nd Ave NW). The tours […]
Mapping Historic Ballard Project celebration set for Saturday
The team at Ballard Historical Society is excited to announce that their Mapping Historic Ballard project is almost complete. After a citizen-sourced effort to map and survey all the pre-1965 structures north of the commercial district they have found over 2500 structures (out of 7307) with high level historic integrity. Funds provided by a Small and […]
Locals invited to “dig deeper” at Historic Seattle event
Locals are invited to learn more about Ballard’s past at the Digging Deeper event next Saturday, May 7, from 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Sunset Hill Community Association (3003 NW 66th St). The Digging Deeper series is Historic Seattle’s multi-session program designed to provide attendees with behind-the-scenes insight to primary research materials in the […]
Throwback Thursday: March in years gone by
Today, we wanted to search through the Ballard Historical Society photo archives for some photos of the neighborhood taken in the month of March in years gone by! The below photo, taken in March 1908, shows two vessels being built at Cooke and Lake Boat Building Yard. This photo was taken on March 20, 1914, […]
Throwback Thursday: Local Police and Fire Departments of yesteryear
This week the My Ballard team wanted to take a look back at the police and fire departments that served the neighborhood back in the day. A group of policeman on horseback riding down a Ballard street in 1905. Police marching in the May 17th Parade back in 1910. The Ballard Police Station Force in […]
Ballard remembers the 1962 World’s Fair
This coming Wednesday, take a stroll down memory lane with a Ballard Historical Society-sponsored event at the Sunset Hill Community Center (3003 NW 66th St). The authors of the new book, “The Future Remembered: The 1962 World’s Fair and Its Legacy,” will give a free slide show presentation at 7 p.m. The closing ceremonies. From […]
Group wants to automate Ballard’s bell
The old bell in the bell tower at Marvin’s Garden Park has been silent for years. In fact at the most recent Ballard District Council meeting, no one could recall it ringing regularly. The Ballard Historical Society wants to change that. The group has applied for a Small and Simple grant through the city to […]
Tickets on sale for the Ballard Classic Homes Tour
Every three years the Ballard Historical Society hosts a tour of classic homes around the area. Seven homes built betweeen 1909 and 1929 are on this year’s Ballard Classic Homes Tour. None of the homes have been featured before. “Check out the home of a doctor who housed tuberculosis patients — right inside his home! […]
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