Brandon Nelson

Photo Session: Whatcom Museum, Old City Hall Building

Bellingham is full of structures I love, new and old alike. Lately, when someone mentions the Whatcom Museum, the new Lightcatcher Building is what comes to mind. It’s getting a ton of press, as it should.

But more than a century before the contemporary Lightcatcher ever caught one photon of light or brought a smile to a child’s face, the majestic building that began life as “New Whatcom’s” City Hall in 1892 dominated the city landscape. Located at 121 Prospect Street  in the heart of downtown, the Late Victorian-style building constructed of red brick and Chuckanut Sandstone, and designed by local architect Alfred Lee, is arguably the most iconic and beautiful structure in Bellingham.

I absolutely love photographing and just looking at this building. It shares that same omni-present quality that Mt. Baker enjoys, in that you can see if from ALL OVER Bellingham, whether you’re up on the WWU Campus or at the top of Alabama Hill or down on the waterfront… there’s the old City Hall building, lending its beauty to the horizon.

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