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Help us make it right5 story brick building with a 1 acre footprint, surrounding land is 1.5 acres of parking lot 1/2 community gardens. and the balance is open space, gardens and facilities for outdoor events such as formal gatherings, field sports, Tilth Association harvest fair and plant sale, Childrens garden, and much to do about horticulture given the site had the expertise of Gil Schieber and his passion for...
The Good Shepherd Center, a historic building built in 1906, is an excellent example of Italian architecture with its Corinthian columns and stone work. Originally serving as a shelter for destitute women, the building was bought over by the City of Seattle in 1975 and was listed in their National Register of Historic Places. The center is the hub of musical activity for the Good Shepherd...
I have not actually been to the center itself. However, I went to the park surrounding it this afternoon. Not since I was a young teenager (been a long while) have I been to a park that had this magic of an atmosphere. An ecological park complete with living roofs, a variety of vegatation and flowers, mozaic in concrete, and let's not forget the bunnies. If you have young one's, you must visit the surreal children's park. The iron dragon sculpture's and stone wall castle border around the park is sure to enchant your young ones. It was in fact hard to discern the iron raven's from the...
Good Shepherd Center is located at 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle, WA. This location is in the Wallingford neighborhood. This business specializes in Social Services.
Started as a Horticultural collection of Fruit Trees and Gardens for sustenance to the "wayward girls" of this Catholic Convent of 54 years. Gil Schieber, Garden Maestro from 1982 through 2007 created the gardens within the 11.7 acre site
After providing over 60 years of service to young women seeking shelter, education, and training, 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...
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