Bank of California - Seattle, WA
Posted by: Metro2
N 47° 36.160 W 122° 20.080
10T E 550010 N 5272354
This marker is located on a parking garage at 714 1st Avenue in Seattle, WA
Waymark Code: WMC2C1
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 07/17/2011
Views: 7
This marker reads:
"BANK
OF
CALIFORNIA
ON THIS SPOT
THE FIRST SCHOOL IN SEATTLE
WAS TAUGHT BY MRS. CATHERINE
P. BLAINE IN JANUARY 1854
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY...
NOVEMBER 13, 1905
1959"
So, the two sets of dates are confusing. They may mark the original plaque dedication in 1905...and then a rededication when the site became either the Bank of America....or the parking garage it is now.
This website (
visit link) shows that there is now a grammar school in Seattle named after Mrs. Blaine.