Creator

Asahel Curtis

Document Type

Image

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Creation Date

1912

Description

Looking west across "D" Street between Eighth and Tenth Streets from the tower of Barge Hall on the Washington State Normal School campus, this photographic view shows much of the residential area north of the Ellensburg business district. Many of the city's professional families lived in this area often referred to as "the college houses." The large David Ramsay house on the right was designed by the noted Canadian architect Samuel Maclure (1860-1929) in 1903. The house was constructed between 1903 - 1905 and was often called "the finest home in the city" The Ellensburg Capital October 24, 1904.Asahel Curtis photograph number #23669.

Source

Local History Collection Photographs, Ellensburg Public Library

Format

image/jpg

Keywords

Ellensburg (Wash.) -- Streets, Historic, Historic streets -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg, Streets -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg, Residential streets -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg, Ramsay (David) House (Ellensburg, Wash.), Maclure, Samuel, Dwellings -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg

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