The Bacon Mansion Bed & Breakfast

Located in the Historical Harvard-Belmont Landmark District, most of the original floor plan and exterior has been retained. In 1984, a great fire burned 60% of the interior and necessitated major renovation. Fortunately, Bacon Mansion's massive walls spared the glass and wood pocket doors found in the "day rooms." Opening as The Broadway Guest House in 1985, this unique bed and breakfast is now a stately residence for all who enter.

History fills the mansion walls, and while you explore the house, perhaps you will catch a fellow guest playing the grand piano. Just a short distance from the Capitol Hill and downtown Seattle's commercial districts, you will be sure to enjoy shopping and access to Seattle's many attractions.

In Room: All guest rooms are furnished with cotton waffle cloths bathrobes, hair dryers, clock radio, digital cable television, water and wine glasses, corkscrew, two-inch wood Venetian blinds, down comforter, glycerin soap, conditioning shampoo, telephone(if needed).

Variety: Since the Bacon Mansion is such a large house with a unique floor plan, we have eleven very distinct and different guest rooms. We have guests who, over the years, have stayed in them all and some guests who purchase their air ticket only after making sure their favorite room is available. We also have five rooms large enough to accommodate more than two.

Common Areas: Guests are encouraged to make use of our spacious day rooms that include the original leaded glass library with tiled gas fireplace and large living room with six-foot grand piano. The back patio is the perfect place to relax and enjoy our magnificent summer weather, with long days and cool nights, low humidity and few bugs.

Breakfast: We serve a heart-healthy (no bacon), all you can eat, expanded continental breakfast every morning. On the sideboard, we put out three kinds of cereals, milk, three kinds of juices, freshly made fruit salad, and a large bowl of yogurt for you to help yourself. We bake fresh muffins every morning and have them on the table with butter, jam, cream and sugar. We will serve you as much freshly ground French Roast Coffee or Tazo Tea as you would like. While our normal breakfast hours are 8:30 to 9:30, guests may request something earlier, or if before 7:30, we will set up in your room whatever you would like from the above offerings the day before. Our dining room table seats 14, we have guests come at various times, and we reset the table when needed. We have opted not to have reserved seating times, and guests rarely have to wait for a seat. In the summer months, we can set up a four-top on the covered porch outside of the living room.

Location: We like to say that we are close enough to everything, yet far enough away. We have a great central location, just two blocks from the Broadway shopping and restaurant district here on Capitol Hill. We consider it an urban forest with great architectural variety. Volunteer Park is just a couple of blocks up the hill, with a water tower that offers a great view after climbing only 114 steps, and it is $16 cheaper than the Space Needle or free. There is also the Seattle Asian Art Museum and Conservatory in the park. We are on the corner of two quiet residential streets, we can see the traffic and bus stop one block away, but can’t hear it. The bus runs approximately every 15 minutes and takes you directly to the heart of the city, the Washington State Convention Center, and two blocks from the must-see Pike Place Market. As the edge of downtown is but one mile away, many guests walk down and take the bus home after touring all day. The bus heading the other way will take you to the University of Washington, which is just about 2 miles north.