Queen Anne High School, Seattle Washington
Completed in 1909, Queen Anne High School, located crest of Queen Anne Hill, was among the first high schools constructed in the city and an outstanding example of the work of prominent school architect James Stephens (whose model school plan of 1901 had been adopted statewide). Stephens designed an imposing structure, distinguished by its classical style and innovations in fireproofing, heating and ventilating systems, and classroom facilities. Enlarged in 1929, and again in 1955, the high school continued to serve as the focal point for public education in Queen Anne and a dominant feature of the hill. A sparsely settled area in the 1880's, just recently logged, and connected to Seattle only by a crude wagon road, Queen Anne Town was
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