JOHN A. HARRISON |
Our recent move to Capitol Hill has inspired us to host a series of talks having to do with our new (to us) neighborhood's history, beginning with this story of the man who built and briefly inhabited the "Sam Hill House" located on north Capitol Hill, near the St. Mark's greenbelt. Sam Hill was one of the great railway magnates of his day and an entrepreneur whose more well-known hilltop mansion is Maryhill, located 200-some miles southeast of Seattle's Capitol Hill. Sam Hill built both Maryhill and its famous, nearby Stonehenge replica for his lover Mona Bell. A Woman Alone: Mona Bell, Sam Hill and the Mansion on Bonneville Rock (Frank Amato) is John A. Harrison's account of both Mona Bell and Sam Hill, and of the former's court battle to retain title to her home. More programs on Capitol Hill (most a little more germane to Capitol Hill) to come. This meanwhile, sheds new light on an intriguing Northwest story.
- Street:
- The Elliott Bay Book Company
- Additional:
- 1521 Tenth Avenue
- City:
- Seattle ,
- Province:
- Washington
- Postal Code:
- 98122
- Country:
- United States
