Seattle Times’ list of city sundials highlights a cool old Capitol Hill structure — the Sam Hill Mansion:

… a bronze vertical dial easily visible from street on the side of private home. Built in 1909, it is the oldest existing dial in Seattle. Motto: “I mark no hours not bright/Stedfast thru gloom I stand/Waiting till God command/To shine on me his light.”

Here is a picture from Wikipedia of the 1910 concrete-poured palace — unfortunately, you can’t see the the sundial in this image.

Even though he built his own stonehenge and the Peace Arch in Blaine, Sam Hill — and his mansion — were new to me. You can read all about the turn-of-the-century entrepreneur and philanthropist in this HistorLink essay. Hill is not, however, new to the Harvard & Highland “luxury” condo project. They’ve included Hill’s bunker-style mansion in their flashy marketing materials. No mention of the sundial, however. Opens Spring 2009.