1. NW Market Street at Bergen Place
This modern park was built to give Ballard a new civic focus and dedicated in 1975 by Norwegian King Olav V. The triangle's name honors Bergen, Norway, Seattle's second Sister City.
The Ballard Building stands on the northwest corner of NW Market Street and 22nd Avenue NW. The neighborhood's largest office building was built in 1927 as the second "Aerie" of the Seattle-based Fraternal Order of Eagles (the first is downtown's landmark Eagles Building, now home of ACT Theater, at 7th and Union). It was designed by William R. Grant and later remodeled to house restaurants, retail stores, and other businesses.
The nearby Majestic Bay Theater was built in 1915 and remodeled in 2000 by philanthropist Ken Alhadeff. Another landmark, the town's original Carnegie Library, is a few doors east on Market Avenue NW. Designed by Henderson Ryan and opened in 1905, the building was succeeded by a new Ballard Library in the early 1960s and now houses private offices.
Former Fire Station 18 is nearby at 5427 Russell Avenue NW and dates from 1911. Now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the sturdy brick building was designed with Dutch gables by the early partneship of Charles Bebb and Louis Mendel.
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