Ballard residents and volunteers might see volunteers in safety vests photographing buildings during the month of February. What are these volunteers doing? They are part of the Mapping Historic Ballard project, part of a grant funded by the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. They are simply...
Read MoreReaders, please meet Connie Walker Gray, Senior Architectural Historian at Confluence Environmental Company. Ballard Historical Society has retained Connie for an ambitious survey project, Mapping Historic Ballard. Connie is an experienced architectural historian who has conducted numerous resource surveys and inventories, and her skills will help...
Read MoreReaders, allow us to introduce you to Matt Stevenson, the resource chosen by the Mapping Historic Ballard project and Ballard Historical Society to collect and display information about the buildings the project will profile. BHS is glad to be one of many non-profit organizations to benefit...
Read MoreWe shared the first details of BHS' Historic Mapping Project with a public meeting in November. Held at the community space Ballard Homestead, the evening included live jazz music, refreshments and an introduction to the project's scope and goals. Now we're ready to train volunteers to inventory...
Read MoreJoin us for live music, refreshments and a kick-off event describing our new project and how you can help! Ballard Historical Society won a Small and Simple grant from Seattle to create an original Historic Resource Inventory and interactive map. The Mapping Historic Ballard: Shingletown...
Read MoreJoin us for “Military Road Through Ballard: From Steilacoom to Bellingham,” on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. Our presenter is Karen Meador, author and historian. Military Road connected Fort Steilacoom with Fort Bellingham, passing through Ballard and many other communities. Many buildings were eventually...
Read MoreWe've just launched a new Web site. We think BallardHistory.org's new modern design will highlight the great archives and programs of the Ballard Historical Society. The Ballard History Wordpress blog has been absorbed into the site, so please replace any previous bookmarks you had to...
Read MoreOn Saturday, August 22, learn the answers to these intriguing questions: Were ships, shingles, and saloons really the foundation of Ballard? And what about logs, bogs, and hogs? Susan Reinhard hosts a walk along historic Ballard Avenue and shares Ballard’s history. 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Bergen Place Park, 5420 22nd Ave NW...
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