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📜 History & landmarks · Landmark and historical building

Flatiron Building

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A landmark on Bay St, in the middle of things: 776 places within a five-minute walk. One of 70 history & landmarks in Bellingham.

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On the National Register since 1983

Flatiron Building

Flatiron Building

Flatiron Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jan 27, 1983. It is significant for its architecture at the state level.

The Hamilton Building also known as The Flatiron Building of Bellingham and the Bellingham Bay Furniture Building was considered the first "skyscraper" in Bellingham, Washington. Built in 1908 for Talifero Simpson Hamilton's growing Bellingham Bay (B.B.) Furniture Company established in 1889, the building cost $100,000 and used thirty-five thousand barrels of cement along with 200,000 pounds of steel. Due to its tri…

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776 places within a five-minute walk of Flatiron Building.

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1311-1319 Bay St

The nearest neighbor is Broken Motor Car Club, Whatcom-Skagit Chapter, 1 min walk away.

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Address1311-1319 Bay St · 98225
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http://www.bellinghamflatiron.com
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Some place details from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). Changes go live once a second neighbor confirms them. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places.

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