Ballard Carnegie Library
The Ballard Carnegie Library is a historic Carnegie library in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. The institution was preceded by a freeholders' library in the 1860s, which was eventually replaced in 1901 by a reading room organized and funded by a women's group.Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Library
- Description: library
- Address: 2026 Northwest Market Street, Seattle, WA 98107
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Majestic Bay and Fire Station No. 18.
The Majestic Bay
Movie theater
Photo: Dennis Bratland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Majestic Bay Theater, built in 1914 in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, was the oldest continuously operating movie theater in the United States prior to its closure in 1997.
Fire Station No. 18
Heritage site
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fire Station No. 18 was a fire station located in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is now used as a nightclub and music venue.
Bergen Place
Park
Bergen Place is a small, triangle-shaped public park in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Washington. Named after Bergen, Norway, the square is lined with benches and trees and features sculptures. Bergen Place is situated 330 feet southwest of Ballard Carnegie Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballard and Sunset Hill.
Ballard
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ballard is a neighborhood in northwest Seattle. The trendy neighborhood for dining and nightlife is near the Ballard Locks connecting Lake Union to Puget Sound.
Sunset Hill
Neighborhood
Sunset Hill is an area located in the northwest corner of the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It is home to the Sunset Hill Community Association.
Whittier Heights
Neighborhood
Whittier Heights is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. It is considered part of greater Ballard. The neighborhood is bounded to the west by 15th Avenue NW, beyond which is Loyal Heights; to the north by NW 85th Street, beyond which is Crown Hill; to the east by 8th Avenue NW, beyond which is Greenwood and Phinney Ridge; and to the south by NW 65th Street, beyond which is central Ballard.
Ballard Carnegie Library
- Categories: Carnegie library, building, historic site, and education
- Location: King County, Puget Sound, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.66895° or 47° 40′ 8″ northLongitude
-122.38344° or 122° 23′ 0″ westInception
1904Open location code
84VVMJ98+HJOpenStreetMap ID
way 100866663OpenStreetMap feature
building=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q2881150
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Ballard Carnegie Library” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مكتبة بالارد كارنيجي”
- Dutch: “Ballard Carnegie Library”
- French: “Ballard Carnegie Library”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca Ballard Carnegie”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Orangetheory Fitness and Ballard Neighborhood Service Center.
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