Kirkland Woman's Club
Kirkland Woman's Club | |
 The front entrance of the clubhouse | |
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| Location | 407 First Street, Kirkland, Washington 98033 |
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| Coordinates | 47°40′42″N 122°12′31″W / 47.67833°N 122.20861°W |
| Built | 1925 |
| Architect | John Hanford Wester |
| Architectural style | Vernacular |
| Website | www |
| NRHP reference No. | 89002321[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 26, 1990 |
The Kirkland Woman's Club is a women's club in Kirkland, Washington. Their clubhouse building was completed in 1925 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[2]
History[edit]
The club was founded in 1920 when eight women met and established a charter with the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The building was completed in 1925 through community support: the Burke & Farrar development company gifted the land, local architect and future mayor John Hanford Wester donated the plans, and local high school shop students made the bookshelves.[3]
The building initially served as Kirkland's first public library with donated books and offered free well baby visits with a pediatric clinic. During the Great Depression, the group provided food and clothing to needy families and the building hosted musical events, parent–teacher association meetings, and a Camp Fire club. The club paid off their mortgage in 1937 and the library moved across the street to city hall in 1948.[3] The club continues to provide annual scholarships to local high school students.[4]
In 1999, the group donated a tiered fountain to local cemetery, a civic project that had been proposed in the 1880s but never funded until then.[5] In 2015, the group received support from the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation to secure the pair of chimneys to the roof in order to stabilize them and avoid collapse.[6]
The facilities in the clubhouse are rented out for wedding receptions, funerals, and birthdays.[2] A number of civic organizations without their own building have also met at the location including the Kiwanis and American Legion.[7][3]
Architecture[edit]
The clubhouse is a wood one-story vernacular building with exterior brick chimneys on each end. The front of the building has a central entry bay with three double-leaf French doors and a large ramp that replaced the original two steps. The large windows are composed of multi-light casement units separated by wood mullions. The low-pitched roof has a gable running parallel with the front of the building and overhanging eves with a boxed cornices.[3]
The interior consists of a clubroom to the left of the entrance and a front entry and library room to the right, in what is now a combined room. A kitchen and storage room are located to the rear of the building. There are two fireplaces, a smaller one in the library with a stone voussoir and a larger one in clubroom with a brick voussoir containing a decorative keystone. The rooms have coved ceilings with oak flooring and the original flower-shaped light fixtures.[3]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "National Register Information System – Kirkland Women's Club (#89002321)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- ^ a b Watson, Kendall (May 21, 2008). "Not much has changed since 1920 for city's oldest club". Kirkland Reporter. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Nast, Patti (August 1989). Leonard Garfield (ed.). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Kirkland Woman's Club". National Register of Historic Places. National Archives. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- ^ "Scholarships awarded to high school students at Kirkland Woman's Club". Kirkland Reporter. June 30, 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
- ^ Whitely, Peyton (December 10, 1999). "A fountain flows in Kirkland: Long-sought cemetery feature will be dedicated tomorrow". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
- ^ "Wenatchee Valley Museum Awarded $1,000 Grant". KPQ-FM. December 9, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
- ^ Sundberg, Bonnie (September 15, 2016). "Kiwanis Club of Kirkland installs new president and raises money for local kids". Kirkland Reporter. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
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