1580 results for: City of Seattle
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Louisa, Madge, David, and Inez Denny, Seattle, circa 1858
David Thomas Denny (1832-1903) and Louisa Boren (1827-1916) were members of the Seattle pioneers known as the Denny Party, 24 white people who settled in Seattle in 1851. The two married in 1853 in city's first wedding of European American settlers, and had eight children together.In this image David and Louisa pose with their children, Emily Inez Denny (1854-1918), and…
ID Number:SHS154
Date:circa 1858
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East-facing view of Seattle and the Alaskan, 1888
Seattle in the 1880s was a rapidly growing city, aided in no small part by the 1883 connection with the Northern Pacific Railway Company. Lumber and coal were the primary industries, but the growth of fishing, wholesale trade, shipbuilding, and shipping also contributed to the town's economic expansion and population growth. The Seattle City Census of 1888 records population at…
ID Number:SHS201
Date:1888
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King County Courthouse courtroom, circa 1885
In 1882, the government of King County occupied a wood frame courthouse at Third Avenue, between Jefferson Street and Yesler Way in downtown Seattle. In 1890, the county moved its offices up the hill to a new courthouse near the present site of Harborview Hospital and sold the old building to the city of Seattle.This photo by J.C. Haines shows…
ID Number:SHS215
Date:Circa 1885
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City of Seattle Health Office, Yesler Way, circa 1900
The Seattle City Council created the position of City Health Officer in 1877. The Health Officer had the responsibility to abate nuisances affecting the public health and to prevent the spread of contagious disease, especially smallpox. Between 1877 and 1890, ten different local doctors served in the role. An amended City Charter in 1908 replaced the Board of Health with…
ID Number:SHS218
Date:Circa 1900
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King County Hospital, Georgetown, circa 1900
The Seattle City Council created the position of City Health Officer in 1877. The Health Officer had the responsibility to abate nuisances affecting the public health and to prevent the spread of contagious disease, especially smallpox. Between 1877 and 1890, ten different local doctors served in the role. An amended City Charter in 1908 replaced the Board of Health with…
ID Number:SHS222
Date:Circa 1900
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Commercial Street looking north, Seattle, 1865
Seattle was first incorporated by the Washington Territorial Legislature in 1865 with a population of 350 and an economy based on timber. This image, taken from about Main Street, looking North along Commercial Street (now First Avenue South), shows the Territorial University of Washington in the center distance, built in 1862 at a location now occupied by the Fairmont Olympic…
ID Number:SHS239
Date:1865
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Dexter Horton home, 3rd and Seneca, Seattle, circa 1875
In 1853 Dexter Horton (1825-1904) came to Seattle with his first wife, Hannah Eliza (Shoudy) Horton (1828-1871), and their daughter, Rebecca. Developing a reputation as an honest businessman, he established the city's first real bank. Horton was also a founding volunteer in various social organizations, including the Seattle Library Association in 1873 and the Seattle Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)…
ID Number:SHS243
Date:Circa 1875
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City Hall at 3rd and Jefferson, Seattle, circa 1900
In 1876, King County purchased a lot from Henry Yesler for the price of $3,500 and built the first King County building on county owned property. The two-story wood, stone and brick structure occupied the corner of Third Avenue and Jefferson Street (the present site of City Hall Park) and cost $17,000 to build. It housed the jail in the…
ID Number:SHS250
Date:Circa 1900
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John Leary home, 2nd and Madison, Seattle, circa 1890
John Leary (1837-1905) came to Seattle in 1869 and was involved with virtually every major civic and commercial undertaking in Seattle in the 1870s and 1880s. He was the first president of the West Coast Improvement Company (WCIC), which shaped Ballard into the “Shingle Capitol of the World” (Leary Way still bears his name). Leary served three terms as a member…
ID Number:SHS258
Date:Circa 1890
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Henry and Minnie Yesler home, 3rd and James, Seattle, circa 1895
In 1884 lumberman and Seattle's first millionaire, Henry L. Yesler (1810-1892), and his wife, Sarah Burgert Yesler (1822-1887) built their mansion on the block between Third and Fourth Avenues at James Street. Sarah died shortly after they moved in, and Yesler married a young cousin, Minnie Gagle Yesler (born c. 1867), who lived in the house after his death until…
ID Number:SHS267
Date:Circa 1895