Built in 1908 by the Danish Brotherhood, Washington Hall first served as a settlement house and a fraternal hall, connecting Danish immigrants with tools for starting anew in America and keeping them linked to their social and artistic heritage.  From the 1910s, the hall also hosted other populations in Seattle’s Central District, including African American, Jewish, Filipino, Japanese, Croatian, Korean, and Ethiopian.  Since 1973, it has served as the headquarters for the Sons of Haiti, an African-American Masonic lodge.  Over the years, entertainers and artists such as Duke Ellington, Billie Holliday, and Jimi Hendrix have appeared at Washington Hall.  The building also has architectural significance as the only known fraternal hall designed by prolific Seattle architect Victor Voorhees.