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| name = Eagles Auditorium Building |
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| designated_other1 = Seattle Landmark |
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| designated_other1_date = May 6, 1985<ref name="Seattle list">{{cite web|title=Landmarks and Designation|publisher=City of Seattle|url=http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/preservation/landmarks_listing.htm|accessdate=2013-03-04|archive-date=2013-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306003250/http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/preservation/landmarks_listing.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| image = Eagles_Auditorium_(Seattle)_ 2007-09.jpg |
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| caption = View of Eagles Auditorium from Union Street, September 2007. |
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| location = 700 Union Street<br>[[Seattle, Washington]] |
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| nearest_city = [[Seattle, Washington]] |
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| coordinates = {{coord|47|36|39|N|122|19|56.7|W|display=inline,title}} |
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| built = 1924-25 |
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| architect = [[Henry Bittman]] |
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| architecture = [[Neo-Renaissance|Renaissance Revival]] |
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| added = July 14, 1983 |
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| refnum = 83003338 |
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The '''Eagles Auditorium Building''' is a seven-story historic theatre and apartment building in [[Seattle, Washington]]. Located at 1416 Seventh Avenue, at the corner of Seventh and Union Street, the Eagles Auditorium building has been the home to [[ACT Theatre]] since 1996. It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP) on July 14, 1983.<ref name=NPS>{{cite web |title= Eagles Auditorium Building |url= http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/seattle/s16.htm |publisher= [[National Park Service]] |accessdate= 2007-12-27}}</ref> has two stages, a cabaret, and 44 residential apartments.<ref name=king-county>[http://www.kingcounty.gov/elected/executive/equity-social-justice/mlk/eagles-auditorium.aspx The Eagles Auditorium: Where Dr. King made Seattle history], Remembering Dr. King, King County official site, October 31, 2002. Accessed 19 June 2013.</ref> From the outset, the building was also in part an apartment building, originally under the name '''Senator Apartments''': the four-story grand ballroom was surrounded on three sides by apartments.<ref>{{cite book | title=Shared Walls: Seattle Apartment Buildings, 1900—1939 | author=Diana E. James | isbn=9780786465965 | publisher=McFarland | year=2012 | pages= |
The '''Eagles Auditorium Building''' is a seven-story historic theatre and apartment building in [[Seattle, Washington]]. Located at 1416 Seventh Avenue, at the corner of Seventh and Union Street, the Eagles Auditorium building has been the home to [[ACT Theatre]] since 1996. It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP) on July 14, 1983.<ref name=NPS>{{cite web |title= Eagles Auditorium Building |url= http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/seattle/s16.htm |publisher= [[National Park Service]] |accessdate= 2007-12-27}}</ref> has two stages, a cabaret, and 44 residential apartments.<ref name=king-county>[http://www.kingcounty.gov/elected/executive/equity-social-justice/mlk/eagles-auditorium.aspx The Eagles Auditorium: Where Dr. King made Seattle history], Remembering Dr. King, King County official site, October 31, 2002. Accessed 19 June 2013.</ref> From the outset, the building was also in part an apartment building, originally under the name '''Senator Apartments''': the four-story grand ballroom was surrounded on three sides by apartments.<ref>{{cite book | title=Shared Walls: Seattle Apartment Buildings, 1900—1939 | author=Diana E. James | isbn=9780786465965 | publisher=McFarland | year=2012 | pages=8–10}}</ref> with many of the apartment buildings located near [[streetcar]] lines.<ref>James, ''op. cit'', p.96-98.</ref> The current configuration of the building, under the official name '''Kreielsheimer Place''',<ref name=NPS/> has two stages, a cabaret, and 44 residential apartments.<ref name=king-county/> |
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The elaborately [[terracotta]]-covered building (designed by the Henry Bittman firm)<ref name=king-county /> has been known at times in the past as the Eagles Temple and as the Senator Hotel.<ref>[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WA/King/state2.html WASHINGTON - King County], National Register of Historic Places. Accessed 27 December 2007.</ref> The building was Aerie No. 1 of the [[Fraternal Order of Eagles]] (which was founded in Seattle).<ref name=NPS /> It was one of several places where Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke November 10, 1961, on his only visit to Seattle.<ref name=king-county /> The building also served as the home of the [[Unity Church]] of Truth from the mid-1950s until 1960, and was a major rock concert venue from the mid-1960s until 1970. Among other groups, the [[Grateful Dead]] performed here eight times in 1967 and 1968. |
The elaborately [[terracotta]]-covered building (designed by the Henry Bittman firm)<ref name=king-county /> has been known at times in the past as the Eagles Temple and as the Senator Hotel.<ref>[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WA/King/state2.html WASHINGTON - King County], National Register of Historic Places. Accessed 27 December 2007.</ref> The building was Aerie No. 1 of the [[Fraternal Order of Eagles]] (which was founded in Seattle).<ref name=NPS /> It was one of several places where Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke November 10, 1961, on his only visit to Seattle.<ref name=king-county /> The building also served as the home of the [[Unity Church]] of Truth from the mid-1950s until 1960, and was a major rock concert venue from the mid-1960s until 1970. Among other groups, such as [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] and [[The Doors]], the [[Grateful Dead]] performed here eight times in 1967 and 1968. |
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Besides its NRHP listing, the building is also an officially designated city landmark, ID #112272.<ref>[https://www.cityofseattle.gov/neighborhoods/preservation/e.htm Landmarks Alphabetical Listing for E] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721035316/https://www.cityofseattle.gov/neighborhoods/preservation/e.htm |date=2011-07-21 }}, Individual Landmarks, Department of Neighborhoods, City of Seattle. Accessed 28 December 2007.</ref> |
Besides its NRHP listing, the building is also an officially designated city landmark, ID #112272.<ref>[https://www.cityofseattle.gov/neighborhoods/preservation/e.htm Landmarks Alphabetical Listing for E] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721035316/https://www.cityofseattle.gov/neighborhoods/preservation/e.htm |date=2011-07-21 }}, Individual Landmarks, Department of Neighborhoods, City of Seattle. Accessed 28 December 2007.</ref> |
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Eagles Auditorium Building | |
View of Eagles Auditorium from Union Street, September 2007.
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| Location | 700 Union Street Seattle, Washington |
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| Nearest city | Seattle, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47°36′39″N 122°19′56.7″W / 47.61083°N 122.332417°W / 47.61083; -122.332417 |
| Built | 1924-25 |
| Architect | Henry Bittman |
| Architectural style | Renaissance Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 83003338 |
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| Added to NRHP | July 14, 1983 |
| Designated SEATL | May 6, 1985[1] |
The Eagles Auditorium Building is a seven-story historic theatre and apartment building in Seattle, Washington. Located at 1416 Seventh Avenue, at the corner of Seventh and Union Street, the Eagles Auditorium building has been the home to ACT Theatre since 1996. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on July 14, 1983.[2] has two stages, a cabaret, and 44 residential apartments.[3] From the outset, the building was also in part an apartment building, originally under the name Senator Apartments: the four-story grand ballroom was surrounded on three sides by apartments.[4] with many of the apartment buildings located near streetcar lines.[5] The current configuration of the building, under the official name Kreielsheimer Place,[2] has two stages, a cabaret, and 44 residential apartments.[3]
The elaborately terracotta-covered building (designed by the Henry Bittman firm)[3] has been known at times in the past as the Eagles Temple and as the Senator Hotel.[6] The building was Aerie No. 1 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles (which was founded in Seattle).[2] It was one of several places where Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke November 10, 1961, on his only visit to Seattle.[3] The building also served as the home of the Unity Church of Truth from the mid-1950s until 1960, and was a major rock concert venue from the mid-1960s until 1970. Among other groups, such as Jethro Tull and The Doors, the Grateful Dead performed here eight times in 1967 and 1968.
Besides its NRHP listing, the building is also an officially designated city landmark, ID #112272.[7]
