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Capitol Hill Seattle
Washington
Historians say realtor
and land speculator
James A. Moore, who was
credited with the
platting of the Capitol
Hill Seattle area, named it
after a similarly named
site in Denver. But
others say the name
stuck after a real
estate firm offered
space on the hill as
part of a proposal to
place the area's capital
in Seattle Washington.
Whichever the case, by
1908 Capitol Hill
Seattle and
adjacent First Hill had
become Seattle
Washington's most
fashionable districts.
Wealthy bankers,
shipping executives and
other newly rich called
it home.
Today the neighborhood
is a thriving urban
center, and Broadway --
the neighborhood's main
drag -- serves as its
focal point. Broadway is
best known for its
assortment of
shops and restaurants.
So it's not entirely a
surprise that Capitol
Hill Seattle Washington is where
Seattleites send
out-of-towners who seek
an interesting place to
visit.
During the 1960s,
Broadway was informally
known as "decorator's
row" because of the
stores that thrived
there at the time. In
the 1970s, that gave way
to "restaurant row." And
in the 1990s, the street
was characterized by the
emergence of more
chains.
The Capitol Hill
community is also a hub
for religion. It is home
to St. Mark's Cathedral,
the largest congregation
for Episcopalians in the
Pacific Northwest.
Secular attractions such
as shopping and
entertainment remain big
reasons non-residents of
Capitol Hill Seattle
Washington wind up on
the hill. And Broadway
still offers a
cornucopia of
restaurants serving
worldly fare at
affordable prices.
During the academic
year, Capitol Hill is
filled with backpacking
students who go to one
of the nearby major
institutions of higher
learning -- Seattle
Central Community
College and the
nationally acclaimed
Cornish College of the
Arts. Seattle University
is on First Hill, but
many of its students,
faculty and staff work
and play on Capitol
Hill Seattle.
It is home to a number
of attractions,
including Volunteer
Park, the Seattle Asian
Art Museum, Seattle
Central Community
College, Cornish College
for the Arts and the
Richard Hugo House.
Capitol Hill real estate
in Washington is a
wonderful blend of
Victorian and Craftsman
style with many fixer
uppers still to be
renovated. |
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A Fixer-Upper
needing various repairs.
