Barnes Building
- Architect
- William E. Boone
- City
- Seattle, WA
The Barnes Building went up in Belltown in 1890, designed the year before by William E. Boone and George Meeker for Seattle Lodge No. 7 of the Odd Fellows as a hall meant to serve all of the city's Odd Fellow lodges. It is the earliest known surviving work by Boone and Meeker and remains in near-original condition.
the building
Fraternal hall to dance hall. The Odd Fellows met here for seventeen years before moving to a larger hall in 1909; the Free and Accepted Masons then became primary tenant, under the name Masonic Temple, until building their own hall in 1915. Later known as Ingram Hall, the building became a notable site in Seattle's dance community, while its ground floor cycled through furniture, dry goods, farm-implement, and sleeping-bag-manufacturing tenants before recent decades of bars.
the architect
William E. Boone, working with George Meeker, designed the Barnes Building in 1889; it stands as the earliest known surviving work by the pair.
significance
The Barnes Building is Seattle City Landmark #92, designated in 1978, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Bell Apartments
- Hull Building
- Windham Apartments
- Calhoun Hotel
- Moore Theatre and Hotel Building
- Butterworth Building