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November 21, 2018

Saint Edwards Seminary is a landmark

Photo courtesy of Daniels Real Estate [enlarge]


Kenmore Landmarks Commission voted to designate the 1931 Saint Edward Seminary a city landmark.

John Graham Sr. designed the 82,000-square-foot brick and concrete building in the Late Romanesque Revival style. It has a six-story bell tower and several lower wings.

The seminary was the Northwest's preparatory school for Catholic priests for 45 years and the first accredited full seminary university in the U.S., according to a press release from King County, which administers Kenmore's landmarks process.

The seminary closed in 1976, and the property was sold a year later to the state and became Saint Edward State Park, which includes 316 acres of the original 366-acre seminary campus.

The building sat largely vacant for the next 40 years, due to a lack of state funding. But in 2017, the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission agreed to a 62-year lease with Daniels Real Estate of Seattle to rehabilitate it for a lodge-style hotel.

The building is on the National Register of Historic Places, making the renovation eligible for federal preservation tax credits and ensuring that changes meet preservation standards, the county said.

Kenmore and Daniels Real Estate nominated it for landmark status, with support from State Parks.




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