Franklin Center
Franklin Center is a public building in City of Vancouver, Clark County, Washington. Franklin Center is situated nearby to the prison Robert L. Harris Juvenile Center, as well as near Clark County Courthouse.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater and Kiggins Theatre.
Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater
Church
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater is a church building and parish of the Catholic Church located in Vancouver, Washington, United States. The parish is part of the Archdiocese of Seattle and traces its roots to the initial arrival of missionary priests in the Oregon Country in the 1830s; its first dedicated church building was built in 1846. Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Franklin Center.
Kiggins Theatre
Movie theater
Photo: Werewombat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kiggins Theatre is an historic, single-screen movie theater in Vancouver, Washington. Named for former Vancouver mayor and businessman John P. Kiggins, it opened in 1936. It is located at 1011 Main Street in downtown Vancouver. Kiggins Theatre is situated 1,400 feet east of Franklin Center.
Esther Short Park
Park
Photo: Cory Barnes, CC BY 2.0.
Esther Short Park is a public park and town square located in downtown Vancouver, Washington. Established in 1853, it is the oldest public park in the state of Washington, and one of the oldest public parks in the West.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vancouver and Officers Row.
Vancouver
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vancouver is a city in southwest Washington State, immediately north of the border with Oregon. The city was established around Fort Vancouver, a fur trading outpost dating back to 1824, making this one of the oldest continuously-inhabited European communities in the Pacific Northwest.
Officers Row
Locality
Officers Row, a part of the Vancouver National Historic Reserve Historic District, is a congregation of 21 of the former homes of U.S. military officers stationed at the Vancouver Barracks in Vancouver, Washington.
Hayden Island
Suburb
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Hayden Island is an island in the Columbia River between Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. The wide main channel of the Columbia passes north of the island.
Franklin Center
- Type: Public building
- Categories: building and government building
- Location: City of Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.62933° or 45° 37′ 46″ northLongitude
-122.67686° or 122° 40′ 37″ westOpen location code
84QVJ8HF+P7OpenStreetMap ID
way 108773311OpenStreetMap feature
building=civic
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