August 30, 2018
The Booth Building, first home of the Cornish Music School, opened in 1914, is on the southeast corner of Broadway and Pine, courtesy Cornish College of the Arts
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Nellie Cornish
How one woman staked a claim for art in Seattle
When Nellie Cornish arrived in Seattle in 1900, she was a 24-year-old piano teacher looking to make a living in a city that was more hospitable to Gold Rush prospectors than it was to the fine arts