Queen Anne High School
- Architect
- James Stephen
- Year
- 1909
- Style
- Neoclassical
- City
- Seattle, WA
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Queen Anne High School opened in 1908 atop Queen Anne Hill, designed by James Stephen in the Neoclassical style for Seattle Public Schools, with additions following in 1929 and 1955. It operated until 1981, when declining enrollment closed the school, and the building was converted to residential apartments in 1986 and then to condominiums in 2007.
the building
From classrooms to condos. After closing in 1981, the school was renovated into 137 residential apartments in 1986, then converted again into condominium units in 2006.
A Nobel laureate's classroom. Alumni include Walter Houser Brattain, who won the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics after attending the school for one year, along with 1928 Olympic hurdles silver medalist Steve Anderson and aviation engineer Rex Buren Beisel.
the style
James Stephen designed the school in the Neoclassical style, completed in 1908 with later additions in 1929 and 1955.
More on Neoclassicalsignificance
The school is a Seattle City Landmark (#54), individually designated on May 16, 1985, and listed the same year on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Ballard/Howe House
- Climate Pledge Arena
- Museum of Pop Culture
- Naval Reserve Armory
- Space Needle
- Seventh Church of Christ (former)