Bank of California - Seattle, WA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2
N 47° 36.160 W 122° 20.080
10T E 550010 N 5272354
This marker is located on a parking garage at 714 1st Avenue in Seattle, WA
Waymark Code: WMC2C1
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 07/17/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ambrosia
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This marker reads:

"BANK
OF
CALIFORNIA

ON THIS SPOT
THE FIRST SCHOOL IN SEATTLE
WAS TAUGHT BY MRS. CATHERINE
P. BLAINE IN JANUARY 1854

THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY...
NOVEMBER 13, 1905

1959"

So, the two sets of dates are confusing. They may mark the original plaque dedication in 1905...and then a rededication when the site became either the Bank of America....or the parking garage it is now.

This website (visit link) shows that there is now a grammar school in Seattle named after Mrs. Blaine.
Marker Name: BANK

Marker Type: City

Town name: Seattle

Date marker was placed: NOVEMBER 13, 1905

Placer: WASHINGTON

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