SY4563 - 'SEATTLE SACRED HEART CH CROSS' - Seattle, WA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This benchmark is a large cross atop Sacred Heart Catholic Church building. The church was erected in 1959, a couple of years before the Space Needle, which is also a benchmark (lightning rod at the top).

NGS datasheet info:

01/01/1974 by NOSPMC (FIRST OBSERVED)
DESCRIBED BY PACIFIC MARINE CENTER 1974 (RBM) THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE, ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE SEATTLE CENTER, AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FIRST AVENUE NORTH AND THOMAS STREET. THE STATION IS THE SLENDER, GILDED CROSS ATOP THE SACRED HEART CHURCH. THE NAME PLATE ON THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH INDICATES THE BUILDING WAS ERECTED IN 1959.

STATION RECOVERY (2005)
RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2005 (WS)
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: SEATTLE SACRED HEART CH CROSS Benchmark Agency: other (not included below) Benchmark Agency (if other): NOSPMC (Pacific Marine Center) Monumentation type: other (not any of the below) Monumentation type (if other): 74 - large cross County: King County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Poverty Bay (1994) Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: SY4563 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed

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