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| Title | Academy of Holy Names, Seattle, ca. 1885 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1885 |
| Caption | In 1860, the Sisters of Holy Names opened their Seattle school for girls in a rental home. Four years later, they moved the school to the new Holy Names Academy building near downtown Seattle, on the ridge that once connected First and Beacon Hills. A few days after the 1908 commencement exercises, the building was demolished as part of the Jackson Street regrading project. In the fall of 1906, classes started in the school's new building on Capitol Hill.
This mid-1880s photo looks south from Seattle's First Hill to the tree-covered top of Beacon Hill. Holy Names Academy, with its pointed tower, stands on the east side of Seventh Avenue, between Jackson and King Streets. In the foreground is the intersection of Seventh Avenue and Washington Street. |
| Notes | Handwritten on mount: South of Jackson in the 80's, Holy Names Academy.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Church schools--Washington (State)--Seattle; Houses--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Chinatown/International District (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 2002.3.490 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Lantern Slide Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 lantern slide: color; 2 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original lantern slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
