406 results for: Construction and Urban Planning
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Panorama of Denny regrade area, from Battery and 5th Avenue, November 12, 1930
This photograph documents the second and final phase of the regrading of Denny Hill in 1928-1930. Numbered on photo: 25C 26C
ID Number:1968.4524.53.54
Date:1930
Ephemera
Youngs Bros. business card, circa 1890
Luther Burns Youngs (1858-1923) came from Kentucky to Seattle in 1883. A carpenter by trade, he started a construction business that became quickly profitable in Seattle's booming population. According to Seattle city directories, there were 3,553 residents in 1880 and 43,835 residents in 1890. Already serving as a member of the Board of Public Works, Mr. Youngs was appointed superintendent…
ID Number:1969.5072.103
Date:Circa 1890
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Construction of Stimson Medical Center Building, Seattle, 1924
Charles D. Stimson (1857-1929) moved to Seattle in 1889 and by 1909, may have been Seattle's most influential person, as he headed the Metropolitan Bank, the General Insurance Company of America, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition effort, and the Metropolitan Building Company. His wife, Harriet Mary Overton (1862-1936), was a dedicated supporter of the Seattle Symphony. Their daughter Dorothy Stimson Bullitt (1892-1989)…
ID Number:1971.5117.3
Date:1924
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Construction of the U. S. Courthouse, Custom House, and Post Office building, Seattle, July 2, 1906
This image was taken during construction of the U. S. Courthouse, Custom House, and Post Office building, also known as the Federal Building, located on the southeast corner of Third Avenue and Union Street. This Beaux-Arts inspired building was the first permanent home of the Seattle Post Office and was used until a replacement was built in 1958 at the…
ID Number:1972.5319.146
Date:1906
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Construction of the U. S. Courthouse, Custom House, and Post Office building, Seattle, February 9, 1907
This image was taken during construction of the U. S. Courthouse, Custom House, and Post Office building, also known as the Federal Building, located on the southeast corner of Third Avenue and Union Street. This Beaux-Arts inspired building was the first permanent home of the Seattle Post Office and was used until a replacement was built in 1958 at the…
ID Number:1972.5319.160
Date:1907
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Walker Building at 2nd Ave. and University St., Seattle, circa 1906
This view of the northeast corner of Second Avenue and University Street in downtown includes the Walker Building. Cyrus Walker (1827-1913), an executive with the Puget Mill Company, built this commercial investment property in 1903. The building was demolished in the late 1980s and since 1998 the site has been occupied by the Seattle Symphony's Benaroya Hall. The building material…
ID Number:1972.5346.13
Date:Circa 1906
Book
Seattle Home Builder and Home Keeper, 1915
This book was written by W.W. (Willard W.) DeLong, a Seattle architect famous for Craftsman style bungalows, and his wife, Isabelle D. DeLong. Hardbound in a dark green cover, this volume has a depiction of a classic Seattle bungalow on the front and in gold lettering, the proverb "Be it Ever So Humble, There's No Place Like Home."Section I of…
ID Number:1972.5567.144
Date:1915
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Agriculture Building under construction on Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition grounds, Seattle, 1907
This photo shows the Agriculture Building under construction. Embossed on mount: HarwoodHandwritten on verso: 1907 - Building the A.Y.P. Expo
ID Number:1974.5868.197
Date:1907
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Aurora Avenue Bridge construction, Seattle, circa 1931
Construction on the George Washington Memorial Bridge, commonly known as the Aurora Bridge, began in 1929, and the bridge was opened to traffic on February 22, 1932. The nearly 3,000-foot long, cantilever and truss structure spans Lake Union between the Fremont and Queen Anne neighborhoods and completes the final link of U.S. Highway 99 from Canada to Mexico. Designed for…
ID Number:1980.6877.4.83
Date:Circa 1931
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Construction of First Baptist Church's second building, Seattle, October 12, 1910
Seattle First Baptist Church was organized in 1869 by 11 men and women on a lot donated by Elizabeth (Jones) Holgate (1796-1880), a widow who had lived in Seattle since at least 1856. The wooden church was built on the east side of Fourth Avenue, between Cherry Street and James Street. The building was abandoned after 1908 when regrading of…
ID Number:1980.6882.3
Date:1910