Seattle Center Armory
{{Short description|Building in Seattle, Washington, U.S.}}
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The Seattle Center Armory is a building in Seattle Center, in the U.S. state of Washington.
The building has housed the Center House Theater, The Center High School, and the Seattle Children's Museum.{{Cite book |last=Delaplaine |first=Andrew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BnH7DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Seattle+Center+Armory%22&pg=PT98 |title=Seattle - The Delaplaine 2021 Long Weekend Guide |date=2020-09-05 |publisher=Gramercy Park Press |language=en |access-date=2022-12-30 |archive-date=2022-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230012735/https://books.google.com/books?id=BnH7DwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT98&dq=%22Seattle+Center+Armory%22&hl=en |url-status=live }}
History
The Washington National Guard built the Seattle Field Artillery Armory in 1939, to be used by the 146th Field Artillery, the 66th Field Artillery Brigade, and the Washington Headquarters of the 41st Division of the National Guard.{{Cite web |last=Huygen |first=Meg van |date=2018-11-29 |title=The Seattle Center Armory started as an actual military armory—and evolved |url=https://seattle.curbed.com/2018/11/29/18115475/seattle-center-house-armory-history |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=Curbed Seattle |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230012734/https://seattle.curbed.com/2018/11/29/18115475/seattle-center-house-armory-history |url-status=live }}
The building became known as the Food Circus,{{Cite book |last=Bergman |first=Jolie Dawn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0whYm2314LkC&dq=%22Seattle+Center+Armory%22&pg=PA41 |title=Seattle's Music Venues |date=2013 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-9998-4 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-30 |archive-date=2022-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230012740/https://books.google.com/books?id=0whYm2314LkC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA41&dq=%22Seattle+Center+Armory%22&hl=en |url-status=live }}{{Cite book |last=Dern |first=Judith |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tJZcDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Seattle+Center+Armory%22&pg=PA167 |title=The Food and Drink of Seattle: From Wild Salmon to Craft Beer |date=2018-08-10 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-5977-5 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-30 |archive-date=2022-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230012746/https://books.google.com/books?id=tJZcDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA167&dq=%22Seattle+Center+Armory%22&hl=en |url-status=live }} and later Seattle Center House.{{Cite web |title=Seattle Center: After Century 21 |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/22588 |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=www.historylink.org |archive-date=2022-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230012732/https://www.historylink.org/File/22588 |url-status=live }} It was remodeled in 2012.{{Cite book |last=Guides |first=Insight |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OyxHDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Seattle+Center+Armory%22&pg=PT172 |title=Insight Guides City Guide Seattle |date=2017-11-01 |publisher=Rough Guides UK |isbn=978-1-78671-843-3 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-30 |archive-date=2022-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230012743/https://books.google.com/books?id=OyxHDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT172&dq=%22Seattle+Center+Armory%22&hl=en |url-status=live }}
The building houses a food court which has included restaurants such as Bean Sprouts Cafe and Cooking School, Bigfoot BBQ, Cool Guys Fry Bar, Eltana,{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eeHbDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Seattle+Center+Armory%22&pg=PT127 |title=Fodor's Seattle |date=2021-02-02 |publisher=Fodor's Travel |isbn=978-1-64097-281-0 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-30 |archive-date=2022-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230012734/https://books.google.com/books?id=eeHbDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT127&dq=%22Seattle+Center+Armory%22&hl=en |url-status=live }} MOD Pizza,{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jf4PCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Seattle+Center+Armory%22&pg=PR384 |title=Not For Tourists Guide to Seattle 2016 |date=2015-11-24 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-5107-0025-3 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-30 |archive-date=2022-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230012744/https://books.google.com/books?id=Jf4PCwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PR384&dq=%22Seattle+Center+Armory%22&hl=en |url-status=live }} Skillet,{{Cite book |last=Volk |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KLKsAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Seattle+Center+Armory%22&pg=PA86 |title=Cheap Bastard's® Guide to Seattle: Secrets of Living the Good Life—for Less! |date=2013-11-05 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4930-0658-8 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-30 |archive-date=2022-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230012741/https://books.google.com/books?id=KLKsAgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA86&dq=%22Seattle+Center+Armory%22&hl=en |url-status=live }} and Subway.{{Cite web |title=Seattle Center Armory {{!}} Belltown & Seattle Center, Seattle {{!}} Restaurants - Lonely Planet |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/seattle/belltown/restaurants/seattle-center-armory/a/poi-eat/1621914/1319279 |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=www.lonelyplanet.com |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230012741/https://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/seattle/belltown/restaurants/seattle-center-armory/a/poi-eat/1621914/1319279 |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Seattle Center Armory}}
- [https://www.seattlecenter.com/explore/attractions/armory Seattle Center Armory] at Seattle Center
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Category:1939 establishments in Washington (state)
Category:Military installations established in 1939