Washington Street Public Boat Landing Facility - Seattle, WA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Visitors to the Seattle waterfront along Alaskan Way might notice a black, iron-built pergola that sits at the junction of Alaskan Way and Washington Street. It has the words 'Washington Street Public Boat Landing' painted in gold on the front and also contains the words 'Seattle Harbor Department' along with the year '1920' (the year of construction) in Roman numerals above. It served as a landing point for various ships and ferries over the decades. The National Park Service highlights this pergola on their webpage:

In 1920, the city created a new waterfront landmark when it opened the Washington Street Public Boat Landing Facility. This galvanized iron shelter, supported by 16 decorated steel columns, is very similar in appearance to the earlier Iron Pergola. Over the years this building has fulfilled a number of uses: as a landing for ferries and ocean-going ships, as the headquarters of the Seattle Harbor Patrol and as the U.S. Navy's official shore-leave landing and departure point. Still used daily, the Public Boat Landing Facility remains the gateway to the city from Puget Sound and is the only remaining link from the historic Pioneer Square-Skid Road Historic District to the waterfront that it relied upon.

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This pergola is also listed on the Seattle Parks and Recreation website here.

***NOTE*** This monument as well as others along this stretch of waterfront along Alaskan Way have had access to them temporarily blocked by fencing due to construction projects. I had to jump a fence to get access to this monument and others on this stretch of walkway. I don't know when construction will end but I wanted you to know this in the event you try to visit these monuments. I encourage visitors to this area to let me know when the fencing comes down and I'll remove this disclaimer. Thanks

Street address: S Alaskan Way and S Washington Street junction Seattle, WA USA County / Borough / Parish: King County Year listed: 1974 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Transportation; Architecture Periods of significance: 1900-1924 Historic function: Water-related Current function: Water-related Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Secondary Website 2: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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