Washington - King County - Vacant / Not In Use
King County Washington (Vacant / Not In Use) has 27 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Building No. 105, Boeing Airplane Company, Chittenden Locks and Lake Washington Ship Canal, DUWAMISH, Naval Military Hangar--University Shell House and Ballard Avenue Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these King County historic places including William E. Boeing, Alfred L. Palmer and Thelma DeWitty.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the King County places including Richmond Beach Shipbuilding Co., US Navy, E.W. Heath, Sherwood D. Ford, Lance, McGuire & Muri, et al., Hans Peterson, Floyd Naramore, Denichiro Mukai, James Hicken and John Ashby Conway. Prominent architectural styles found in King Country are Classical Revival, Colonial Revival and Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals.

Adams School (added 1990 - - #88000603)
2637 N.W. Sixty-second St. , Seattle
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Admiral Theater (added 1989 - - #89002098)
2343 California Ave. SW. , Seattle
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Heinsbergen,A.B., Priteca,B. Marcus
Architectural Style:
Moderne
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Theater
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Ballard Avenue Historic District (added 1976 - - #76001885)
Also known as Ballard Avenue
Ballard Ave. from NW Market to NW Dock Sts. , Seattle
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Transportation, Commerce, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Specialty Store
Broadway High School (added 1999 - - #74002297)
Also known as Edison Technical School
Broadway Ave. and E. Pine St. , Seattle
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Blair,Edgar, Corner & Boone
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Building No. 105, Boeing Airplane Company (added 1971 - - #71000872)
Also known as Red Barn
Purcell Ave. , Seattle
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event
Historic Person:
Boeing,William E.
Significant Year:
1975, 1909
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Air-Related, Professional
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Chinese Baptist Church (added 1986 - - #86002094)
925 S. King St. , Seattle
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Asian
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Chittenden Locks and Lake Washington Ship Canal (added 1978 - - #78002751)
Also known as Chittenden (Hiram M.) Locks and Related Features of the Lake
Salmon Bay , Seattle
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Politics/Government, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Federal, State
Historic Function:
Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Government Office, Public Works, Water Works
Current Function:
Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Government Office, Public Works, Water Works
Cooper, Frank B., Elementary School (added 2003 - - #03000161)
Also known as Youngstown School
4408 Delridge Way SW , Seattle
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Blair, Edgar, Naramore, Floyd
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts
Historic Person:
DeWitty, Thelma
Significant Year:
1947, 1929, 1917
Area of Significance:
Black, Architecture, Education
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
DUWAMISH (added 1989 - - #89001448)
Also known as Fireboat DUWAMISH
Lake Washington Ship Canal, Chittenden Locks , Seattle
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Richmond Beach Shipbuilding Co.
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Fire Station, Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Dockton Hotel (added 1983 - - #83003337)
Also known as Dockton School
SW 260th St. and 99th Ave. SW , Dockton
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Enumclaw High School (added 1988 - - #84003488)
Also known as Old Enumclaw Junior High School
2222 Porter St. , Enumclaw
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mallis,William, Thomas,Harlan
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Auditorium, School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Fire Station No. 25 (added 1972 - - #72001273)
1400 Harvard Ave. , Seattle
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Sommerville & Coe
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Architecture, Transportation, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Fire Station
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Girls' Parental School (added 1990 - - #88000741)
Also known as Martha Washington School and Grounds
6612 Sixty-fifth Ave., S. , Seattle
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Educational Related Housing, School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Leamington Hotel and Apartments (added 1994 - - #94000419)
Also known as Pennington Hotel;Penbrook Hotel;Milner Hotel;Pacific Hotel
317 Marion St. , Seattle
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Everett, Julian F., Wilcox, Walter Ross Baumes
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Lester Depot (added 1987 - - #87001534)
Also known as Northern Pacific Depot
US Forest Service Rd. 212, Green River Watershed , Lester
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Northern Pacific Railroad
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Mukai Cold Process Fruit Barrelling Plant (added 1994 - - #94001165)
Also known as Mukai and Son;Vashon Island Packing Company (VIPCO)
18005, 18017 107th Ave. SW , Vashon
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mukai, Denichiro
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture, Asian, Agriculture, Commerce
Cultural Affiliation:
Japanese-American
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Garden, Processing, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business, Garden, Single Dwelling
Music Hall Theatre (added 1991 - - #91001496)
Also known as Fox Theatre
702--710 Olive Way , Seattle
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Peterson,Hans, Ford,Sherwood D.
Architectural Style:
Other, Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Theater
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Naval Military Hangar--University Shell House (added 1975 - - #75001856)
Also known as Canoe House/Shell House
University of Washington campus , Seattle
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
US Navy
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Ceremonial Site
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Nuclear Reactor Building (added 2009 - - #08001158)
Also known as More Hall Annex
3785 Jefferson Rd. NE , Seattle
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Jencroft and Forbes, Architect Artist Group, The
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Education
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Research Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Pacific Coast Company House No. 75 (added 1979 - - #79002534)
Also known as Baima House
N of Renton at 7210 138th St., SE , Renton
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Palmer, A.L., Building (added 2008 - - #07001457)
Also known as Palmer Court Building
1000 1st. Ave. S. , Seattle
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Dietrich, George C.
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts
Historic Person:
Palmer, Alfred L.
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Warehouse
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Phillips House (added 1993 - - #93000359)
Also known as William B. Phillips House;Heg-Phillips House
711--713 E. Union St. , Seattle
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hester, John M.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Queen Anne High School (added 1985 - - #85002916)
215 Galer St. , Seattle
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Naramore,F.A., Stephen,James
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Reard--Freed Farmstead (added 2001 - - #01001289)
Also known as OAHP INV No. 0520, King County Inventory Site No. 0520
1807 212th Ave. SE , Sammamish
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Saint Edward Seminary (added 2007 - - #07000137)
14445 Juanita Dr. NE , Kenmore
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lance, McGuire & Muri, et al., Graham, John Sr.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Education, Education
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church School
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Park
Selleck Historic District (added 1989 - - #89000214)
SE 252nd , Selleck
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Showboat Theatre (added 1986 - - #86000970)
University of Washington, 1705 N.E. Pacific St. , Seattle
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education, Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Theater
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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