The club 's first home was in part of James McNaught 's Fourth Avenue 22-room mansion ( on the site of today 's Seattle Central Library ) . McNaught was happy to have a tenant : he was moving to St. Paul , Minnesota to take a position as chief counsel for the Northern Pacific Railroad . The house also functioned — along with the armory at Fourth and Union — as an interim city hall after the Great Seattle Fire destroyed most of the City in 1889 . This brought additional city leaders into the club
Great Seattle Fire
Great Seattle Fire
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