My Town; Downtown Bellingham

There are many new buildings in downtown Bellingham, Washington that are interesting. The buildings I am posting here are all old. Some of them are on the National Registry of Historic Buildings. I hope you enjoy this pictorial.

This section of the Whatcom County Courthouse is fairly new. I believe they did a pretty good job of keeping faith to the original architectural style.

Also known as 6 flags over Bellingham, this is the City Hall.

A classic of its type, the Mount Baker Theatre is on the National Registry.

There are no square corners on this building.

This is currently the tallest building in Bellingham. There are great views of the town, Western Washington University, Bellingham Bay and East to the mountains from the restaurant at the top.

This building, now called Crown Plaza, will always be known as the Bon Marche (for the department store that used to be here, now owned and operated by Macy's) Building.

The Flat Iron Building is on the National Registry.

The Bellingham Hardware Building actually housed a hardware store, complete with wood floors, before it was converted to offices and residential twenty years ago.

The Bellingham National Bank Building continues to hold banking. As with banks everywhere, BNB was bought out by others, and through mergers and acquisitions, ultimately became a Key Bank property.

The Bellingham YMCA has occupied this corner for many years. A renovation was completed a couple of years ago, with one of the additions being one of the tallest indoor climbing walls in the northwest.

The local paper.

I added this just because I like its look.

The former Greyhound Bus station now houses a restaurant and bar.

The Bellingham Federal Building is also on the National Registry

I hope you enjoy this mini tour through some of downtown Bellingham's older buildings. As you may note, I truly love this spot on earth.

Thanks for looking

David Helm

www.helmhomeinspections.com