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Historic performance hall

Town Hall Seattle

Town Hall Seattle

Key facts

inception1916
instance ofcommunity center, performing arts center, church building
countryUnited States
located in the administrative territorial entitySeattle
All data from the card 17
Address
1119 Eighth AvenueSeattle, WashingtonUnited States
Owner
Town Hall Association
Capacity
Great Hall: 832Downstairs at Town Hall: 275
Current use
Cultural center
Opened
1916, 1922
Reopened
March 1999
Architect
George Foote Dunham
Location
1119 8th Ave., Seattle, Washington
Coordinates
47°36′32″N 122°19′48″W / 47.60889°N 122.33000°W
Area
0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built
1916-22
Built by
Neil McDonald, contractor
Architect
George Foote Dunham
Architectural style
Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.
12001138
Added to NRHP
January 2, 2013
Designated SEATL
November 2012

Town Hall Seattle, or Town Hall locally, is a cultural center and performance hall located on Seattle, Washington, USA's First Hill at 1119 8th Ave. Built as Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, a Church of Christ, Scientist church, from 1916 to 1922, it was sold by the church to its current owners in 1998 and reopened in 1999. In 2017, Town Hall announced they raised $20 million for a "top-to-bottom" renovation. In January 2019, they announced construction issues delayed their planned reopening. Town Hall officially completed construction and reopened its doors to the public on May 16, 2019.

It was designated a Seattle Landmark in 2012 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist" in 2013.

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