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Shop for BHS This Mother’s Day

Posted on May 10, 2017

We're signed up for Amazon Smile, Amazon.com's program to donate 1% of eligible purchases to charitable organizations. Click the image below or the link below to shop right now! (If you see another charity's name, by clicking it's easy to change the charity to Ballard...

How the Lake Washington Ship Canal Changed Seattle

Posted on March 30, 2017

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Spring has arrived, and you're likely to observe or even make a few changes to your spring landscape. We can easily say the Lake Washington Ship Canal was a BIG change exerted over the past century! Find out more from author David B. Williams on...

Meet Our Architectural History Expert

Posted on January 25, 2016

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Readers, 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...