Ballard Avenue Historic District

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name = Ballard Avenue Historic District
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caption = The Ballard Avenue Historic District
location = Ballard, Seattle, Washington
nearest_city = Seattle, Washington
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architect = Henderson Ryan and others
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added = July 1, 1976
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governing_body = The Ballard Avenue Historic District is a section of downtown Ballard in Seattle, Washington, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 (ID #76001885). The district consists of Ballard Avenue N.W. between N.W. Market Street and N.W. Dock Place, and is located near to and along Salmon Bay. After initial work by the Ballard Avenue Association and the city of Seattle's Urban Conservation Division, former Seattle mayor Wes Uhlman signed the ordinances that led to the national recognition of the area.Heather MacIntosh, Preservation Seattle, [http://www.historicseattle.org/preservationseattle/neighborhoods/defaultmar.htm "Preservation in the Ballard Neighborhood"] , March 2003. Retrieved 10-09-07.] The neighborhood of Ballard is known for a large historic population and presence of immigrants from Sweden, and King Gustaf of Sweden read the proclamation inducting the district to the historical registry in 1976, and at the same time dedicated the new bell tower at Ballard's Marvin's Garden Park, which housed the original bell from Ballard's old city hall. [HistoryLink.org, [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=1423 "King Gustav proclaims Seattle's Ballard Avenue Historical District on April 11, 1976."] . Retrieved 10-09-07.]

All the commercial buildings in the historic district face towards Ballard Avenue. Other locations in Ballard that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places include the old Ballard Carnegie Library on N.W. Market Street, the Ballard Bridge, Fire Station No. 18, the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, and the Lake Washington Ship Canal.

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* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02EFDB1438F937A15750C0A9649C8B63 "Nordic Knits And Lutefisk In Seattle"]
* [http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=seattledayplans07&date=20060505 "One day in Seattle: How to see the top spots"]
* [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/104594_sunset17.shtml "Fight looms over replacing Ballard's old Sunset Hotel"]
* [http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=ballard02m&date=20051202&query=ballard+condominium+construction "Ballard hopes its old spirit can endure condo onslaught"]
* [http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/seattle/s1.htm Ballard Avenue Historic District--Seattle, Washington: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary]
* [http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/preservation/ballardavenue.htm Seattle.gov, Ballard Avenue Landmark District]
* [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=7041 Historylink.org Ballard tour]