3. At 22nd Avenue NW

The Ballard City Hall once stood in the triangular Marvin's Garden park (named for deceased town character Marvin Sjoberg) at 22nd Avenue NW. The original brick structure and bell tower were destabilized by the 1965 earthquake and demolished two years later. Its original bell survives in a new tower erected in 1976 as a U.S. Bicentennial Project. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustav and Seattle Mayor Wes Uhlman rang this bell on April 11, 1976, to officially dedicate the Ballard Historic District.

The nearby Sunset Hotel occupied the Jones Building, built in 1901 and home of Ballard's original post office. The building was severely damaged by fire in 2000 but its owners hope to restore it. Olsen Furniture and the adjacent Habitude Day Spa occupy a pair of buildings dating from 1895 and 1896. Opposite them on southwest corner, the Guitar Emporium now fills the original 1901 facade of the A. W. Preston Drug Store.

Courtesy Walt Crowley

Courtesy Walt Crowley

Courtesy Walt Crowley