National Register of Historic Places - Washington (WA), King County

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