Points of interest: 01: Broadway & Roy The Deluxe Bar & Grill.Originally established as Thomas G. McClannahan's Beer Parlor in 1938, The tavern name was changed in 1942 to the Deluxe. Long considered a favorite watering hole of the bohemian counter-culture, famous patrons included; Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Guy Anderson, Bill Cumming, & other creative types. It has been owned by the Rogel family since 1962.

02: Broadway & Roy The Loveless Building. Built in 1928-30, The Loveless Building originally housed artisan shops and capacious apartments. The restaurant [Fork] still houses the exquisite original murals by V Shkurkin formerly of the Moscow Arts Theatre which were cleaned and restored in 2005

03: 807 East Roy The Women's Century Club. Across the street from the Loveless building is the Women's Century Club. Built in 1925, the Club, which still meets there, has focused on civic & cultural improvement. The lobby of the movie theater, Harvard Exit, still contains the original club decor & furnishings.

04: 800 East Roy, The Rainer Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Built in 1925, the DAR is in fact a reduced replication of George Washington's home Mt. Vernon. Individual members contributed period furnishings to create a bit of colonial America on the West Coast.

05: 710 East Roy, Kerry Hall; Cornish College of the Arts. Built in 1921 by A.H. Albertson for school founder Miss Aunt Nellie Cornish, Kerry Hall was named after longtime school patron Mrs Olive Kerry. The faculty, student & staff roster at the Cornish School has included over the years; Mark Tobey, Merce Cunningham, Martha Grahm, John Cage, Helmi Jouvinen, Peter Mereblum, Berthe Poncey, Gary Hill & Brendon Fraser.

06: 1005 East Roy & 730 Belmont East, [Ten-O-Five & Oak Manor] are two apartment buildings designed by self-taught architect, Fred Anhalt. The neo-norman architectural style was inspired by photo-gravures of the English countryside. The Ten-0-Five building also features the first underground parking garage created for an apartment building in Seattle.

07: Corner of Prospect and Boylston, Mystery Streets. Two streets which appeared on the original city plat were eventually removed. If you stand on this corner, you can still trace elements of the retaining walls for the roads.

08: 814 East Highland Drive, The Sam Hill House. Built in 1909 by the firm of Hornblower & Marshall, this unique house was created using concrete as the primary material. Mr. Hill, who had made his large fortune from the same material, used this residence to entertain the grand-daughter of Queen Victoria, Queen Maire of Romania. It was later bought by Plestcheff family and turned into an institute for the study of decorative arts [ceramics]. In the late 1990's in was sold into private hands and remains a private home today.

09: 1245 Tenth Avenue East, St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral. Started in late 1928, the first years of the cathedral were very rocky financially with the property closed and sublet to the US Army for the duration of WWII as a school for anti-aircraft training. In 1947 a spirited fund drive allowed the doors to re-open. This cathedral is the seat of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia.

10. 1051 Tenth Avenue East, St. Nicholas School. [Cornish North 1981-2003]. Designed by the Seattle Architectural firm of Gould & Bebb in 1926, this school became a prep academy for girls until the school merged with the Lakeside school in 1971. The building has recently undergone extensive restoration including the frieze by the old gymnasium. St. Mark's Cathedral bought the building from Cornish College of the Arts in early 2003 and will move their education wing into the building in the summer of 2003.

11. 1600 Broadway East, Streissguth Gardens. The gardens are an important link to the trails in the St. Mark's Cathedral Greenbelt. Many visitors also enjoy walking up or down the steps which connect Tenth Avenue East to Lakeview Boulevard East. [Trekker tip: walk down the stairs on Blaine and walk back up on the sister stairs on Howe].

12. Howe Street, Grand Army of the Republic [GAR] Cemetery. Given to veterans of the Civil War by Huldah & David Kaufman in 1896, the GAR is unique in being the only veteran's cemetery not under the jurisdiction of the US military. The grounds are maintained by the Seattle Parks Department and serve as a reminder of the early inclusion into national affairs by individuals in the city.

13. Fifteenth Avenue East, Louisa Boren Park. Site of spectacular views of the east-side, this park features a trail head which leads out of the district.

14. Lakeview Cemetery. Opened in 1873, this cemetery holds the remains of the first US settler in Seattle, Doc. Maynard. Other notables include; Arthur Denny, Henry Yessler, Mary Ann Boyer Conklin [Madam Damnable], Hiram Chittenden, Dexter Horton, Thomas Mercer, Captain William Renton & Princess Kick-i-som-loo [daughter of Chief Seattle]. Movie Stars Bruce & Brandon Lee and the remains of 49 Nisei [Japanese-Americans] who died fighting the Axis powers in WWII are also to be found here. The old Chinese graves are equally notable.

15. Volunteer Park, [City Park or The Big Park] was established in 1892 as first Lake View Park then City Park. Eventually the park was named in honor of the veterans of the Spanish-American War. After the success of the Klondike Gold Rush, the city hired the famed Olmstead firm to create a series of city parks. John Charles Olmstead came to Seattle in 1903 and prepared a plan. In 1908 the city passed a bond issue to implement the Olmstead plan. Famous visitors include President Warren G. Harding and Aviator Charles Lindberg.

15a. The Pergola & Music Pavilion was designed by the Olmstead firm in 1910.

15b. The Conservatory came as a kit from 1912 from Hitchings & Company, a New York firm. Built in 1914, the Conservatory benefited from a donation of 600 orchids from Anna & James Clise in 1919 and installed in 1921. An additional greenhouse and potting shed were added in 1923. These facilities provided the Seattle Parks System with all of the bedding plants up to the 1990's

15c. The Seattle Art Museum [Seattle Asian Art Museum], was built in 1932 from funds donated by Mrs. Fuller and her son Dr. Fuller. Designed by the local firm Gould & Bebb, the art museum soon proved to be a magnet for the citizens of Seattle. With the opening of the Seattle Art Museum downtown, the facility was renamed The Seattle Asian Art Museum and remains the jewel in the crown of the park.

15d. The Water Tower & Reservoir were built in 1906 & 1901 respectively. Park visitors can climb the stairs to the top of the tower and enjoy many views of the greater metropolitan area or stroll the perimeter of the reservoir.

16. Fourteenth Avenue East [from Prospect to Mercer]. Stroll through "Millionaire's Row" where many of Seattle's oldest and grandest mansions still stand.

17. 1058 East Mercer Street, Lowell Elementary School. Built in 1890 as the Pontius School, it was renamed in 1910 for the poet James Russell Lowell. The campus benefited from land purchases in 1889, 1913, & 1921. In 1993 a pedestrian overpass was removed over Roy Street and the road was closed to traffic.

18. Broadway East & Republican, Pilgrim Congregational Church. Designed by architect F.A. Kendell in 1901 this sanctuary is the oldest church on Broadway. It is clad in very distinctive brickwork.

19. The Broadway Market. Built in 1928 to house different stalls of vendors selling fresh produce and baked goods, this structure could be consider an embryonic supermarket. In 1931 it became "Famous for Fine Foods".

20. Harvard Avenue East & Republican, The Henry Library. Reopened on May 31, 2003, the library was named after Susan J. Henry, wife of local arts patron Horace C. Henry. This library is the primary branch for Capitol Hill of the Seattle Public Library System.