seattle neighborhoods – Ballard Historical Society

Volunteers Continue to Put Ballard on the Map

Posted on August 11, 2016

A wealth of volunteer effort has been applied to the continued work of mapping historic Ballard. See the maps. In this post, we honor just one of these volunteers, Claudia Kiyama. Her work has been to focus in more detail on about 150 Ballard buildings. We took...

Profile: Meet our GIS Pro

Posted on January 19, 2016

by Admin

Readers, 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...

Ballard History Walk on Saturday, August 22 at 10 a.m.

Posted on September 23, 2015

by Admin

On 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...