Friends of Georgetown History

Friends of Georgetown History The Friends of Georgetown History is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the history a G

06/19/2025

Longhouse closure -June 19th 2025
Thank you – t̕igʷicid.

1 more hour to join us!
06/08/2025

1 more hour to join us!

Friends of GT History is hosting A FREE event at the GT Steam Plant on Sunday June 8th, 3 to 5pm. We are lucky to have M...
06/07/2025

Friends of GT History is hosting A FREE event at the GT Steam Plant on Sunday June 8th, 3 to 5pm.

We are lucky to have Mr. Toby Joseph to share stories and play his flute and drum.

We will have the following info tables:

The Georgetown Steam Plant

The Georgetown Business Association

The Port Community Action Team

The Friends of Georgetown History

The Watershed Community Development

Along with a community art project and Hula hooping. Come stay cool at the Steam Plant.

04/29/2025

Celebrating William Grose: A Pioneer of Seattle’s Central District

Did you know William Grose was one of Seattle’s earliest Black entrepreneurs and a pillar of the Central District? 🏡✨

Arriving in the 1860s, Grose became a key figure in shaping Seattle’s Black community. He owned the famous ”Our House” hotel—a safe haven for Black settlers during a time of exclusion—and his 12-acre homestead became a foundation for the thriving Central District we know today.

📍 Grose’s Legacy Lives On:
- Grose Park (23rd Ave & E Spring St) honors his contributions.
- His homestead site (near 24th & Yesler) is a landmark of resilience.

Want to dive deeper? Check out the links below to explore his story and the history of Seattle’s Black pioneers. 📖

Find out more here!
-BlackPast.org’s William Grose profile (https://www.blackpast.org/)

-Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project (https://depts.washington.edu/civilr/)

Thank you Bloom Bistro for making us delicious 😋 food for our annual board and staff retreat!
04/19/2025

Thank you Bloom Bistro for making us delicious 😋 food for our annual board and staff retreat!

Last day of the Georgetown Haunted History tour is tonight! 👻👻 Thanks to all the performers, support crew, friends, fami...
10/05/2024

Last day of the Georgetown Haunted History tour is tonight! 👻👻

Thanks to all the performers, support crew, friends, family, and especially to our intrepid tour attendees! We love sharing the spooky stories of Georgetown with you! Tickets are sold out for this year's tours!

You'll want to get to the Georgetown Haunted History Tour EARLY!! ⌚️⏰ Please arrive 15-20 minutes before your tour to c...
10/03/2024

You'll want to get to the Georgetown Haunted History Tour EARLY!! ⌚️⏰ Please arrive 15-20 minutes before your tour to catch some videos inside the Steam Plant to set the mood before you head off into the history and horrors of Georgetown.

Be sure to check out the neighborhood for some food and drinks and more fun after your tour. 🍺🌮🍷🍔🥤

Thanks to our crew and producers for scaring up a good time at the Georgetown Haunted History Tour!! First tour is tomor...
10/03/2024

Thanks to our crew and producers for scaring up a good time at the Georgetown Haunted History Tour!! First tour is tomorrow!

Rosario Medina and La Dele Sines produced this year’s tour. Rosario grew up in Georgetown and comes from the Barron family of barbers and community activists. She joined Friends of Georgetown History in 2016 and has served as Board President and is currently the Executive Director.

La Dele is an avid taphophile, anecdotalist, folk artist, and history detective who loves a good ghost story. La Dele is a founding member and original producer of the tour and provides legacy knowledge and expertise.

Our guides will bring the ghostly stories of the Haunted History Tour to life, leading you through the spooky streets of...
10/01/2024

Our guides will bring the ghostly stories of the Haunted History Tour to life, leading you through the spooky streets of Georgetown, regaling you with historic stories as you wander. Hope you got your tickets already - we’re sold out!

🔦Performer spotlight roundup part 2!🔦 Marisa Figueroa is the roadhouse proprietor, Si Daniels is betting it all, and Al...
09/28/2024

🔦Performer spotlight roundup part 2!🔦 Marisa Figueroa is the roadhouse proprietor, Si Daniels is betting it all, and Allan Phillips will remind us the importance of voting in this year’s Haunted History Tour! 👻🎲💀🥪🍺

When not serving as a tour guide or player in the tour, Si splits his time haunting Seattle’s Hillman City neighborhood and summoning spirits in the taverns of old town San Antonio. His day job is topmost font wrangler for a local tech company.

Allan moved to Georgetown in the late 1990s and was very instrumental in the creation of the tour. He has been a tour guide, and has appeared as several ghosts over the years. This year he will be reminding us all to vote in the local election as a savvy politician.

Marisa, owner of Bloom Bistro, will join us this year to hand out a drink and a sandwich during the chaos of the Roadhouse Ramblers.

🔦Performer spotlight roundup! 🔦 Brian Dougherty as Mayor Gill, Leese Cathey as the Castle ghost, and Andy Bookwalter as ...
09/26/2024

🔦Performer spotlight roundup! 🔦 Brian Dougherty as Mayor Gill, Leese Cathey as the Castle ghost, and Andy Bookwalter as George Tucker return to the Haunted History Tour! Don’t miss this classic crew from previous Haunted history Tours!

Brian Dougherty, 20-year resident of Georgetown, is an avid lover of history. His engaging smile and warm personal approach have audiences gathering closer to listen to his character’s musings. He has been a part of the tour since 2006 in multiple facets from tour guide, ghostly greeter, production crew, and beloved bar owner, Jules Maes.

Leese Cathey has participated with us as a ghostly greeter, tarot reader, ghost whisperer and last year she portrayed Max the bartender. She has the uncanny ability to commune with the spirits and will let us meet from Mary who hears and sees all that goes on at the Gessner Manson.

Andy Bookwalter and sons have been involved in the Haunted History Tour since 2019 where they created an ensemble skit focused on the Tuberculosis Sanitorium located at the Poor Farm and Hospital. That was followed by the Potter’s Field disinterment in 2021, and in 2022 they reenacted the accident that caused George Tucker’s death in 1908.

🔦 Performer spotlight!🔦 Toby Joseph, Sr. brings Storytelling to this year's Haunted History Tour. Join us! Tickets here:...
09/25/2024

🔦 Performer spotlight!🔦 Toby Joseph, Sr. brings Storytelling to this year's Haunted History Tour. Join us! Tickets here: https://ghht.bpt.me/

Toby Joseph, Sr. is a two spirited Native American of Jicarilla Apache and Tabeguache Ute decent from Manitou Springs, Colorado. Toby has over 25 years of working in Coast Salish Tribal communities supporting indigenous sustainability through social-economic development, and spiritual growth through indigenous pathways. Believing in a Cultural system Toby strongly believes that storytelling is essential because it creates identity from an internalized place, highlighting who people are rather than what society expects them to be. Toby believes that Storytelling is the framework for wellness that can provide people the opportunity to better understand and express their own personal narratives.


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