The Galer Crown is one of the most prominent and well-known of Queen Anne's Stairs. With its bottom landing at the intersection of Queen Anne Avenue N and Galer Street W it is at the south end of Queen Anne's "top of the Hill" commercial district.
The top landing of the Galer Crown is at 1st Avenue N, close to the Hill's highest spot (456' - look for the nearby brass surveyor's marker).
Many of the remaining alumni of nearby Queen Anne High School recall climbing these stairs as part of their daily commute to school.
NUMBER OF LANDINGS
Three
NUMBER OF STAIRS
68
LOCATION:
Galer Street at Queen Anne Ave.
PART OF CHAIN:
Galer Chain
DATE BUILT
1905
STAIR TYPE:
CIP Concrete
DID YOU KNOW:
The Galer Crown may have the highest landing for any public stair in the City. It's a tie between the Galer Crown and the Comstock Grande Dame and my altimeter isn't sensitive enough to note a difference between the two.
Top Landing - and just about the top of Queen Anne Hill too.
© 2010 Thomas Horton – Graphics & original qa.stairs.com content. Photos by Thomas Horton 2007
Nice formwork to create the panel effect on the baluster.