Good Shepard Center, from Historic Seattle
We went and saw a friend’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest.
Our friends, the grownups, their daughter and several other high school age students staged the show.
It was great! I was so impressed. Ashlan is trying to see it on Wednesday.
They staged the show in a space on the fourth floor of the Good Shepard Center.
The following is a brief description of the building’s history.
Original Owners: Sisters of the Good Shepherd.
Historic Seattle’s Role:
After providing over 60 years of service to young women seeking shelter, education, and training (like, home for unwed mothers and other forms of reform), declining numbers of residents forced the Home of the Good Shepherd to close in 1973. After the Wallingford community defeated a proposal to turn the 11-acre site into a shopping center, the City of Seattle bought the property in 1975 with Forward Thrust and Federal Revenue Sharing funds and then transferred the buildings to Historic Seattle for use as a multi-purpose community center. The project is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and gained Offical City of Seattle Landmark status on September 10, 1984.
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