King County Courthouse (Seattle, Washington)
- Title
- King County Courthouse (Seattle, Washington)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Architecture--United States
- Creator
- Ritchie, Willis A.
- Creator Display
- Willis A. Ritchie (architect, 1864-1931)
- Description
- This image is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest.
- View
- exterior: postcard view
- Temporal
- 1890-1899
- Work Type
- architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views government office buildings courthouses
- Location
- King County >> Washington >> United States Washington >> United States United States Seattle >> King County >> Washington >> United States
- Date
- 1890
- Identifier
- pna_23006
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Rights Holder
- University of Oregon
- Source
- private collection
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Citation
- The King County Courthouse: A History, http://www.kingcounty.gov/About/locations/Courthouse/courthouseHistory.aspx
- Note
- This was the first fireproof building in the state of Washington. It was completed in 1890 at a cost of $200,000. A new courthouse was constructed in 1914 and the old one eventually became a jail, and then was condemned in 1927 by the fire marshall. Source: see reference
