5 results for: Regrades
Chip from the old forest maple tree on the original site of the University of Washington, ca.1880-1908
This is a wood chip from an old and revered maple tree that was on the original site of the University of Washington which was located in downtown Seattle before moving to its current site. The tree was cut down in 1908 during the regrading projects in the city. The Olympic Hotel was later constructed on the site in 1924.
ID Number:1953.380.A
Date:Circa 1880
Draftsman's chair, 1875-1905
This Arts and Crafts style factory made draftsman's swivel chair was used by George Nelson, a Seattle general contractor, who worked on the Denny Regrades from 1900 to 1930.
ID Number:1969.4591.2
Date:1875-1905
Set of eight cedar boardwalk planks, ca. 1880
These planks were donated to MOHAI by Sound Transit. They are a portion of the boardwalk planks that were excavated from an archaeological site at Pine Street and Terry Avenue in Seattle. The boardwalk was covered and infilled due to the Denny Regrade project from 1905-1910. The boardwalk was discovered approximately 38 feet below the surface. Other items retrieved from…
ID Number:2011.30.1
Date:Circa 1880
Set of five house moving log rollers, ca. 1880
These rollers were made from a maple tree that was cut down in 1880 at what is today 14th and Jackson in Seattle. The wood was airdried for several years before being cut into rollers, which were used to move houses during the Denny Regrade in the early 1900s, and later for the Dearborn cut and Atlantic Street overpass projects…
ID Number:2011.43.1
Date:Circa 1880
House moving jack used during the second Denny Hill regrade in 1929
Denny Hill, which stood north of Seattle's downtown was thought to block the city's growth. The steep hill was removed in two stages between the 1890s and the 1930s, and the land was regraded. This house jack was used during the second Denny regrade in 1929. William T. McLachlan moved his family from Canada to the San Juan Islands in…
ID Number:2014.66.1
Date:Circa 1929