Historical Landmarks Petitions and Designations
Scope and Contents note
Petitions, correspondence, and designations of historical landmarks in Seattle. Landmarks are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board.
Dates
- Creation: 1955-1985
Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). City Clerk (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Records are open to the public.
Historical Note
The City Clerk maintains the City's legislative records, official filings, and the Seattle Municipal Archives; keeps the minutes of City Council meetings; and provides information services to City agencies and the public. Seattle's first City Charter allowed for a Clerk of the Common Council to be elected by the Council. In 1875 the position of City Clerk became elective and remained so until 1896 when the new Charter designated the Comptroller ex-officio City Clerk. The Comptroller served as City Clerk through 1992. A 1991 City Charter amendment transferred the Comptroller's function to the Department of Finance and the City Clerk's Office became a division of the Legislative Department effective in 1993.
Full Extent
0.8 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
General Note
A Comptroller or Clerk File (CF) can consist of correspondence, reports, petitions, contracts, agreements, etc. from elected officials, City departments, other government agencies, or the general public, which have been placed on file with the Office of the City Clerk (OCC). They are primarily permanent records, but also include routine material which was periodically purged. Certain archival records identified in the CF have been removed, arranged into records series, and incorporated into the collection of the Seattle Municipal Archives, a program of the OCC.
Location of Records
SMA
Subject
- Seattle (Wash.). City Clerk (Organization)
- Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board (Organization)
Geographic
Topical
- Anhalt Apartments (Seattle, Wash.)
- Arboretum Aqueduct
- Ballard Avenue Landmark District (Seattle, Wash.)
- Ballard Fire Station
- Broadway High School
- Chief Sealth Statue
- Chinese Community Bulletin Board
- Cobb Building
- Columbia City Landmark District
- Eagles Temple Building
- Ellsworth Storey House
- Fire stations -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Flatiron Building
- Fort Lawton
- Harvard/Belmont Landmark District
- Historic preservation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Holyoke Building
- Landmarks
- Myron Ogden Residence
- Pioneer Square-Skid Road Historic District (Seattle, Wash.)
- Roberts Building
- Seattle Buddhist Church (Seattle, Wash.)
- St. Nicholas Cathedral
- St. Spiridon's Cathedral (Seattle, Wash.)
- Stewart House
- Stimson-Green Mansion
- Trinity Parish Church
- Ward House
- West Queen Anne Walls
- West Seattle City Jail
- Title
- Guide to the Historical Landmarks Petitions and Designations 1955-1985
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- EAD Location
- https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv690716
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository