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Building History

This building with the shallow arched roof at 6205 Corson Avenue South began operation as the Skylane Bowling Alley in 1955. A note in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported on 09/04/1955: “The biggest change in Seattle’s bowling since the previous season is the addition of the new Skylane Bowl in Georgetown, a plush 24-alley layout by Western Bowling, Inc., which embodies all the latest thinking in bowling alley design. The new lanes are still resounding to the pound of the carpenter’s hammer rather than the pound of a lofted bowing ball, but are expected to be ready around the first of October. (”See "New Alleys," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 09/04/1955, p. 24S.) As noted in a subsequent note in the Post-Intelligencer of 10/15/1955: “A beautiful new addition to Seattle’s bowling facilities, the 24-lane Skylane Bowl in Georgetown, will open its doors to the public Saturday night at 8 o’clock. Built and operated by Western Bowling, Inc., whose operation also includes U-Bowl, Green Lake, Magnolia and West Seattle, the new alleys will incorporate all the latest features of bowling alley design including AMF automatic pinsetters.” (See Blaine Freer, “New Skylane Pin Alleys to Open,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 10/15/1955, p. 10S.)

In the early 1980s, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie #1, had sold its Downtown Seattle builidng to A Cotemporary Theatre (ACT), and moved to this Corson Avenue location, where it remained until at least 2008. According to King County Department of Assessments records, on 12/14/1983, the Eagles bought this building for $800,000 from Turner Morse. A tentative plan to sell the building to a theatre group fell through in 2008. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.com reporter Kery Murakami wrote: "Though the deal's not done, members of the 110-year-old lodge tentatively have decided to find a smaller home and sell the hall to Theater Off Jackson and four other theater companies, which plan to convert it into a fringe theater." (See Kery Murakami, Seattle Post-Intelligencer.com, "Eagles sale a return to its roots," published 02/04/2008, updated 03/22/2011, accessed 03/08/2021.) Instead, they sold the building on 08/29/2008 for $3,730,000 to RSS Management, Incorporated.

The Eagles sign remained out front of the 1.17-acre (51,036-square-foot) property until at least 07/2011, when it was still for lease. Another business, Harbor Freigh Tools, had moved in before 08/2016.

The Eagles found another building for its next aerie at 8201 Lake City Way NE, buying it on 12/16/2008 from William E. and Sharon Yenter.

Building Notes

This aerie for the Eagles was located at the intersection of South Michigan Street and Corson Avenue South. It was up for sale as of 03/2008.