Eagles Auditorium Building

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Eagles Auditorium Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
View of Eagles Auditorium from Union Street, September 2007.
View of Eagles Auditorium from Union Street, September 2007.
Location: 1416 7th Avenue
Seattle, Washington
Nearest city: Seattle, Washington
Coordinates: 47°36′39″N 122°19′56.7″W / 47.61083, -122.332417Coordinates: 47°36′39″N 122°19′56.7″W / 47.61083, -122.332417
Built/Founded: 1924-25
Architect: Henry Bittman
Architectural style(s): Renaissance Revival
Added to NRHP: July 14, 1983
NRHP Reference#: 83003338
Governing body: Private

The Eagles Auditorium Building is a seven story historic theatre and apartment building in Seattle, Washington. Located at 1416 Seventh Avenue, at the corner of Seventh and Union Street, the Eagles Auditorium building has been the home to A Contemporary Theatre (ACT) since 1996. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on July 14, 1983. The current configuration of the building, under the official name Kreielsheimer Place,[1] has two stages, a cabaret, and 44 residential apartments.[2]

The building elaborately terracotta-covered building (designed by the Henry Bittman firm)[2] has been known at times in the past as the Eagles Temple and as the Senator Hotel.[3] The building was Aerie No. 1 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles (which was founded in Seattle).[1] It was one of several places where Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke November 10, 1961 on his only visit to Seattle.[2]

Besides its NRHP listing, the building is also an officially designated city landmark, ID #112272.[4]

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  1. ^ a b Eagles Auditorium Building. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-12-27.
  2. ^ a b c The Eagles Auditorium: Where Dr. King made Seattle history, Remembering Dr. King, King County official site, October 31, 2002. Accessed 27 December 2007.
  3. ^ WASHINGTON - King County, National Register of Historic PlacesNational Register of Historic Places. Accessed 27 December 2007.
  4. ^ Landmarks Alphabetical Listing for E, Individual Landmarks, Department of Neighborhoods, City of Seattle. Accessed 28 December 2007.