How a bright idea created a Seattle community club:
What might have started with a demand for a streetlight turned into residents of Seattle's Sunset Hill ...
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Sunset Hill Clubhouse Gains City Landmark StatusThe 1929 building gained city landmark status in March and drew a capacity crowd for a celebration the following month.
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- The Sunset Hill club formed in 1922, bought land at 66th Street and 30th Avenue in 1924, and opened its clubhouse in 1929.
- From the beginning, the club welcomed all residents and advocated improvements to streets, water services, and transportation.
- After receiving landmark status in March, the hall held a celebration the following month before a capacity crowd.
- Club President John Munroe credits extensive work with preserving the building and its legacy.
We’ve done tons of work on it over the years,” he says. “We will survive anything … We have all kinds of fun all the time because this is a community.— John Munroe, the club’s energetic president, on the club's efforts to preserve the building and its legacy
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