File:King County Courthouse, 1886 - DPLA - 0909bd52436c9bf9752c87d3d845fbc2.jpg

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King County Courthouse, 1886 (

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Creator

Haines, J.C; Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941

Title

King County Courthouse, 1886

Description

Transcribed from front of photograph: "Buildings. King County Courthouse. Third Avenue and Jefferson Street. Built 1882; demolished after 1891. 1886." Transcribed from back of photograph: "The first courthouse of King County, at the corner of Jefferson Street and Third Avenue, built in 188_. The second store of the county jail appears on the right or south. Sold to the City of Seattle in 1891 and used since with many changes and additions for a City Hall. The house on the hill top is the dwelling of Beriah Brown, on Seventh Avenue and Terrace Street. Three blocks to the West is the M. S. Booth dwelling."

"Built 1882" is potentially misleading. Part of this was built 1876, and the first of many extensions (the only one at the time this photo was taken) was the addition of a courtroom in 1882.
"second store of the county jail" is presumably "second story of the county jail"
"demolished after 1891", while true in a sense, is very misleading: the building was demolished in 1909.
Different sources variously date this photo 1882 or 1886.

Date

1886

Collection

Seattle Public Library

	Location	Seattle , United States of America
	Coordinates	47° 36′ 24″ N, 122° 19′ 58″ W
	Established	1890
	Website	www.spl.org
	Authority file	: Q7442157 VIAF: 147059007 ISNI: 0000000107435179 LCCN: n50059684 NRHP: 82004253 GND: 4841883-3 WorldCat

Source/Photographer

This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Seattle Public Library as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Northwest Digital Heritage.

Record in source catalog
DPLA identifier: 0909bd52436c9bf9752c87d3d845fbc2
Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_shp_15041

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