Suzzallo Library is one of the most visited sites on the University of Washington - Seattle campus and once you see it and step inside it is easy to understand why. To get credit for finding this cache you must POST A PHOTO of yourself (no face necessary) inside the "Harry Potter Room". Of course the room is not actually called the "Harry Potter Room", but telling you the name of the room would ruin all the fun! Harry Potter costumes are encouraged! :-D
Library Hours -UPDATED-:
Post-Covid, hours have changed and it is no longer open every day (closed on weekends sometimes)- check the hours here: http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/hours/suzzallo/suz
-------------------- Suzzallo Library History -------------------- The University of Washington was founded in 1861, less than ten years after the creation of the Washington Territory and before the settler population had exceeded 350. The University moved to its current campus location in 1895. After 1909 the library was located in a building constructed for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition and soon outgrew the space. In 1915, when Henry Suzzallo was appointed President of the University, a new library building became one of his top priorities. When planning began in 1922, Suzzallo envisioned a library that was to be "the soul of the university." An example of the Collegiate Gothic style, the library was designed by Carl F. Gould, Sr. and Charles H. Bebb, Seattle architects of national stature who has also created the 1915 campus plan. Ground was broken for the new library in 1923. Soon after, President Suzzallo found himself involved in political rivalries and controversies that resulted in his dismissal from the University. The library, the crown jewel of his administration, was named for him following his death in 1933. The "Harry Potter Room" features a vaulted ceiling with vibrantly colored and gilded details. A 1927 article in The Pacific Builder and Engineer stated that "This room has been pronounced by experts to be the most beautiful on the continent and is ranked among the most beautiful in the world." Oak bookcases along the walls are topped with hand-carved friezes representing native plants of Washington State, including salal, Douglas fir, scrub oak, grape, dogwood, mountain ash, rhododendron, pear, trillium, salmon berry, wild rose, apple, marigold, cantaloupe, tulip and cherry. Leaded-glass windows incorporate medallions representing 28 Renaissance watermarks from a book purchased by the University Library in 1923, Les Filigranes: Dictionnaire Historique des Marques du Papier, a four-volume set by C.M. Briquet.
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