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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Seattle (Wash.). Building Dept.

 Organization

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Building Department Annual Reports

 Series
Identifier: 1802-F4
Abstract

Annual reports of the Building Department, 1894 to 1977. The 1894-1895 reports are from the Dept. of Buildings, Bridges, and Wharves. Records include information on building construction and inspection, safety issues, and economic issues. Also included is information on permits, revenues, and buildings erected.

Dates: 1894-1979

Buildings and Operations Records

 Series
Identifier: 7605-02
Abstract

Records relating to the Seattle Center campus before, during, and immediately after the 1962 World's Fair.

Dates: 1957-1970; Majority of material found within 1961-1965

Law Department Correspondence (Series II)

 Series
Identifier: 4401-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence to and from the City Attorney. Includes requests from City agencies for legal opinions and advice.



Dates: 1939-1977

Electrical Permits

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 2004-04
Abstract

Permits issued by the Building Department for electrical work.

Dates: 1914

Lands under the Supervision of the Superintendent of Buildings Reports

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 1802-J5
Scope and Contents note A City Charter amendment in 1908 required the Superintendent of Buildings to make a quarterly report to the City Council regarding public property under his supervision. This series is comprised of the fourth quarter reports. The content of the reports varies over time. In general, the reports include the legal description of the property and its use. In some cases, the value of the property is included. A few of the early reports list revenues generated by the property. And in many cases,...
Dates: 1912-1968

Police Precinct Task Force Records

 Series
Identifier: 2001-03
Abstract

Materials relating to the activities of the Police Precinct Task Force, appointed in 1978 to select the sites of three new police stations.

Dates: 1977-1978

Building Department Joint Meeting Records

 Series
Identifier: 1650-22
Abstract

Records of meetings concerning Seattle's zoning code.

Dates: 1958-1976

Superintendent of Buildings Correspondence

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 2000-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence and memoranda related to building inspections, the permit process, building codes, and departmental policies and procedures. The bulk of correspondence dates from 1915-1922; also included is material from the department's structural engineer dated 1919-1935.

Dates: 1915-1935

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Seattle 5
Seattle (Wash.) 5
Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) 2
Civic Auditorium 2
Fire Codes 2
Administrative Procedures 1
Air Pollution 1
Alki Treatment Plant (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Beautification 1
Boiler Code 1
Boundary Project 1
Building Codes 1
Building Inspection 1
Citizens' advisory committees -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
City Charter 1
City planning 1
City planning -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Civic Centers 1
Civil Defense 1
Civil Service 1
Community development, Urban -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Cumulative Reserve Fund 1
Fair Campaign Practices 1
Floating Homes 1
Fort Lawton 1
Garbage 1
Gorge Dam 1
Government property 1
Health Care 1
International District 1
Land use -- Planning -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Legal Opinions 1
Licenses 1
Local Improvement Districts 1
Mass Transit 1
Minimum wage 1
Monorail System 1
Official Streets Plan (1952-1958) 1
Oil Spill Disaster Planning 1
Open Space Land 1
Pedestrian areas -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Permits 1
Pike Plaza Redevelopment Project 1
Police stations -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Public buildings -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Rationing -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Seattle Transit System Property 1
Sewers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Shorelands 1
Skagit Project 1
Telephone Systems 1
Urban Renewal Program 1
Veterans hospitals -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Victory Tax 1
Vocational Education 1
Worlds Fair 1
Yesler-Atlantic Neighborhood Improvement Project (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Zoning 1
Zoning -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Zoning law -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1