Don Sherwood Parks History Collection, 1884-1979

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Parks and Recreation; Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Parks and Recreation
Title
Don Sherwood Parks History Collection
Dates
1884-1979 (inclusive)
Quantity
31.8 cubic feet
2,511 digital image files
Collection Number
5801-01
Summary
Records and photographs relating to Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation, 1876-1979, compiled by Don Sherwood.
Repository
Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov
Access Restrictions

Records are open to the public.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Department of Parks and Recreation administers Seattle's parks system and community recreation programs. It maintains over 6000 acres of city parks, 20 miles of shoreline, and 22 miles of boulevards. The department operates the city's 25 community recreation centers, the Woodland Park Zoo, the Seattle Aquarium, nine swimming pools, a tennis center, and more than 400 smaller facilities. In addition, it is custodian for four public golf courses, three moorages, and several other athletic and cultural facilities.

In 1884 David Denny donated a five-acre tract that was the site of a cemetery to the City of Seattle, stipulating that it be designated a public park. The site, initially named Seattle Park and later renamed Denny Park, was the first ordinance-designated public park in Seattle. The ordinance that accepted the property (Ordinance 571) also made allowances for its conversion from a cemetery to a park and included a provision that three Park Commissioners be appointed to oversee the conversion. At that time, the City of Seattle was operating under its 1869 charter which provided for a relatively small government of 13 elected officials and three other officers, in whom all municipal authority was vested.

Legislation in 1887 (Ordinance 874) created the Board of Park Commissioners, consisting of three members to be appointed by Council, and who served three-year terms. This unpaid body was charged with all management responsibilities for Seattle's parks and was expected to report to Council as often as each quarter, making recommendations for improvements and for the acquisition of new properties.

In 1890 the City of Seattle adopted its first home-rule charter. The city's population had expanded from 3533 in 1880 to nearly 43,000. The new charter mandated a dramatically larger city government composed of 34 elected officials, 13 departments, and six regulatory commissions, including a Board of Park Commissioners. A park fund was also established, consisting of: proceeds from the sale of bonds issued for that purpose; gifts; appropriations made by Council; and 10% of the gross receipts from all fines, penalties, and licenses. The new Board of Park Commissioners, appointed by the Mayor, consisted of five paid ($300 per year) members who served five-year terms. Although the Board had all management responsibilities for Seattle's parks, including the authority to appoint a superintendent and to negotiate for property, Council retained the authority to purchase property.

In 1892 the Board appointed E. O. Schwagerl, a noted landscape architect and engineer, to be the second Superintendent of Parks. During the four years that he held the office, Schwagerl developed the first comprehensive plan for Seattle's parks. This plan may have guided Assistant City Engineer George F. Cotterill. Cotterill organized volunteers to construct 25 miles of bicycle paths, the routes of which were utilized by the Olmsted Brothers in their 1903 city-wide plan for a system of parks and boulevards.

In 1896 Seattle adopted a new home-rule charter. This charter redefined the Board of Park Commissioners as the Park Committee: five unpaid appointees who reported annually to Council. In addition, all management responsibilities of the parks, including the authority to obtain new properties, were vested with the City Council. The Superintendent of Parks position was eliminated and its responsibilities were assumed by the new Superintendent of Streets, Sewers, and Parks, one of the three members of the Board of Public Works.

In 1903, City Council adopted the Olmsted Brothers plan to expand and develop a system of parks and boulevards. At the same time, the Charter was amended, re-establishing the Board of Park Commissioners and giving it the kind of independence that park commissions in the metropolitan cities of the East enjoyed. While Council retained the authority to approve the purchase of property, the Board assumed all management responsibilities of the parks, as well as the exclusive authority to spend park fund monies. In addition, all park-related authority was removed from the Board of Public Works, and the Board of Park Commissioners elected to appoint a superintendent. Public support, both for the implementation of the Olmsted plan as well as for the new, empowered Board, was substantial. In 1905 a $500,000 park bond was passed; followed by $1,000,000 in 1908; $2,000,000 in 1910; and $500,000 in 1912.

In 1907 the Superintendent was joined by a new staff position, the Assistant Superintendent, and in the following year the first directorship, Playgrounds Director, was created. In 1912 the first full-time engineer appeared under the title Chief Engineer, later to be changed to Park Engineer. By 1922 a Head Gardener had been appointed, and two more directorships created: the Zoo Director and the Bathing Beaches Director.

In 1925 the charter was amended such that no more money could be spent in the acquisition of park properties than was available through the park fund. In that same year, the Park Engineer was replaced by a new position, the Landscape Architect. In 1926 the Board abolished the position of Superintendent, distributing that position's responsibilities between the Head Gardener and the Landscape Architect. In 1927 the position title of Park Engineer was re-established, but with the duties and responsibilities of the old superintendent, while the new Junior Park Engineer directly managed engineering and construction activity.

In 1926 Mayor Bertha K. Landes appointed a Municipal Recreation Committee, comprised of Park Board members, School Board members, and a representative of the community at large, to analyze ways in which they could cooperatively contribute to the municipal recreation program. The Committee submitted its report to the Mayor in January 1928. The report detailed which facilities were provided by the Park Board and which by the School Board; how the facilities could be more efficiently utilized; and what additional facilities were required.

A ten-year plan for the Department of Parks was announced in 1931. This plan, based upon a projected population for the Seattle metropolitan area in 1940, was a program of development aimed at making better use of existing properties, adding to those properties that needed more space, and acquiring new properties in those parts of town that were experiencing growth. Much of this plan would be realized by the Works Projects Administration later in the decade.

In 1939 administration of playground programs and bathing beaches was consolidated under the newly created position. In 1940, with the opening of the West Seattle Golf Course (the city's third municipal golf course) the position of Golf Director was established. A 1948 Charter amendment required the Board of Park Commissioners to appoint a park superintendent, and the position was to be excluded from the classified civil service.

A Charter amendment in 1967 reconstituted the Board of Park Commissioners as an advisory body to the Mayor, Council, the renamed Department of Parks and Recreation, and other City agencies. The amendment placed the fiscal and operational admistration of the department under the control of the Superintendent of Parks, who was now appointed by the Mayor to serve a four-year term. The specific duties of both the Superintendent and the Board, as well as the number of members and term length for the latter, were to be prescribed by ordinance. Council passed an ordinance in 1968 (Ordinance 96453) which defined the Board as a seven-member body with three-year terms of service.

The $65 million Forward Thrust bond was approved by voters in 1968. By 1974, with matching funds, interest, etc., it had grown to 92 million dollars in working capital; by 1976, over 40 new properties had been obtained by the Department of Parks and Recreation utilizing these funds. Forward Thrust and the Seattle Model City Program together supported the largest expansion of the Park system in Seattle history. These programs funded more than 70 new parks and park facilities.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Sherwood files comprise an artificial collection that was, for the most part, accumulated and arranged during the mid-1970s by Don Sherwood, an employee of the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department. In the late 1970s the records were housed in the local government documents branch, then called the Government Research Assistance Library, of the Seattle Public Library located on the third floor of City Hall. In 1991, prior to the branch move from City Hall to the library's main branch, the Sherwood Collection was transferred to the Seattle Municipal Archives. This file contains historical materials relating to the Department and its facilities. Included are annual reports; Forward Thrust and Capital Improvement Program records; history files on parks, playgrounds, public beaches, community centers, and public golf courses; and correspondence from the Olmsted Brothers relating to their plans for Seattle parks. Also includes a photographs file. Park history sheets are available in PDF on our website.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Donald N. Sherwood (c. 1916-1981), architect, commercial artist, and historian, was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Ohio State University, receiving a degree in commercial art. On a family vacation to the Pacific Northwest, Sherwood found the climate more agreeable with his asthma than Ohio's, and in the early 1950s moved to Seattle with his wife, Miriam, and two children.

Soon after his arrival in Seattle, Sherwood accepted the position of Junior Engineer with the Department of Parks. In that job he occasionally was able to utilize his commercial art skills producing brochures and recreational programs. Soon after accepting the position, the department architect left, and Sherwood was asked to design small park buildings and to supervise their construction. Working in an office which held property maps and records of park improvements, Sherwood found himself responding to information requests from the general public.

At the suggestion of the Superintendent's Office, Sherwood began compiling sketch maps of the parks, annotating them with historical information as he discovered it. He began writing individual histories for each facility when the amount of historical information grew to the point where it would no longer fit on the maps.

In the early 1970s, Sherwood discovered that older department files were being destroyed as employees retired. Aware of at least four earlier destructions (c. 1930, 1960, 1965, and 1968), Sherwood urged that valuable Parks records be sorted, under the supervision of a librarian, and that appropriate materials be preserved. In 1972 he was assigned the responsibility. Although given little time with which to perform this duty, Sherwood threw himself into the activity with vigor. As he pulled together the records, he described the collection as "the correspondence and miscellaneous items found in file [Sherwood's emphasis] that seem to best describe the history of this park or playground."

Sherwood continued this work until his position was eliminated, due to a budget reduction, in 1977. Some additional material was added to the collection after this date by various Park Department employees. Sherwood continued his research and writing on the history of Seattle parks until his death in November 1981. The histories and drawings of the parks he generated after leaving City employment were donated to the Museum of History and Industry following his death.

Sherwood labored for the Department of Parks and Recreation for 22 years. During this period, in addition to his historical research, he designed and illustrated numerous departmental brochures, maps, and annual reports; designed exhibits for the Children's Zoo; and illustrated Gordon Newell's text for Totem Tales of Old Seattle (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1956). Sherwood was a lifetime member of the Sierra Club, a charter member of the Pacific Northwest Historians Guild, a member of the Historical Society of Seattle and King County, and a member of the American Historical Association.

Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top

The following essay was written by Don Sherwood two years after leaving the employ of the Parks Department. It has not been edited except for punctuation, capitalization, and, in a few places, the use of added bracketed words to clarify passages. As the reader will note from the final paragraphs, Sherwood did not complete this essay.

"Interpretive Essay on The History of Seattle's Parks & Playgrounds" by Don Sherwood, July 13, 1979

In order to establish possession of lands recently acquired from England, Spain-Mexico, France, as well as the native Indian tribes, the Federal government divided the land into a grid pattern that was applied across prairie, mountain, lake and river, and established a system of Donation Land Claims whereby every white citizen would be given the land that he staked out and homesteaded upon. The program began in Ohio in 1785 and was enacted in 1850 for the Oregon Territory, a portion of which became Washington Territory in 1853. The Oregon donation was for 160 acres per person, 320 to a married couple. One of the founders of the townsite that became Seattle was a bachelor named David Denny, who staked his claim north of the line that became Denny Way. The following year, 1853, he was married. In 1864 the couple deeded a portion of Denny's claim for "Seattle Cemetery." It was a long way from the town that was clustered around the "Pioneer Square District" and was accessible only by country roads. The town became a city in 1869 and began to grow by annexing land; the Dennys' claim was included in the 1883 annexation.

The Dennys must have responded to the same feelings voiced by Joni Mitchell: "Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got till it's gone... took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum, and charge all the people just to see 'em!" At any rate, the Dennys decided to rededicate the 5-acre "Seattle Cemetery" to park purposes and, unlike the European concept of combined park and cemetery grounds, ordered the gravesites relocated at city expense.

Thus was Seattle's system of parks and playgrounds born, on July 22, 1884. First known as "Seattle Park" it was renamed c.1887 in honor of its donors as Denny Park.

Seattle was so busy in becoming a city -- and so surrounded by wilderness -- that the "park concept" was slow to grow. By 1892 there were only three major parks: (Denny, City [now Volunteer], and Kinnear) plus five small ones. Nonetheless, in that year the [Board of] Aldermen appointed James Taylor to assist the Park Commissioners by supervising the work in and of the parks. The following year, E.O. Schwagerl, "one of the most prominent landscape architect/engineers in the country" (i.e. St. Louis and Cleveland) was hired to superintend the work. Schwagerl stayed only three years and then vanished, but it was enough time to prepare the basis for a park system. A major portion of the 1892 Annual Report of the Park Commissioners is devoted to the Study Of Parkway Lying Between Madison Point And Through Hunter's Glenn, Reaching To The Peninsula On The West Shore Of Lake Washington. The report devotes itself to proclaiming the wonders of Seattle's natural beauty, how fast it is being ravaged, what other cities are doing, the need to commence a system of parks and boulevards in Seattle including a code of park laws, the need for the power of condemnation to acquire park land, and the need to increase the limit of bond indebtedness to more than $100,000. The report goes on to propose two major parks on Lake Washington, with the boulevard linking four of the "already most popular gardens." The report stresses that "This proposition is the heart and center of the magnificent system possible for the city." Mr. Schwagerl further proposed a similar plan for the Puget Sound shoreline; two major parks with two boulevards linking Woodland Park and Ravenna Park (both private) and the new University grounds. In the 1893 Annual Report he identifies the proposed "Northwest Park as overlooking Salmon Bay on Puget Sound (this became an Army post in 1897; Ft. Lawton; finally Discovery Park in 1971), Northeast Park as overlooking Union Bay on Lake Washington and Southeast Park as the peninsula on Lake Washington (acquired in 1911 as Seward Park)." The popular gardens were all private: Laurelshade, Madison, Madrona, and Leschi Parks. The Southwest Park was not identified: Duwamish head was settled as the town of West Seattle. Alki Beach became a park in 1910. Mayor J. T. Ronald vigorously endorsed the 1892-1893 plan...but no major action occurred until 1900 when the City Council appropriated $100,000 for the purchase of Woodland Park (including a portion of Green Lake) from the estate of Guy Phinney. There was an "enormous outcry" over spending that much money for a park so far from town! That same year, George F. Cotterill, Assistant City Engineer, published a map of bicycle paths for the city of 55,000 residents who owned 10,000 bicycles. (The first automobile appeared on Seattle streets in 1900.). Cotterill had walked about the city and developed a 25 mile system of paths, chosen for grade and to take advantage of the scenic beauty.

In 1873 the distinguished founder of American Landscape Architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted, prepared a city plan for the new railroad terminus town of Tacoma, but it was voted down. In 1895, according to R.C. Nesbitt (Judge Thomas Burke's biographer), Virgil Bogue outlined a plan to consolidate Seattle's railroad/port-depot into a civic pier; it was rejected (E.O. Schwagerl was Superintendent of park work at the time.). But the Olmsted concept was catching on, all over the nation. So, in 1902, Seattle hired the sons of Frederick Law Olmsted, the Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Mass., to prepare A Comprehensive System of Parks and Parkways for the city. It was adopted by Council in 1903 and fully reported in the 1904 Annual Report. A Supplemental Report on Annexed Territory and General Development was prepared in 1908 and appears in the 1909 Annual Report: the annexations were Ballard, Columbia, Rainier Beach, South Seattle and West Seattle. They are wordy reports and many of the place names have changed, which made precise identification difficult. The two-color print of the "Olmsted System: 1908" on a city map is off-register, too, although the 1911 Bogue Plan for Seattle includes a "park map" which shows Olmsted proposals. The Olmsteds were further retained (until 1930) to prepare landscape plans for 37 parks. Evidently a written report accompanied each park design project to identify the landscape materials shown on the plan by a number, plus a specific description of the intent and manner of each park improvement. One general letter is critical of Seattle's existing parks: "they all look alike with the same plants and design appearance; each park should have an individual appearance." Only 18 reports are in file plus some scattered correspondence.

The Olmsted Report recommended: the creation of a Park Commission independent of the City Council; financing of property acquisitions and improvements by long-term loans (bonds) and also from direct taxation for park purposes; employment of a competent staff of a superintendent, foreman, realtor, lawyer, designer, etc. (the hiring of a superintendent became a condition of the Olmsted contract in 1904); and the establishment of a policy re: donated property to be free of donor's requests for specific improvements. The 1908 report felt the need to define the types of parks and playgrounds and boulevards and the improvements thereon. Also that the park area should equal 32 acres per square mile of the city.

The accomplishments of the Olmsted Plan are enormous. Cotterill's bicycle paths became the basis for Lake Washington Boulevard, Interlaken Boulevard, Magnolia Boulevard, and their parkway from Montlake [and] the University of Washington grounds (via 17th Avenue) to Ravenna Park/Boulevard to Green Lake and Woodland Park was also accomplished. But their parkway from Woodland Park to Queen Anne and to Golden Gardens was not done, nor Beacon Avenue developed as a real parkway. Lake Washington Boulevard from Seward Park to Atlantic City Park was successfully opposed and the Dunlap Canyon, Duwamish Hill, South Borne, Sound Bluffs and South Seattle parkways were not accomplished as such, but four parks and greenbelts did develop within some of the "parkways". Duwamish Head Parkway was envisioned around the top of the bluff; instead it became Alki Avenue and Harbor Avenue on a fill along the beach and Sound Bluffs Parkway envisioned atop the slopes from Williams Point to Alki Point became Beach Drive, a residential street. The Longfellow (Creek) Park became a greenbelt [between] 1954-1965. Ballard Bluff Park became a greenbelt. Parks which the Olmsteds proposed/endorsed [included] Seward, Ravenna, Discovery, Colman, Mt. Baker, Observatory, Gas Works, Edwards, Lincoln, Magnolia, Hamilton Viewpoint; playground sites at (or adjacent [to]) Garfield, Mercer (Seattle Center), Beacon Hill, Peppi's, Ballard, Gilman, Loyal Heights, Hiawatha, South Park, Hutchinson, Van Asselt, South Seattle, Rainier, Brighton, and Rainier Beach. (In 1907 the Olmsteds were hired by realtors to develop Mt. Baker, Licton Springs, and Golden Gardens Parks, since acquired and redeveloped.) The Olmsteds were contracted to design plans for 37 parks, producing 375 drawings of which only 39 were found in major designs. Major designs were for Volunteer, Woodland, Green Lake, Colman, Frink, Hiawatha, Jefferson, Schmitz and Seward. (They designed the Arboretum in Washington Park for the University of Washington in 1932.) In addition, the Olmsteds recommended the adoption of the new concept of public recreation in Seattle: playgrounds and buildings for year round indoor recreation (fieldhouses), staffed and programmed by teachers.

To begin the accomplishment of the Olmsted Plan, Seattle approved its first park bond in 1906 for $500,000, followed in 1908 with another bond for $1,000,000, and a third in 1910 for $2,000,000. With these funds, 26 parks and playgrounds were acquired and many of them developed.

In 1909, "urged by certain individuals, the American Institute of Architects (Seattle office) called a meeting, during which was formed the Municipal Plans League, from which was formed the Municipal Plans Commission in 1910." The Commission called upon Virgil Bogue to prepare a Plan for Seattle. His plan encompassed all phases of Seattle's activities; highways, civic center (five blocks southwest of present Seattle Center), park improvements, municipal decorations, harbor improvements, Port of Seattle and transportation steam trains, rapid transit, tunnels, interurban cars, street trolley cars and ferries. His 43 proposed sites included: a 65-acre park encircling Bitter Lake (seven acres were acquired in 1961); 27 acres in vicinity of Black River Junction (Ft. Dent Athletic Center--55 acres acquired in 1972); 185 acres/or all 4,000 acres of Mercer Island; parks at Richmond Beach, Lake Ballinger, Lake Burien, Three Tree Point to Black River Junction, around Lake Sammish to Snoqualmie Falls, to Tacoma along the bluff overlooking the Sound, to Mt. Rainier, around the Olympic Peninsula, etc. He proposed that these plans should be accomplished by either the city, county or state or done cooperatively. Bogue had engineered railways in Peru, Mexico, New Zealand, Nova Scotia and Alaska. He concluded his park plan with: "The Goves were God's first temple...the grand scene of Mt. Rainier, hoary with its thousand ages, is awe inspiring and the beholder is deeply impressed with a sense of the Infinite Presence and begins to understand why the native Indian had but one god - the Great Spirit." Nevertheless, even though no bond issue was asked for, the plan was vetoed by the voters, its opposition stemming from specific proposals like creating a whole new Civic Center/business, port, railroad, transportation, etc. away from the heavy business investments around Pioneer Square to the south end of Lake Union. (Yet 21 of his 36 park/playgrounds came to be, and most of the seven roads, though not as boulevards.)

In 1912 another park bond issue was approved by voters: $500,000, mostly for the development of properties already acquired. In 1924 a $30,000 park bond was also approved, this one entirely for development and construction.

In 1928 Mayor Bertha K. Landes initiated a Survey of Recreation Facilities. Produced jointly by the Park and School Boards, it was an inventory of the facilities of each Board and recommended minimum standards for recreation. The Mayor's intent was to establish joint planning between the two boards, but that didn't formally begin until 1950. The two boards had jointly used the playground at Highland Park School in 1919.

Acting upon the Olmsteds' recommendation, the Park Board, in 1904, through initiative petition, freed itself of City Hall control and became self-governing except for financial support (tax revenues, Council appropriations, and bond funds for specific voter-approved projects.)

This financial dependency, regulated by Council's approval or disapproval of each request for funds, became a real drag, especially if Council proceeded to fund a project over the objections of the Park Board. This came to a head in 1928 when Council authorized the purchase of a portion of property adjoining that given by Morgan Carkeek for Carkeek Park, plus the Matthews Beach. The Park Board objected on the grounds that council had not provided sufficient funds to maintain and develop property already owned. A minority of the Board attempted to complete the split with the City Council by proposing a "Metropolitan Park District" capable of self-support through taxation. But the voters were negative towards additional taxation, and the Governor vetoed the necessary revision to State law. In 1958 City Hall attempted to take control of the Park Department away from the Board, but the voters supported the Board. Yet, in 1967, the voter-climate had so changed that they approved the Charter Amendment returning control of the department to City Hall, changing the name to Department of Parks and Recreation and the Superintendent becoming a 4-year political appointee.

To cope with the nation-wide unemployment of The Great Depression of 1929, the federal government initiated a public works program: the Federal [government] paid for the labor and the cities, counties and states provided the materials and equipment for the approved projects. To this end, the Park Engineer, E. R. Hoffman, prepared A Ten Year Program in 1931, which detailed and inventoried facilities and provided cost estimates of the needs of each park and playground in Seattle as a basis for projects of the Works Projects Administration (WPA). As a result, Seattle's park system benefited greatly through this program. Only partial/quarterly summary lists of completed projects have been found, so a final recap of finished projects is difficult to establish, though some of the last projects were cut back due to the diversion of funds and workers into World War II efforts. The largest WPA project in this district ($1,090,920 WPA/$108,941 City funds) was the development of the West Seattle Golf and Recreation/Camp Long area. Hoffman's program also recommended new sites, of which the following were acquired: E. C. Hughes Playground (1945), Van Asselt Playground (1933), Rainier Beach Center and Pool (1969), Loyal Heights Playfield (1941), Montlake Playfield (1933), Pritchard Island Beach (1934), Matthews Beach (1951), Snoqualmie Ski (1933-38), Arboretum (UW, 1934), Ft. Lawton (1972); [and] also recommended acquiring 2000 acres of south end of Mercer Island (suburbia got it!) -- the fort or island were proposed new sites for the zoo and an aquarium.

The joint development program between the Park and School Boards was formally inaugurated with the construction of a gymnasium adjoining Laurelhurst School and park playfield in 1950. Both the development of plans and financing were done jointly. From this date has come a long and often difficult program of joint-use and development of recreation centers, playfields and indoor swimming pools.

The Seattle Zoning Commission was created in 1919 but dealt only in real estate. In 1925 it was expanded into a cumbersome 25-member planning commission which was reduced in 1946 to 11 members, but given a budget and a staff. Almost immediately this commission began to study a "Comprehensive Plan for Seattle" -- zoning, highways, parks, etc. -- and in 1954 produced a report Planning for Recreation. It was produced in cooperation with all city departments, official agencies, citizen groups and private individuals, to provide a general framework for public and private growth requirements as forecast for the next 25 years. Elements of the plan were subject to continuous review, adjustment and refining to represent the best long-range guide based upon the current information. Elements included land use, arterial thoroughfares, community and neighborhood boundaries. The basic purpose [was] to locate and integrate the various elements like parks, playfields and recreation centers. The plan identified needs: 69 new playgrounds prioritized, 33 were acquired; nine new playfields, six acquired; six community centers, five new; three major parks, three [acquired]; 32 minor parks, 24 acquired; 15 waterfront acquisitions; two new boat moorages; eight launching ramps; and 14 greenbelts (in Building Department jurisdiction). Thornton Creek Parkway was proposed as an urban trail in 1969 instead of a separate parks area. The abandonment of the Burlington Northern Railroad was hoped for as a marine drive; instead, it was the "Burke/Gilman" Railroad along Lake Washington that became a trail in 1974. The "Central Freeway" became the route of Interstate Highway 5 (1960). In 1958 a "Betterments Program" implemented the 1954 Plan.

The conclusion of the WPA program in 1941 -- the outbreak of U.S. involvement in World War II -- was followed in 1944-1946 by the Federal Lanham Act Grant for recreation leadership, programs, and improvements related to servicemen/areas where they were stationed or "processed." In 1946 the State funded $1,000,000 for developments in Seattle parks and playgrounds. A $2,500,000 Park Bond was voter approved in 1948, almost entirely programmed to improve a "worn out" park system. Then the voters turned against park bond proposals in 1952, 1954, and two submitted in 1958. In 1960 the Department joined with the Engineering Department in a bond proposal which was approved, providing $4,500,000 for park improvements.

Ever since year one, the City Charter had required each of the departments to submit annual budgets to the Council for review, revision, adoption, and funding. The Park Department budget was prepared by the park staffs, based upon needs for salaries, maintenance, repairs, development, and proposed property acquisitions. As such, the budget was a plan for the year ahead based upon the staff assessment of needs. But all the proposed budgets were subject to Council review and revision -- which often was extensive and resulting in an exasperating "tug-of-war" with Council. In 1960 the annual budget was replaced with a six-year Capital Improvement Program. This program schedules capital expenditures under a priority system for the six-year period, which is advanced each year, based upon an annual review and revision regarding changing conditions and projections.

In 1961 the Federal government initiated the Open Space Program with funding to be available through the existing HHFA (Urban Renewal) agency: this was expanded by the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Act of 1965, then by the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation (BOR) in the Department of the Interior in 1965. The funding was to be administered by each state: in Washington by the Interagency Committee (IAC) for Outdoor Recreation. The IAC was also charged with the administration of funding from the State Outdoor Recreation Bonds (Referenda 11 and 18) and the unreclaimed Recreation-Use Gasoline Tax refund. Both Federal and State funding was predicated upon a percent basis for participating agencies: BOR = 50%, IAC = 25%, City = 25% of the total cost of a project approved at all three levels. A firm requirement of the BOR and IAC was that before any local agency could qualify for funding it must develop an Outdoor Recreation and Open Space Plan approved by the local government, including the availability of matching funds. The staffs of the Park Department and of the Planning Commission prepared Seattle's plan in 1965. It established standards for parks and recreation and produced a current inventory of both park and school facilities which revealed deficient areas of Seattle, which was followed with an action program with priorities that would bring the City up to national standards -- predicated upon funding assistance from the BOR and IAC.

That same year, 1965, a Seattle/King County "Committee of 200" was organized by attorney James Ellis, who had "fathered" METRO (Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle) which, approved by district voters in 1958, established the development of a metropolitan sewer system which successfully ended the pollution of waters adjacent to Seattle. The new "Committee of 200" assessed the total needs of Seattle and King County in all categories, as the Bogue Plan had done, but prepar[ed] then 13 separate plans rather than one plan as Bogue had done. The entire package was titled "Forward Thrust" and was the result of 30,000 hours of committee work. The committee identified the needs (but not specific sites or development details as Bogue had done) for each neighborhood, community, town and city in King County; the sites were to be selected by citizen workshops. They would participate in the formation of design developments to be included in each park or playground. The program established funding for design [and] a Design Review Commission, as well as dollar estimates for acquisition, development or rehabilitation. The Forward Thrust program was submitted to the voters in 1968, presented as 13 separate bond proposals. The voters approved only six, including $118 million for parks and recreation in King County, of which $65 million was allocated to Seattle projects. It was the third largest park and recreation bond issue to be approved in the U.S. Legal requirements determined that the bond proceeds must be allocated to a maximum 12-year period so that the County would not exceed 85 percent of its debt limitation.

The dollar estimates of the Forward Thrust program could not anticipate the approval of any project by the BOR or IAC, so, after the program was prioritized and put into action, various projects were submitted for IAC and BOR approval. Before the mid-point of the Forward Thrust program was reached, matching funds from IAC and BOR for approved projects plus bond investments, the Model City Program, private/community sources, etc., had stretched the working capital of Forward Thrust to $92 million. Due to the massive scope of the work envisioned in the program plus the 12-year accomplishment limitation, the Department staff was greatly increased for the management of finances, project design and implementation, inspection, and the citizen workshops. However, at the time Forward Thrust was conceived, it was agreed that staffing and maintenance should derive from funds normally allocated in the budget to the Capital Improvement Program. So, the battle of the budget continues.

Outstanding accomplishments of the Forward Thrust park and recreation program in Seattle are: seven new indoor swimming pools (the siting of several became community controversies; all were planned in cooperation with schools); Waterfront Park; Seattle Aquarium; Freeway Park; expansion of the Children's Zoo (the PONCHO Theater was a gift); development of the Burke/Gilman Trail for hiking/biking; Occidental Square and redevelopment of Pioneer Square with help from J.E. Casey; improvement of Gas Works Park; Madrona Dance Studio; Seward Park Art Studio; Bathhouse Theater; upgrading of West Seattle Stadium; enlarging the [West Seattle] golf course; six new playfields; indoor tennis courts; eight playgrounds; 25 mini-parks; [and] more waterfront. Two major parks were the gifts of the Federal government: most of Fort Lawton (Discovery Park) and a portion of Sand Point Naval Air Station (Magnuson Park) are under development. The Daybreak Star Center in Discovery Park is an outstanding improvement by the United Indians of All Tribes. The undetailed improvement of the Zoo in the Forward Thrust program created a great furor of objection when designer Bartholick located one of the specified exhibits buildings as a "lid" over Aurora Avenue -- the controversy was ended by voters in 1974.

In 1973 the City Council and Mayor created the Seattle 2000 Commission, composed of citizens and city government officials. They prepared a plan, Goals for Seattle/Year 2000, [that] was adopted by the Council and Mayor to "serve as a basis for continuing administrative and legislative decision-making." The Goals for Parks, Recreation and the Arts included "the protection, preservation and best use of Seattle's natural assets; like shorelines, streams, views, topography, trees and natural vegetation; to improve opportunities for ALL citizens for recreation, use of leisure time, and the understanding, enjoyment of and participation in the arts." The report points out that a broader base of funding is needed, with possible facility/activity user-fees and that development funding should include costs of maintenance.

However, the "base of funding" continued to shrink, and by 1979 the operation of golf activities, the new tennis center, and some park maintenance was being done by concessionaires or through Community Councils. Concession operation produced income for the Department rather than salaries against players fees.

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Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Don Sherwood Parks History Collection, Record Series 5801-01. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Arrangement

The records are arranged in eight subseries: Annual Files; Parks History Files; Olmsted Brothers Correspondence; Former Department Property; Proposed Parks Sites; Subject Files; Parks Naming Files; and Photographs.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Annual Files, 1884-1979Return to Top

7.2 cubic feet

The Annual Files are primarily records used in compiling the department's annual reports and for other basic administrative functions. The records include annual reports, correspondence, financial materials, brochures, inventories, copies of legislation, maps, newspaper clippings, policies and procedures, schedules, and Don Sherwood's notes and essays (photocopies).

The records document the administration and activities of the department as represented in its annual reports. Subjects include property acquisition, park improvements, recreation programs, capital improvement planning, civil defense, education programs, department finances, security, training, cooperation with the public schools, personnel and payroll issues, community recreation needs, and youth groups and activities, among others. Also included is the department's interaction with with or relation to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, the City Planning Commission, Works Projects Administration, and Forward Thrust.

Of special interest is the Seattle Cemetery Removal and Reburial Register. This volume includes information regarding the exhumation of bodies from the cemetery land donated by the Denny Family to the City for its first park and the reburial of those bodies in other cemeteries. The volume lists the plot number, its owner, and names of those interred in the old cemetery, followed by the respective cemetery and plot where the bodies were reburied. Also included are the reports of the Commissioners who oversaw the process, a financial statement of costs, drawings showing the position of the new park in relation to the old cemetery, and a map of the cemetery.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Seattle Cemetery Removal and Reburial Register
1884
1 2
Great Fire of 1889, Burn Area Map
1889
1 3
Annual Report
1892
1 4
Annual Report
1894
1 5
Annual Report
1884-1904
1 6
Correspondence and Financial Records
1904
1 7
Correspondence and Financial Records
1905
1 8
Correspondence and Financial Records
1906
1 9
Annual Report
1906-1907
1 10
Estimate of Expenses
1907
1 11
Annual Report
1907-1908
1 12
Correspondence and Financial Records
1908
1 13
Annual Report
1909
1 14
Correspondence
1909
1 15
Parks, Playgrounds, and Boulevards of Seattle
1909
1 16
Ravenna Park - Big Tree Park
1909
1 17
Recreation and Education
1909
1 18
Annual Report
1910
1 19
Correspondence and Financial Records
1910
2 1
Construction and Maintenance
1911
2 2
Correspondence and Financial Records
1911
2 3
Recreation and Education
1911
2 4
Annual Report
1912
2 5
Construction and Maintenance
1912
2 6
Correspondence and Financial Records
1912
2 7
Recreation and Education
1912
2 8
Annual Report
1913
2 9
Correspondence and Financial Records
1913
2 10
Recreation and Education
1913
2 11
Correspondence and Financial Records
1914
2 12
Recreation and Education
1914
2 13
Correspondence and Financial Records
1915
2 14
Personnel
1915
2 15
Recreation and Education
1915
2 16
Annual Report
1916
2 17
Correspondence and Financial Records
1916
2 18
Personnel
1916
2 19
Recreation and Education
1916
2 20
Correspondence and Financial Records
1917
2 21
Personnel
1917
2 22
Correspondence and Financial Records
1918
2 23
Construction, Maintenance, and Facilities
1919
2 24
Correspondence and Financial Records
1919
2 25
Recreation and Education
1919
2 26
Safety and Security
1919
3 1
Construction and Maintenance
1920
3 2
Correspondence and Financial Records
1920
3 3
Inventory
1920
3 4
Personnel and Payroll
1920
3 5
Recreation and Education
1920
3 6
Correspondence and Financial Records
1921
3 7
Annual Report
1922
3 8
Correspondence and Financial Records
1922
3 9
Correspondence and Financial Records
1923
3 10
International Association of Park Commissioners Meeting
1923
3 11
Inventory, Woodland Park Zoo
1923
3 12
Recreation and Education
1923
3 13
Construction and Maintenance
1924
3 14
Correspondence and Financial Records
1924
3 15
Recreation and Education
1924
3 16
Correspondence and Financial Records
1925
3 17
Recreation and Education
1925
3 18
Correspondence and Financial Records
1926
3 19
Correspondence and Financial Records
1927
3 20
Recreation and Education
1927
3 21
Annual Report
1928
3 22
Correspondence and Financial Records
1928
3 23
Survey of Recreational Facilities
1928
4 1
Correspondence and Financial Records
1929
4 2
Metropolitan Parks Proposal
1929
4 3
Recreation and Education
1929
4 4
Annual Report
1923-1930
4 5
Correspondence and Financial Records
1930
4 6
Recreation and Education
1930
4 7
View Maps
1930
4 8
Annual Report
1931
4 9
Correspondence and Financial Records
1931
4 10
Recreation and Education
1931
4 11
Ten Year Program for the Seattle Park Department
1931
4 12
Ten Year Program for the Seattle Park Department: Draft
1931
4 13
Annual Report
1932
4 14
Correspondence and Financial Records
1932
4 15
Personnel
1932
4 16
Recreation and Education
1932
4 17
Annual Report
1933
5 1
Correspondence and Financial Records
1933
5 2
Annual Report
1934
5 3
Construction and Maintenance
1934
5 4
Correspondence and Financial Records
1934
5 5
Recreation and Education
1934
5 6
Annual Report
1935
5 7
Correspondence and Financial Records
1935
5 8
Recreation and Education
1935
5 9
Annual Report
1936
5 10
Correspondence and Financial Records
1936
5 11
Annual Report
1937
5 12
Correspondence and Financial Records
1937
5 13
Annual Report
1938
5 14
Correspondence and Financial Records
1938
5 15
Personnel
1938
5 16
Annual Report
1939
5 17
Construction and Maintenance
1939
5 18
Correspondence and Financial Records
1939
5 19
Personnel and Payroll
1939
5 20
Recreation and Education
1939
5 21
Zoo Inventory
1939
5 22
Annual Report
1940
5 23
Construction and Maintenance
1940
6 1
Correspondence and Financial Records
1940
6 2
Personnel and Payroll
1940
6 3
Recreation and Education
1940
6 4
Zoo Inventory
1940
6 5
Annual Report
1941
6 6
Correspondence and Financial Records
1941
6 7
Personnel and Payroll
1941
6 8
Recreation and Education
1941
6 9
Zoo Inventory
1941
6 10
Annual Report
1942
6 11
Construction and Maintenance
1942
6 12
Correspondence and Financial Records
1942
6 13
Military Use of Parks, Civil Defense
1942
6 14
Penny Milk Program
1942
6 15
Personnel
1942
6 16
Recreation and Education
1942
6 17
Annual Report
1943
6 18
Construction and Maintenance
1943
6 19
Correspondence and Financial Records
1943
6 20
Defense Plans
1943
6 21
Military Use of Parks, Civil Defense
1943
6 22
Personnel
1943
6 23
Recreation and Education
1943
6 24
Wartime Rationing
1943
7 1
Annual Report
1944
7 2
Correspondence and Financial Records
1944
7 3
Military Use of Parks, Civil Defense
1944
7 4
Personnel and Payroll
1944
7 5
Post-War Park Improvement Program, Proposed Five-Year
1944
7 6
Recreation and Education
1944
7 7
Recreation Survey: Northwest District
1944
7 8
Annual Report
1945
7 9
Correspondence and Financial Records
1945
7 10
Recreation and Education
1945
7 11
Report on Proposed Public Buildings Areas
1945
7 12
Zoo Inventory
1945
7 13
Annual Report
1946
7 14
Construction and Maintenance
1946
7 15
Correspondence and Financial Records
1946
7 16
Recreation and Education
1946
7 17
Annual Report
1947
7 18
Construction and Maintenance
1947
7 19
Correspondence and Financial Records
1947
7 20
Recreation and Education
1947
7 21
Zoo Inventory
1947
7 22
Annual Report
1948
7 23
Correspondence and Financial Records
1948
7 24
Parks Bond Issue
1948
7 25
Personnel
1948
7 26
Recreation and Education
1948
8 1
Annual Report
1949
8 2
Correspondence and Financial Records
1949
8 3
Recreation and Education
1949
8 4
Annual Report
1950
8 5
Civic Memorial Arts Center Site
1950
8 6
Correspondence and Financial Records
1950
8 7
Annual Report
1951
8 8
Correspondence and Financial Records
1951
8 9
Annual Report
1952
8 10
Correspondence and Financial Records
1952
8 11
Location of Municipal Facilities in the Northern Annexation Area
1952
8 12
Preliminary Report on Sites (Puget Sound Parks Study)
1952
8 13
Annual Report
1953
8 14
Community Recreation Facilities Summary
1953
8 15
Correspondence and Financial Records
1953
8 16
Growth by Annexations: City of Seattle, 1869 - 1953
1953
8 17
Population Trends and Projections Seattle Standard Metro Area
1953
8 18
Recreation Areas and Facilities
1953
8 19
Seattle's Land: A Preliminary Land Use Plan
1953
8 20
Too Little! and Too Late? Public Beaches, Parks and Parkways
1953
8 21
Annual Report
1954
8 22
Correspondence and Financial Records
1954
8 23
Parks Bond Issue
1954
9 1
Planning for Recreation
1954
9 2
Recreation and Education
1954
9 3
Annual Report
1955
9 4
Correspondence and Financial Records
1955
9 5
Metropolitan Seattle: The Shape We're In!
1955
9 6
Seattle Park Department Civil Defense Code
1955
9 7
Seattle's Land Use, 1952 - 1954
1955
9 8
Annual Report
1956
9 9
Correspondence and Financial Records
1956
9 10
Future Suburban Parks (Robert Moses Article)
1956
9 11
Our Vanishing Shoreline
1956
9 12
Procedures for Capital Improvement Programming
1956
9 13
Annual Report
1957
9 14
Administrative Survey, Volume IV, Park Department
1957
9 15
Construction and Maintenance
1957
9 16
Correspondence and Financial Records
1957
9 17
Recreation and Education
1957
9 18
Annual Report
1958
9 19
Bond Issue
1958
10 1
Correspondence and Financial Records
1958
10 2
Maps and Miscellaneous Materials
1958
10 3
Seattle's Central Business District: A Land Use Survey
1958
10 4
Annual Report
1959
10 5
Correspondence and Financial Records
1959
10 6
Personnel
1959
10 7
Publications
1959
10 8
Recreation
1959
10 9
Annual Report
1960
10 10
Bond Issue
1960
10 11
Capital Improvement Program, 1960 - 1965
1960
10 12
Correspondence
1960
10 13
Public Recreation in the Central Puget Sound Region
1960
11 1
Recreation
1960
11 2
Annual Report
1961
11 3
Bonds
1961
11 4
Capital Improvement Program, 1961 - 1966
1961
11 5
Correspondence and Financial Records
1961
11 6
Recreation
1961
11 7
Survey and Evaluation of the Public Recreation Program
1961
11 8
Annual Report
1962
11 9
Capital Improvement Program, 1962 - 1967
1962
11 10
Correspondence
1962
11 11
Downtown Park Sites for the City of Seattle
1962
11 12
Annual Report
1963
11 13
Analysis of Typical Shelter Houses and Comfort Stations, 1908 - 1963
1963
11 14
Capital Improvement Program, 1963 - 1968
1963
12 1
Correspondence
1963
12 2
Park and Recreation Training Institute
1963
12 3
Recreation
1963
12 4
Annual Report
1964
12 5
Capital Improvement Program, 1964 - 1969
1964
12 6
Correspondence
1964
12 7
Recreation
1964
12 8
Annual Report
1965
12 9
Bonds
1965
12 10
Correspondence
1965
12 11
Guide for School Planning
1965
12 12
Outdoor Recreation and Open Space Plan
1965
13 1
Recreation
1965
13 2
Southeast Seattle Community Study
1965
13 3
Annual Report
1966
13 4
Beautification Projects
1966
13 5
Capital Improvements
1966
13 6
Correspondence
1966
13 7
Pioneer Square Redevelopment (John Graham and Company)
1966
13 8
Preliminary Report on Land Use Goals, Principles and Standards
1966
13 9
Recreation
1966
14 1
Annual Report
1967
14 2
Capital Improvements
1967
14 3
CAMP, Operation Street Tree Planting and Beautification
1967
14 4
Correspondence
1967
14 5
Neighborhood Youth Corps
1967
14 6
Outdoor Athletic Fields Study
1967
14 7
Recreation
1967
14 8
Study of Current and Future Recreation Needs of Teenagers
1967
14 9
Annual Reports
1968
15 1
Capital Improvements
1968
15 2
Correspondence
1968
15 3
Personnel
1968
15 4
Publications, Brochures
1968
15 5
Recreation
1968
15 6
Annual Report
1969
15 7
Annual Population Report
1969
15 8
Capital Improvements
1969
15 9
Correspondence
1969
15 10
Parks and Recreation in the Urban Crises
1969
15 11
Recreation
1969
15 12
Summary and Recommendations, Survey of Vacant and Undeveloped Natural Ravine and Creek Sites
1969
15 13
Annual Report
1970
16 1
Capital Improvement
1970
16 2
Correspondence
1970
16 3
Forward Thrust
1970
16 4
Parks Property Inventory
1970
16 5
Personnel
1970
16 6
Publications, Brochures, Maps
1970
16 7
Recreation
1970
16 8
Annual Report
1971
16 9
Correspondence
1971
16 10
Organization and Staffing Proposal
1971
16 11
Recreation
1971
17 1
Annual Report
1972
17 2
Capital Improvement Program, Parks
1972
17 3
Correspondence
1972
17 4
Here in Seattle, 1972
1972
17 5
Property and Facilities
1972
17 6
Recreation
1972
17 7
Annual Report
1973
17 8
Capital Improvement Program
1973
17 9
Correspondence
1973
17 10
Forward Thrust Progress Report
1973
17 11
Property and Facilities
1973
17 12
Recreation and Program Guides
1973
17 13
Annual Report
1974
17 14
Capital Improvement Program, Parks, 1974 - 1983
1974
17 15
Correspondence
1974
17 16
Forward Thrust at the Halfway Mark
1974
17 17
Newspaper Clippings
1974
18 1
Open Space Reports
1974
18 2
Publications, Brochures
1974
18 3
Annual Reports
1975
18 4
Correspondence
1975
18 5
Newspaper Clippings
1975
18 6
Urban Resource Inventory of Seattle
1975
18 7
Annual Report
1976
18 8
Correspondence
1976
18 9
Newspaper Clippings
1976
18 10
Publications, Brochures
1976
18 11
Annual Report
1977
18 12
Newspaper Clippings
1977
18 13
Publications
1977
18 14
Newspaper Clippings
1978
18 15
Newspaper Clippings
1979

Parks History Files, 1892-1985Return to Top

13.4 cubic feet

The Parks History Files document the acquisition, development, improvements, and use of over 200 department maintained facilities, including parks, boulevards, bathing beaches, golf courses, moorages, playgrounds and playfields, squares and mini-parks, stadiums, the Seattle Aquarium, and the Woodland Park Zoo. The largest files include: Alki Beach Park, Discovery Park, Green Lake, Jefferson Park, Madison Park, Pioneer Square, Ravenna Park, Seward Park, Volunteer Park, Woodland Park, and the Zoo.

The records in this subseries include correspondence, excerpts from annual reports, Board of Park Commissioners committee reports, brochures, City Council committee reports, maps and drawings, copies of legislation, petitions, reports and studies, and newspaper clippings. Also included are copies of drawings, notes and essays by Sherwood for most of the parks.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
19 1
Alki Beach Park
1910-1970
19 2
Alki Beach Park, Finances and Concessions
1911-1965
19 3
Alki Beach Park, History and Origins
1910-1965
19 4
Alki Beach Park, Newspaper Clippings
1927-1985
19 5
Alki Beach Park, Natatorium and Field House
1911-1966
19 6
Alki Beach Park, Natatorium and Field House, Finances and Concessions
1934-1955
19 8
Alki Beach Park, Natatorium and Field House, Safety and Sanitation
1911-1954
19 9
Alki Playground
1915-1970
19 10
Alki Playground, Finances and Concessions
1915-1958
19 11
Alki Playground, Newspaper Clippings
1944-1975
19 12
Alki Playground, Alki Avenue and Parklands Master Plan
1974
19 13
Alki Playground, Alki Beach Development and Neighborhood Recreation Study
1950
19 14
Andover (West) Street
1949-1959
20 1
Aquarium
1928-1949
20 2
Aquarium
1950-1958
20 3
Aquarium
1959
20 4
Aquarium
1961-1970
20 5
Aquarium, Newspaper Clippings
1957-1961
20 6
Aquarium, Other Cities
1956-1964
20 7
Armeni Boat Ramp and Park
1953-1983
20 8
Atlantic City Park
1910-1970
20 9
Atlantic City Park, Project Development
1926-1972
20 10
Atlantic City Park / Beer Sheva Park
1977-1980
20 11
Bagley Viewpoint
1916-1964
20 12
Ballard Parkway
1914-1962
20 13
Ballard Playground
1914-1962
20 14
Ballard Pool
1965-1972
20 15
Banner Place
1962-1970
20 16
Bar S Play Field
1968-1970
20 17
Barnett Park
1963-1970
21 1
Bayview Playground
1915-1964
21 2
Beacon Hill Playground
1912-1955
21 3
Beacon Place
1911-1957
21 4
Bellevue Place
1963-1967
21 5
Belvedere Place
1927-1966
21 6
Belvedere Place, Newspaper Clippings
1939-1965
21 7
Belvoir Place
1957
21 8
Benefit Playground
1979-1980
21 9
Bergen Place
1965-1975
21 10
Bhy Kracke Park
1969-1974
21 11
Bike Routes
1920-1971
21 12
Bike Routes, Comprehensive Bikeway Plan
1972
21 13
Bitter Lake Playground
1915-1960
21 14
Blaine Place
1945
21 15
Blue Ridge Circle
1960
21 16
Boat Moorages and Ramps
1955-1969
21 17
Boat Moorages and Ramps, Seattle Pleasure Boat Moorage
1950
21 18
Boren - Interlaken Park
1904-1976
21 19
Boren - Interlaken Park, Maps and Drawings
1919-1940
21 20
Interlaken Park, Newspaper Clippings
1942-1975
22 1
Bradner Playground
1958-1970
22 2
Brighton Play Field
1911-1973
22 3
Broadway Play Field
1904-1955
22 4
Broadway Play Field, Capitol Hill: Broadway Recreation Study
1948
22 5
Broadway Play Field, Newspaper Clippings
1934-1973
22 6
Broadway Play Field, Renamed Bobby Morris Playground
1979-1980
22 7
Bryant Playground
1966-1977
22 8
Burke - Gilman Trail
1952-1974
22 9
Burke - Gilman Trail, Draft Environmental Impact Statement
1975
22 10
California Place
1959-1964
22 11
Canal Park
1978-1979
22 12
Carkeek Park
1926-1939
22 13
Carkeek Park
1940-1959
22 14
Carkeek Park
1960-1976
22 15
Carkeek Park, Newspaper Clippings
1927-1975
22 16
Carleton Center
1930
22 17
Cascade Playground
1931-1971
23 1
Cheasty Boulevard
1916-1960
23 2
City Hall Park
1915-1973
23 3
Cleveland Play Field
1930-1943
23 4
College Street Mini Park
1970
23 5
Collins Playground
1905-1939
23 6
Collins Playground
1940-1976
23 7
Collins Playground, Maps and Drawings
1926-1932
23 8
Colman Park
1904-1970
23 9
Colman Playground
1912-1973
23 10
Columbia Park
1911-1970
23 11
Commodore Park
1919-1978
23 12
Commodore Park, Final Environmental Impact Statement
1971
23 13
Condon Way
1942-1968
24 1
Dahl Play Field
1946-1974
24 2
Dahl Play Field, History of Waldo J. Dahl Play Field
1962
24 3
Dahl Play Field, Proposed Recreation Area at East 80th Street and 25th Avenue NE
1948
24 4
Davis Park
1958-1972
24 5
Day Playground
1915-1975
24 6
Dearborn Park
1929-1970
24 7
Delridge Play Field
1909-1950
24 8
Denny Park
1908-1963
24 9
Denny Park, Maps and Drawings
1927-1928
24 10
Denny - Blaine Lake Park
1924-1966
24 11
Denny - Blaine Park
1908-1970
24 12
Denny (O.O.) Park
1922-1974
25 1
Discovery Park
1910-1947
25 2
Discovery Park
1962-1970
25 3
Discovery Park
1971-1976
25 4
Discovery Park
1977
25 5
Discovery Park
1978-1979
25 6
Discovery Park, History of Fort Lawton
1957
25 7
Discovery Park, Maps and Drawings
1902-1972
25 8
Discovery Park, Newspaper Clippings
1928-1979
25 9
Discovery Park, Project Development
1957-1969
25 10
Discovery Park, Project Development
1970-1976
25 11
Discovery Park, Project Development
1977
25 12
Discovery Park, Project Development
1978-1979
25 13
Discovery Park, Revised Master Plan, Fort Lawton
1974
26 1
Duwamish Park (King County)
1974
26 2
Edwards Park
1955-1976
26 3
Fairmount Playground
1957-1958
26 4
Fairmount Park
1912-1965
26 5
Fauntleroy Park
1911-1970
26 6
Fauntleroy Triangle
1929-1969
26 7
Firehouse Mini Park
1969-1972
26 8
First Hill Park
1934-1978
26 9
Fletcher Place
1945-1970
26 10
Fort Dent Athletic Center
1967-1976
26 11
Fort Lawton Buildings
1975
26 12
Fort Lawton Feasibility Study Volume One
1974
26 13
Fort Lawton Feasibility Study Volume Two, Buildings Survey
1974
26 14
Fort Lawton Park Master Plan
1972
26 15
Fort Lawton Park Plan
1972
27 1
Fort Lawton, Special Report on Improvement of the Fort Lawton Military Reservation (Olmsted Brothers)
1910
27 2
Forty-Third Street Mini Park / Christie Park
1969-1981
27 3
Freeway Park
1955-1976
27 4
Freeway Park, East Plaza Parking Garage Final Environmental Impact Statement
1973
27 5
Freeway Park, Newspaper Clippings
1970-1977
27 6
Frink Park
1906-1985
27 7
Froula Playground
1920-1943
27 8
Garfield Play Field
1915-1974
27 9
Gas Works Park
1916-1975
27 10
Gas Works Park, Lake Union Study
1963
27 11
Gas Works Park, Newspaper Clippings
1929-1976
27 12
Genesee Play Field
1917-1970
28 1
Genesee Play Field, Appraisal
1961
28 2
Genesee Play Field, Report on Possible Airport Sites in Seattle
1946
28 3
Georgetown Play Field
1915-1970
28 4
Georgetown Play Field, Comprehensive Plan for Duwamish Bend Area
1957
28 5
Georgetown Play Field, Development of Industrial Sites in the Duwamish - Green River Valley
1946
28 6
Georgetown Play Field, Duwamish Bend Land Disposition Study
1953
28 7
Gilman Playground
1930-1939
28 8
Golden Gardens
1923-1939
28 9
Golden Gardens
1940-1959
28 10
Golden Gardens
1960-1971
28 11
Golden Gardens, Economic Data for Proposed Shilshole Breakwaters
1948
28 12
Golden Gardens, Newspaper Clippings
1929-1974
28 13
Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery
1922-1976
28 14
Green Lake
1904-1919
29 1
Green Lake
1920-1939
29 2
Green Lake
1940-1959
29 3
Green Lake
1960-1976
29 4
Green Lake, Aqua Theater / Shell House
1939-1970
29 5
Green Lake, Bathhouse Theater
1970-1976
29 6
Green Lake, Boats, Racing, Regattas, Concessions, Etc.
1929-1970
29 7
Green Lake, Boats, Racing, Regattas, Concessions, Etc.: News
1929-1976
29 8
Green Lake, East Beach
1924-1971
29 9
Green Lake, East Beach: Newspaper Clippings
1927-1973
29 10
Green Lake, Engineering and Ecological Study for Rehabilitation
1960
29 11
Green Lake, Fishing
1924-1971
30 1
Green Lake, Green Lake Path User Study
1980
30 2
Green Lake, Green Lake Rehabilitation Program Preliminary Design
1961
30 3
Green Lake, History and Miscellaneous
undated
30 4
Green Lake, Newspaper Clippings, General
1935-1978
30 5
Green Lake, Pitch 'n'Putt
1943-1960
30 6
Green Lake, Play Field
1915-1966
30 7
Green Lake, Report on Algae Control (WPA 667-4110-5638)
1938
30 8
Green Lake, Small Craft Center
1979-1980
30 9
Green Lake, West Beach
1928-1962
30 10
Hamilton Viewpoint
1929-1970
30 11
Hamilton Viewpoint, WPA Slide Control Drainage Projects
1935-1941
30 12
Hamlin Park
1924-1970
30 13
Hamlin Park, An Interpretive Master Plan
1970
30 14
Handicapped Center
1964-1968
30 15
Harbor Vista Park
1962
30 16
Harborview Park
1908-1973
30 17
Harrison Ridge Park
1948-1971
30 18
Harrison Street Mini Park (Prentiss Park)
1966-1982
30 19
Hiawatha Play Field
1909-1939
30 20
Hiawatha Play Field
1940-1983
31 1
High Point Recreation Center
1943-1979
31 2
Highland Park Play Field
1924-1949
31 3
Hing Hay Mini Park
1969-1975
31 4
Howell Park
1909-1953
31 5
Hughes (E.C.) Playground
1937-1948
31 6
Hunters Boulevard
1909-1968
31 7
Hutchinson Playground (Baseball History)
1916-1975
31 8
Interbay Play Field
1938-1976
31 9
Interlaken - Boren Park, Plants of
1981
31 10
Jackson Park, Bridge Trail
1949-1956
31 11
Jackson Park, Golf
1925-1929
31 12
Jackson Park, Golf
1930-1939
31 13
Jackson Park, Golf
1940-1949
32 1
Jackson Park, Golf
1950-1959
32 2
Jackson Park, Golf
1960-1976
32 3
Jackson Park, Golf: Newspaper Clippings
1927-1975
32 4
Jackson Street Mini Park (Flo Ware Park)
1969-1982
32 5
Jefferson Park
1909-1965
32 6
Jefferson Park, Armed Forces Recreation Camp
1941-1947
32 7
Jefferson Park, Community Center
1919-1968
32 8
Jefferson Park, Golf
1910-1919
33 1
Jefferson Park, Golf
1920-1929
33 2
Jefferson Park, Golf
1930-1934
33 3
Jefferson Park, Golf
1935-1939
33 4
Jefferson Park, Golf
1940-1945
33 5
Jefferson Park, Golf
1946-1959
33 6
Jefferson Park, Golf
1960-1970
33 7
Jefferson Park, Golf: Brochures, Publications, etc.
1949-1967
33 8
Jefferson Park, Golf: Drawings
1930-1957
33 9
Jefferson Park, Golf: Newspaper Clippings
1928-1977
33 10
Jefferson Park, Lawn Bowling
1931-1970
33 11
Jefferson Park, Lawn Bowling: Newspaper Clippings
1956-1975
33 12
Jefferson Park, Mercer School
1930-1974
33 13
Jefferson Park, Veterans' Hospital
1945-1955
34 1
Judkins Playground
1942-1970
34 2
Judkins Playground, Final Environmental Impact Statement for Central Area Play Fields and Parks
1974
34 3
Judkins Playground, Newspaper Clippings
1966-1975
34 4
Kerry Viewpoint
1909-1970
34 5
Kerry Viewpoint, Newspaper Clippings
1962-1974
34 6
Keystone Square
1942
34 7
Kilbourne Park
1951-1963
34 8
Kinnear Park
1892-1961
34 9
Kinnear Park, Newspaper Clippings
1936-1974
34 10
Kiwanis Park
1956-1975
34 11
Kobe Terrace
1957-1976
34 12
Lake City Mini Park
1980-1981
34 13
Lake City Playground
1966-1970
34 14
Lake City Playground, Lake City Improves for Tomorrow
1969
34 15
Lake View Park
1910-1966
34 16
Lake Washington Boulevard
1909-1973
34 17
Lake Washington Boulevard, Drawings
1912-1939
34 18
Lake Washington Boulevard, Environmental Assessment of the East Pine Street Pumping Station
1972
34 19
Lake Washington Boulevard, Observations on the Lake Washington Boulevard Shoreline
1972
34 20
Lakeridge Park and Playground
1959-1969
34 21
Lakewood Moorage
1916-1975
34 22
Lakewood Playground
1928-1949
34 23
Lakewood Triangle
1959
35 1
Landing Parkway
1911
35 2
Langston Hughes Center
1911-1970
35 3
Langston Hughes Center, A Recreation Study for the Central Community District
1953
35 4
Langston Hughes Center, Planning for Neighborhoods: Yesler and Atlantic
1959
35 5
Laurelhurst Park
1925-1971
35 6
Lawton Park
1955-1974
35 7
Lawton Park, Lawton Neighborhood Recreation Study
1950
35 8
Leschi Park
1904-1919
35 9
Leschi Park
1920-1939
35 10
Leschi Park
1940-1959
35 11
Leschi Park
1960-1970
35 12
Leschi Park, Drawings
1915-1961
35 13
Leschi Park, Planning for Neighborhoods: Leschi
1964
35 14
Leschi Park, Seattle Pleasure Boat Moorage
1950
35 15
Lewis Park
1905-1923
35 16
Licton Springs
1919-1974
35 17
Licton Springs, An Interpretive Master Plan
1970
35 18
Licton Springs, Drawings
1960
35 19
Lincoln Park
1923-1939
35 20
Lincoln Park
1940-1949
35 21
Lincoln Park
1950-1975
35 22
Lincoln Park, Newspaper Clippings
1941-1974
36 1
Lowman Beach
1910-1919
36 2
Loyal Heights Playground
1931-1974
36 3
Madison Park
1915-1939
36 4
Madison Park
1940-1949
36 5
Madison Park
1950-1970
36 6
Madison Park, A Preliminary Report on Madison Park Recreational Needs
1950
36 7
Madison Park, Drawings
1927-1936
36 8
Madison Park, Madison Park Recreation Study
1951
36 9
Madison Park, Madison Park Recreation Study
1953
36 10
Madison Park, Newspaper Clippings
1926-1974
36 11
Madison Pool
1911-1972
36 12
Madison Pool, Haller Lake Community Study, Recreation Committee Report
1965
36 13
Madison Pool, Helene Madison Biographical Notes
undated
36 14
Madison Pool, Newspaper Clippings
1932-1972
36 15
Madrona Park
1908-1939
36 16
Madrona Park
1940-1973
36 17
Madrona Park, Brochures and Notices
1931-1976
36 18
Madrona Park, Drawings
1912-1926
36 19
Madrona Park, Newspaper Clippings
1929-1977
36 20
Madrona Playground
1928-1970
36 21
Madrona Playground, Drawings
1929-1966
37 1
Magnolia Boulevard
1903-1939
37 2
Magnolia Boulevard
1940-1970
37 3
Magnolia Boulevard, Drawings
1916-1968
37 4
Magnolia Boulevard, Paving Plans
1951-1952
37 5
Magnolia Park
1909-1974
37 6
Magnolia Play Field
1934-1949
37 7
Magnolia Play Field
1950-1971
37 8
Magnolia Play Field, Community Shopping Center, Suggested Plan, Magnolia Village
1951
37 9
Magnolia Play Field, Drawings
1931-1942
37 10
Magnolia Play Field, Newspaper Clippings
1947-1976
37 11
Magnolia Play Field, Proposed Combined School - Recreational Development, Magnolia District
1949
37 12
Magnolia Play Field, Proposed Recreational Development for the Magnolia District
1949
37 13
Magnolia Playground (East)
1929-1937
38 1
Magnolia Tidelands Park
1934-1970
38 2
Magnolia Tidelands Park, Newspaper Clippings
1970-1975
38 3
Magnuson Park
1916-1970
38 4
Magnuson Park, Drawings
1965
38 5
Magnuson Park, Newspaper Clippings
1919-1978
38 6
Magnuson Park, Project Development
1976-1977
38 7
Maple Leaf Playground
1927-1966
38 8
Maple Wood Play Field
1935-1977
38 9
Marshall Viewpoint
1904-1977
38 10
Matthews Beach
1927-1976
38 11
Mayfair Park
1970-1975
38 12
McCurdy Park - East Montlake Park
1920-1970
38 13
McCurdy Park - East Montlake Park, Drawings
1895-1962
38 14
McCurdy Park - East Montlake Park, Newspaper Clippings
1932-1974
38 15
McGilvra Boulevard
1930-1959
38 16
McGilvra Place
1968
38 17
McGraw Square (Drawing)
1919-1959
38 18
Mee Kwa Mooks Park
1977
38 19
Meadowbrook Recreation Center
1952-1975
38 20
Meadowbrook Recreation Center, Newspaper Clippings
1967-1974
38 21
Miller Playfield
1912-1970
39 1
Montlake Center Strip (Drawings)
1909-1951
39 2
Montlake (West) Park: Yacht Club (Drawings)
1911-1978
39 3
Montlake (West) Park: Yacht Club Newspaper Clippings
1965-1978
39 4
Montlake Playfield
1930-1949
39 5
Montlake Playfield
1950-1974
39 6
Montlake Playfield, Drawings
1935-1984
39 7
Montlake Playfield, Newspaper Clippings
1939-1975
39 8
Montlake Playfield, Preliminary Draft of Portage Bay Study
1950
39 9
Mount Baker Boulevard
1913-1970
39 10
Mount Baker Park
1907-1939
39 11
Mount Baker Park
1940-1971
39 12
Mount Baker Park, Maps and Drawings
1907-1964
39 13
Mount Claire Park
1916-1955
39 14
North Beach Community Park
1970
39 15
North Seattle Park
1955-1970
39 16
Northacres Park
1957-1970
39 17
Observatory Courts
1930-1962
39 18
Occidental Park
1970-1973
40 1
Parkmount Place
1942
40 2
Parson's Gardens
1945-1967
40 3
Passage Point, North and South
1957-1976
40 4
Peppi's Playground
1953-1968
40 5
Peppi's Playground, Petition for Rezoning Leschi
1963
40 6
Peppi's Playground, Planning for Neighborhoods: Leschi
1964
40 7
Pinehurst Playground
1955-1970
40 8
Pioneer Square
1911-1939
40 9
Pioneer Square
1940-1975
40 10
Pioneer Square, Brochures
1954-1980
40 11
Pioneer Square, Changes in Downtown Seattle, 1960 - 74 and Housing Conditions in Downtown Seattle
1974
40 12
Pioneer Square, Drawings
1953-1972
40 13
Pioneer Square, News Clippings
1956-1975
40 14
Pioneer Square: Pioneer Square Study, A Preliminary Draft
1949
40 15
Pioneer Square, Rehabilitation of Seattle's Historic Pioneer Square
1959
40 16
Pratt Park
1931-1975
40 17
Prefontaine Place
1915-1971
40 18
Pritchard Island Beach
1908-1970
40 19
Puget Park
1933-1971
41 1
Queen Anne Boulevard
1908-1912
41 2
Queen Anne Boulevard
1913-1939
41 3
Queen Anne Boulevard
1940-1977
41 4
Queen Anne Boulevard, Newspaper Clippings
1902-1951
41 5
Queen Anne Bowl (Rodgers Park)
1915-1970
41 6
Queen Anne Playfield (West)
1932-1970
41 7
Queen Anne Playfield (West), Newspaper Clippings
1929-1976
41 8
Queen Anne Playfield (West), Report of the Queen Anne Parks and Recreation Committee
1970
41 9
Queen Anne Playground (East)
1915-1969
41 10
Rainier Beach Lake Park Cottage Tract
1937-1970
41 11
Rainier Beach Recreation Center
1929-1974
41 12
Rainier Beach Recreation Center, Drawings
1927-1975
41 13
Rainier Beach Recreation Center, Impact of Southeast Education Center on Rainier Beach
1969
41 14
Rainier Beach Recreation Center, Newspaper Clippings
1973-1974
41 15
Rainier Playfield
1911-1966
41 16
Rainier Playfield, Newspaper Clippings
1927-1949
41 17
Ravenna Boulevard
1915-1970
41 18
Ravenna Boulevard, Newspaper Clippings
1973
42 1
Ravenna Park
1904-1919
42 2
Ravenna Park
1920-1949
42 3
Ravenna Park
1950-1971
42 4
Ravenna Park, Drawings
1919-1942
42 5
Ravenna Park, Environmental Assessment 20th Avenue Northeast Bridge Closure
1974
42 6
Ravenna Park, Newspaper Clippings
1920-1976
42 7
Red Barn Ranch
1969-1974
42 8
Ridgeway Place
1927-1931
42 9
Rizal Park
1928-1974
42 10
Rizal Park, Filipino - American Community Services of the Pacific Northwest, Incorporated Progress Report
1959
42 11
Rizal Park, Site Analysis and Development Plan
undated
42 12
Roanoke Park
1924-1978
42 13
Rodgers Park
1928-1967
42 14
Rodgers Playground
1924-1975
42 15
Ross Playground
1924-1959
42 16
Roxhill Playground
1938-1970
42 17
Sacajawea Playground
1957-1970
42 18
Salmon Bay Park
1915-1959
42 19
Sandel Playground
1931-1970
42 20
Sandel Playground, A Recreation Study for the Greenwood Community District
1954
42 21
Sandel Playground, North Greenwood Neighborhood Plan
1975
43 1
Sayres Memorial Park
1929-1969
43 2
Sayres Memorial Park, Drawings
1912-1965
43 3
Sayres Memorial Park, Newspaper Clippings
1929-1979
43 4
Schmitz Overlook
1941-1974
43 5
Schmitz Park and Boulevard
1915-1929
43 6
Schmitz Park and Boulevard
1930-1949
43 7
Schmitz Park and Boulevard
1950-1971
43 8
Schmitz Park and Boulevard, Drawings
1909-1955
43 9
Schmitz Park and Boulevard, Interpretive Master Plan
1969
43 10
Seola Park
1958-1964
43 11
Seward Park
1913-1929
43 12
Seward Park
1930-1934
43 13
Seward Park
1935-1939
43 14
Seward Park
1940-1949
43 15
Seward Park
1950-1971
43 16
Seward Park, A Design Proposal for Seward Park
undated
43 17
Seward Park, Drawings
1919-1954
43 18
Seward Park, Newspaper Clippings
1920-1977
44 1
Sick's Stadium
1919-1974
44 2
Sierra Place
1941
44 3
Snoqualmie Ski Area
1933-1954
44 4
Snoqualmie Ski Area, Drawings
1931-1934
44 5
Soundview Playfield
1954-1966
44 6
Soundview Terrace
1972
44 7
South Park Playfield
1909-1971
44 8
Southwest Community Center and Pool
1969-1976
44 9
Spring Street Mini Park
1969-1970
44 10
Spruce Street Mini Park
1969-1970
44 11
Stevens Triangle
1935-1955
44 12
Sturges Park
1916-1929
44 13
Sunset Hill Park
1928-1968
44 14
Tashkent Park
1969-1974
44 15
[Seattle] Tennis Center
1951-1977
44 16
[Seattle] Tennis Center, Analysis of Potential Site
1974
44 17
[Seattle] Tennis Center, Study and File
1968-1969
44 18
Thirtieth Avenue Mini Park (William Grose Park)
1941-1983
44 19
Thirty - Seventh Avenue South Park
1973-1974
44 20
Thomas Mini Park
1969-1971
45 1
Thornton Creek
1952-1970
45 2
Thornton Creek, Drawings
1952-1971
45 3
Thornton Creek, Study of Lake City Area and Thornton Creek Environs
1969
45 4
Tillicum Place
1919-1976
45 5
Tillicum Place, Chief Sealth Statue by James A. Wehn
1962
45 6
Tillicum Place, Drawings
1962
45 7
Tillicum Place, Newspaper Clippings
1912-1975
45 8
Twelfth Avenue South Viewpoint
1958
45 9
Twenty - Sixth Avenue Mini Park
1969-1970
45 10
Union Station Square
1913-1957
45 11
University District Mini Park
1975
45 12
University Lake Shore Place
1968
45 13
University Place
1931-1961
45 14
University Playfield
1911-1974
45 15
University Playfield, University and Wallingford Recreation Study
1949
45 16
University Playfield, University Neighborhood Plan
1969
45 17
Van Asselt Playground
1929-1949
45 18
Victory Heights Playground
1954-1959
45 19
View Ridge Playground
1955-1966
45 20
Viretta Park
1901-1966
45 21
Volunteer Park
1906-1919
45 22
Volunteer Park
1920-1939
45 23
Volunteer Park
1940-1949
46 1
Volunteer Park
1950-1959
46 2
Volunteer Park
1960-1969
46 3
Volunteer Park
1970-1978
46 4
Volunteer Park, Drawings
1952
46 5
Volunteer Park, Newspaper Clippings
1929-1975
46 6
Wallingford Playfield
1909-1970
46 7
Washington Park
1908-1919
46 8
Washington Park
1920-1939
46 9
Washington Park
1940-1959
46 10
Washington Park
1960-1974
46 11
Washington Park, Brochures and Bulletins
1940-1971
46 12
Washington Park, Newspaper Clippings
1935-1976
46 13
Washington School
1915-1973
47 1
Waterfront, Central Waterfront Park Phase One Development, DEIS
1972
47 2
Waterfront, Planning the Future of Seattle, Central Area Criteria, Etc.
1959
47 3
Waterfront, Report on the Proposed Seattle Aquarium at Golden Gardens Park
1959
47 4
Waterfront, Seattle Aquarium: An Economic Feasibility Study
1971
47 5
Waterfront Park
1969
47 6
Waterfront Park
1970-1971
47 7
Waterfront Park, Newspaper Clippings
1970-1976
47 8
Waterfront Park, Seattle Aquarium
1958-1976
47 9
Waterfront Park, Seattle Central Waterfront Proposals for Environs
1970
47 10
Wedgwood Square
1951-1956
47 11
Wedgwood Square, Wedgwood Elementary School Study
1951
47 12
West Seattle Recreation Center
1935-1959
47 13
West Seattle Recreation Center, Camp Long
1932-1973
48 1
West Seattle Recreation Center, Brochures and Publications
1944-1953
48 2
West Seattle Recreation Center, Golf Course
1930-1939
48 3
West Seattle Recreation Center, Golf Course
1940-1949
48 4
West Seattle Recreation Center, Golf Course
1950-1971
48 5
West Seattle Recreation Center, Golf Course, Newspaper Clippings
1935-1965
48 6
West Seattle Recreation Center, Stadium and Playfield
1914-1965
48 7
Westcrest Park
1930-1969
48 8
Westcrest Park, West Seattle Reservoir Park
1975
48 9
Westlake Square
1911-1973
48 10
Williams Place
1957-1972
48 11
Woodland Park
1903-1919
48 12
Woodland Park
1920-1939
48 13
Woodland Park
1940-1959
48 14
Woodland Park, Athletic Fields
1911-1971
48 15
Woodland Park, Athletic Fields, Drawings
1948
48 16
Woodland Park, Aurora Avenue
1928-1939
48 17
Woodland Park, Auto Tourist Camp
1915-1947
49 1
Woodland Park, Concessions
1904-1929
49 2
Woodland Park, Concessions
1930-1939
49 3
Woodland Park, Concessions
1940-1961
49 4
Woodland Park, Concessions, Newspaper Clippings
1940-1974
49 5
Woodland Park, CWA Project (503) 17 - 39
1933
49 6
Woodland Park, Drawings
1930-1975
49 7
Woodland Park, Flag Pole
1949
49 8
Woodland Park, Floral Hall
1928-1959
49 9
Woodland Park, Gifts
1932-1970
49 10
Woodland Park, Harding Memorial
1925-1976
49 11
Woodland Park, Lawn Bowling
1928-1949
49 12
Woodland Park, Lawn Bowling
1950-1967
49 13
Woodland Park, Newspaper Clippings
1942-1976
49 14
Woodland Park, Picnic Area
1930-1950
49 15
Woodland Park, Proposed Stadium
1936-1945
49 16
Woodland Park, Proposed Stadium, Newspaper Clippings
1939-1945
49 17
Woodland Park, Rose Garden
1925-1967
49 18
Woodland Park, Veterans' Area, Artillery
1915-1948
50 1
Woodland Park Zoo
1906-1949
50 2
Woodland Park Zoo
1950-1959
50 3
Woodland Park Zoo
1960-1969
50 4
Woodland Park Zoo
1970-1973
50 5
Woodland Park Zoo, Animals - Popular / Totem
1916-1949
50 6
Woodland Park Zoo, Animals - Popular / Totem
1950-1971
50 7
Woodland Park Zoo, Animals - Popular / Totem News Clippings
1956-1976
50 8
Woodland Park Zoo, Brochures and Publications
1937-1976
50 9
Woodland Park Zoo, Brochures and Publications
1970
50 10
Woodland Park Zoo, Children's Zoo
1948-1963
50 11
Woodland Park Zoo, Children's Zoo
1964-1967
50 12
Woodland Park Zoo, Children's Zoo, Newspaper Clippings
1961-1963
51 1
Woodland Park Zoo, Environmental Assessment Woodland Park Zoo Development
1973
51 2
Woodland Park Zoo, Facts and Figures and Zoo's Symposium
1970
51 3
Woodland Park Zoo, Financial Records
1942-1958
51 4
Woodland Park Zoo, Long Range Master Plan Study
1970
51 5
Woodland Park Zoo, Maps
1953-1975
51 6
Woodland Park Zoo, Monthly and Annual Reports
1933-1936
51 7
Woodland Park Zoo, Newspaper Clippings
1965-1976
51 8
Woodland Park Zoo, Reports on Tours of Other Zoos
1940-1948
51 9
Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle Zoological Society, Meeting Notices and Minutes
1965-1971
51 10
Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle Zoological Society, Meeting Notices and Minutes
1965-1968
51 11
Woodland Park Zoo, Staff
1905-1971
51 12
Woodland Park Zoo, Staff, Newspaper Clippings
1948-1976
52 1
Yesler - Atlantic Neighborhood Improvement Project
1967
52 2
Yesler Recreation Center
1934-1969
52 3
York Playground
1930-1969

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence, 1902-1984Return to Top

0.4 cubic feet

The major portion of this subseries consists of correspondence from the Olmsted Brothers regarding the planning and development of the system of parks and boulevards in Seattle. Subject matter also includes the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, the Olmsteds' ideas regarding responsibilities of a Parks Superintendent, the hiring of J.W. Thompson as superintendent, and John C. Olmsted's trips to Seattle.

In addition to correspondence, the records include agreements, news articles and clippings, brochures, drawings, expense accounts, plan index cards (photocopies), reports, and Don Sherwood's notes and essays. The photocopies of the plan index cards, which were obtained from Olmsted Associates, Inc., include the subject, scale, and date of Seattle parks and facilities drawings that the firm has on file.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
53 1
Olmsted Brothers, Correspondence
1902
53 2
Olmsted Brothers, Correspondence
1903
53 3
Olmsted Brothers, Correspondence
1904
53 4
Olmsted Brothers, Correspondence
1904
53 5
Olmsted Brothers, Correspondence
1905
53 6
Olmsted Brothers, Correspondence
1906
53 7
Olmsted Brothers, Correspondence
1908
53 8
Olmsted Brothers, Correspondence
1909
53 9
Olmsted Brothers, Correspondence
1910
53 10
Olmsted Brothers, Correspondence
1911
53 11
Olmsted Brothers, Correspondence
1912
53 12
Olmsted Brothers, Correspondence
1913-1919
53 13
Olmsted Brothers, Correspondence
1920-1929
53 14
Olmsted Associates, Inc., Correspondence
1972-1975
53 15
Olmsted Brothers, Agreement with Board of Park Commissioners
1904
53 16
Olmsted Brothers, Articles and Special Reports
1906-1914
53 17
Olmsted Brothers, Drawings (Copies from Microfiche)
1906-1929
53 18
Olmsted Brothers, Frederick Law Olmsted Historic Site
1975-1984
53 19
Olmsted Brothers, Biographical, Miscellaneous Correspondence, Obituaries
1919-1973
53 20
Olmsted Brothers, Olmsted Documentation Project - Park Department
1974-1975
53 21
Olmsted Brothers, Plan Index Cards (Photocopies)
undated

Former Department Property, 1905-1974Return to Top

0.5 cubic feet

This subseries includes information on over 20 properties that were once administered by the Department of Parks and Recreation and either have been placed under the jurisdiction of another City agency or are no longer owned by the City. An example of the former is the Mercer Playfield property, which is now under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Center.

Records in these files include correspondence, excerpts of annual reports, maps and drawings, copies of legislation, newspaper clippings, petitions, reports, and Don Sherwood's notes and essays (photocopies).

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
54 1
Armory Park
1973
54 2
Aurora Triangle
1934-1965
54 3
Beacon Hill Lots
1910-1944
54 4
Bell Street Pier
1916-1941
54 5
Brooklyn Boat Ramp
1952-1958
54 6
Former City Property, Miscellaneous
1929-1956
54 7
Fortson Square
1905-1964
54 8
Forty-third Avenue NE Center Strip
1933-1951
54 9
Graham School and Playground
1944-1957
54 10
Greenwood Park
1927-1940
54 11
Handicapped Center / Stadium Homes
1954-1968
54 12
Harvard Place
1931-1939
54 13
Irving (West) School
1940-1949
54 14
James Street Cable Barn
1946
54 15
Johnson Park
1930-1951
54 16
Lacey Murrow Bridge Launch Approach
1971-1974
54 17
Lake Way Triangles
1940-1942
54 18
Laurelhurst Triangle
1962-1968
54 19
Little's 85th Street Addition
1951
54 20
Mercer Playground
1913-1960
54 21
Mercer Playground, Civic Memorial Arts Center Site
1950
54 22
Ronald (Judge J.T.) Playground (Fulton School)
1946-1969
54 23
South Seattle Playfield
1951-1967
55 1
South Seattle Playfield
1912-1967
55 2
South Seattle Playfield, South Seattle Industrial Park
1966
55 3
South Seattle Playfield, Workable Program for Community Improvement
1964
55 4
South Seattle Playfield, Urban Renewal
1964-1966
55 5
University Boulevard
1907-1962
55 6
Unnamed Strip, University of Washington
1915-1963
55 7
Washington Place
1931-1956
55 8
Wildwood Lane
1907-1954
55 9
Yesler Slide
1899-1963

Proposed Parks Sites, 1905-1976Return to Top

1 cubic feet

This subseries contains files on more than 40 proposed sites for Department of Parks and Recreation parks and facilities. The proposals are from the general public, the Board of Park Commissioners, community groups, or other parties interested in the development of park facilities.

Records in this subseries include correspondence, petitions, proposals, reports and studies, maps and drawings, and newspaper clippings.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
55 10
Alki: Marine Drive Sites
1927-1957
55 11
Ammersfoordt Beach
1927-1929
55 12
Armour School
1955-1956
55 13
Aurora Avenue, Report on Preservation of Scenic Outlook
1945
55 14
Beacon Avenue and 56th Avenue South, Proposed School Site
1952-1953
55 15
Boyer and Roanoke Viewpoint
1967
55 16
Brookwood Park
1958
55 17
Cambridge Arms Playfield
1938-1959
55 18
Central School Property
1950-1954
55 19
Civic Arts Center
1946
55 20
Community Beach
1952
55 21
Dravus West and Arapahoe
1947
55 22
Dunlap School
1961-1976
55 23
East Park
1913-1916
55 24
Glendale Golf Course
1956
55 25
Gatewood Playfield
1951-1952
55 26
Golf Course, Snohomish County
1962
55 27
Harvard - Miller Frontage Road Viewpoint
1969-1970
55 28
Hawthorne Hills
1946-1953
55 29
Lake City Treatment Plant
1968-1970
55 30
Lake Union Sites
1962-1970
55 31
Lake Youngs Watershed
1970
55 32
Lakeridge Park
1954-1955
55 33
Miscellaneous Proposed Sites
1927-1957
56 1
Miscellaneous Proposed Sites
1962-1970
56 2
Miscellaneous Proposed Sites, Newspaper Clippings
1927-1975
56 3
Montlake, East Lynn and 19th Avenue
1947
56 4
Newport Park
1956-1957
56 5
Oak Lake School
1956-1957
56 6
Pier 91 Pool
1970-1971
56 7
Queen Anne Hill Sites
1963-1966
56 8
Rainier Beach Sites
1928-1944
56 9
Seneca Street Dead End
1969-1970
56 10
Sound View Terrace
1970
56 11
Spring Hill Park
1905-1932
56 12
Star Lake
1928-1930
56 13
Stevens Street Southwest Greenbelt
1969
56 14
Summit Playground
1934-1938
56 15
Twenty-eighth Avenue Northeast at Northeast 68th Street
1946-1947
56 16
Viewpoints, Miscellaneous: City Officials View Trips
1962
56 17
Water Tower Site, Shearwater Housing Project
1964-1965
56 18
West Woodland Recreation Center
1937-1948
56 19
Westlake Park
1958-1969
56 20
Westlake Park, Draft Environmental Impact Statement
1975
56 21
Westlake Park, Newspaper Clippings
1975-1976

Subject Files, 1876-1979Return to Top

2.7 cubic feet

The Subject Files include information about Parks Department programs and projects and City-wide activities that impact the department. The most extensive files relate to beautification and open space programs, Forward Thrust, the Seafair Gold Cup Races, and Depression Era activities. Other subjects include airport planning, bicycle trails, bond issues, comprehensive planning, cultural events, sports and recreation, schools and youth programs, and zoning.

Records in the Subject Files include correspondence, maps and drawings, inventories, copies of legislation, reports and studies, newspaper clippings, and speeches.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
56 22
Airports, Report on Airport Sites in the City of Seattle
1946
68 2
Alki Drawings and Blueprints (oversized)
1909-1946
56 23
Beautification
1969-1970
56 24
Beautification, Emergency Work Orders
1969-1970
57 1
Beautification, Urban Beautification Program Application
1970
57 2
Capital Improvement Plan
1962-1967
57 3
Capital Improvement Program, Park Bond Issue Preliminary Studies
1967
57 4
Central Business District
1963-1967
57 5
City Council
1963-1967
57 6
City Engineer, Work Done for
1931-1959
57 7
City Light, Skagit
1958-1962
57 8
City Planning
1961-1966
57 9
Civil Defense
1963-1964
57 10
Civil Works Administration
1933-1934
57 11
Comprehensive Planning, Background
1884-1965
57 12
Comprehensive Planning, Background
1965-1974
57 13
Facilities and Recreation Planning
1953-1955
57 14
Fort Lawton Park Study, Conclusions to Need Analysis
1964
57 15
Forward Thrust: Annual Report of the Parks Department re Forward Thrust Development Project
1968-1969
58 1
Forward Thrust: Bond Issue
1968
58 2
Forward Thrust: Developing a Capital Improvement Plan for King County, Part One Background
1967
58 3
Forward Thrust: Developing a Capital Improvement Plan for King County, Part Two Analysis
1967
58 4
Forward Thrust: Developing a Capital Improvement Plan for King County, Part Three Recommendations
1967
58 5
Forward Thrust: Developing a Capital Improvement Plan for King County, Part Four Analysis and Recommendations
1970
58 6
Forward Thrust: Forward Thrust at the Halfway Mark
1974
58 7
Forward Thrust: Forward Thrust Work 1968-1970 - A Report to the Residents of King County
1970
58 8
Forward Thrust: Forward Thrust Work 1968-1970 - A Report to the Residents of King County
1972
58 9
Forward Thrust, Miscellaneous Materials
1966-1969
58 10
Forward Thrust, Miscellaneous Materials
1968-1969
59 1
Forward Thrust, Resolutions and Ordinances, Forward Thrust Bonds
1967
59 2
Forward Thrust, Selected Speeches on Forward Thrust and Election Results
1968
68 11
Gifts and Donations to Parks Department
1941-1965
59 3
Gold Cup Races
1954-1958
59 4
Gold Cup Races
1959-1963
59 5
Gold Cup Races
1962-1967
59 6
Gold Cup Races
1954-1970
59 7
Gold Cup Races, Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the 1975 Seafair Unlimited Hydroplane Races
1975
59 8
Gold Cup Races, Newspaper Clippings
1957-1975
59 9
Golf
1960-1967
59 10
Greater Seattle Athletic Association
1959-1965
59 11
Greater Seattle, Incorporated
1962-1965
68 9
Hans A. Thompson Special Citation
1965
59 12
Health Department
1961-1965
68 4
High Point Housing Playground Construction Costs
1962
59 13
Human Rights Commission
1964-1965
68 5
Lake City Sewer Treatment Plant Property / Thornton Creek Urban Trail System
1970-1975
60 1
Lanham Act
1944-1946
60 2
Local Improvement Districts
1876-1959
60 3
Mayor's Office
1957-1967
68 6
Municipal Building - Deck Landscaping
1962
60 4
Music in the Park
1915-1965
60 5
Music in the Park, Newspaper Clippings
1961-1965
60 6
National Parks and Recreation Conferences in Seattle
1909-1968
60 7
National Recreation Association, Pacific Northwest District
1962-1965
60 8
Newspaper Clippings
1978
60 9
Newspaper Clippings
1978
60 10
Newspaper Clippings
1978
60 11
Newspaper Clippings
1979
60 12
Northwest Parks Association
1960-1968
60 13
Open Space and Urban Beautification in 1969: A Progress Report
1969
60 14
Outdoor Recreation and Open Space Plan
1965
61 1
Parks - Schools Joint Use
1919-1970
68 1
Parks and Playground Improvement Drawings (11x14)
1974-1986
68 12
Parks Department Letterhead
68 13
Plant Lists
68 7
Playground Shops / Fire Station Building
1970
61 2
Police
1961-1964
61 3
Property: Legal Opinions and Legislation
1916-1968
61 4
Property: Legal Opinions and Legislation
1916-1970
61 5
Public Work Reserve Projects
1942
61 6
Puget Sound Governmental Conference
1962-1964
61 7
Quarterly Budget Adjustment Requests
1964-1967
61 8
Recreation
1965
61 9
Recreation, Classification Studies
1962
61 10
Recreation Director, Search for a New Director
1964-1965
61 11
Recreation Director, Willard H. Shumard
1962-1963
61 12
Recreation Director, Willard H. Shumard
1963-1966
62 1
Recreation Survey
1961-1962
68 3
Resolution thanking Charles Cowen for land donation
1906
62 2
Safety Committee Reports
1961-1962
62 3
Seattle Handicapped Center
1962-1967
62 4
Seattle Shoreline Inventory
1973
62 5
Seattle 2000 Commission: Goals Statement from Task Forces
1973
68 8
Soil Storage Proposal
1962
62 6
State Development Funds
1946-1953
62 7
Street Trees Ordinance Drafts
1912
62 8
Summer Youth Corps Program
1964
68 10
Umlauff, Jacob - Park Maintenance
1941-1970
62 9
University Grounds
1911
62 10
Urban Renewal
1959-1968
62 11
WERA / CWA / WPA Projects
1933-1936
62 12
Welch, Douglass, Miscellaneous Materials
1959-1968
63 1
Welch, Douglass, Newspaper Articles About Park Board
1954-1960
63 2
Welch, Douglass, Newspaper Articles About Park Board
1961-1965
63 3
WPA Projects
1935-1941
63 4
WPA, Training of WPA Workers in the Field of Recreation
1937
63 5
Zoning
1958-1959

Parks Naming Files, 1971-1983Return to Top

0.2 cubic feet

The Parks Naming Files consist primarily of correspondence to and from the Board of Park Commissioners, City Council, City Comptroller, Park Naming Committee, and Parks Superintendent suggesting names for parks and parks facilities. Also included are petitions, drawings, newspaper clippings, and press releases.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
63 6
Alvin Larkins Park
1974-1979
63 7
Arboretum, Donald G. Graham Visitors Center
1986
63 8
Coe Elementary School, Coe Play Park
1982
63 9
Good Shepherd Center/Meridian Playground
1976-1979
63 10
International Children's Park
1979
63 11
Market Park
1978-1979
63 12
Montlake Bicycle Trail (Bill Dawson)
1982
63 13
Parks Facilities Naming
1971-1983
63 14
Parks Naming Suggestions
1982
63 15
Rainbow Point
1978-1979
63 16
Regrade Park
1978
63 17
Sunset Place Park
1980
63 18
Twelfth and West Howe
1982

Photographs, 1891-1975Return to Top

3.6 cubic feet

The photographs have been physically removed from the Sherwood files and integrated with the Archives Photograph Collection. Although separated, the photographs are included in the Sherwood Guide. They have been scanned, cataloged, and indexed and are included in the online photograph index on the Seattle Municipal Archives web site.

The photographs collected by Sherwood include approximately 2,400 images documenting roughly 140 properties, facilities, and events that have been administered by the Department of Parks and Recreation. The images document sports and recreation on Seattle's playgrounds, parks landscaping, the construction of parks facilities, and the City's boulevards.

Secondarily, the images document leisure time activities, the City's social history, and Works Projects Administration endeavors. They depict the physical development of parks, such as the dredging of Green Lake and the draining of Dahl Field, as well as elements or activities that no longer exist, such as the Licton Springs health spa and the Potlatch Parade.

Among the largest files of images are Green Lake, Lake Washington Boulevard, Leschi Park, Lincoln Park, Ravenna Park, Sayres Park, Seward Park, Volunteer Park, Woodland Park, and Woodland Park Zoo. The images are arranged alphabetically by name of park or facility.

A substantial number of the photographs collected by Sherwood were created by one of three well known local studios: those of Asahel Curtis, Frank H. Nowell, and Webster and Stevens.

Asahel Curtis (1874-1941) came to Seattle with his family in 1888, and six years later he established a photographic studio. Unlike his more famous brother, Edward, he did not consider himself an artist. Curtis was a commercial photographer, and his clients were businessmen, promoters, and government agencies. He was also commissioned by a newspaper to photograph the Klondike Gold Rush. Curtis' life work was a monumental survey of the Pacific Northwest, comprising over 60,000 photographic plates and negatives.

Frank H. Nowell (1864-1950) went to Nome, Alaska in 1900, where he opened his first studio. Between 1901 and 1908, Nowell created a photographic chronicle of the Territory. In 1908 he was appointed the Official Photographer of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. Following the Exposition, Nowell remained in Seattle and opened a new studio.

Ira (Ike) Webster (c.1870-1942) and Nelson Stevens (c.1875-1938) were the founders of the studio that carried their names until 1981. They came to Seattle in 1899 from their hometown of Portland, Michigan, and initially worked in the studios of other photographers. In 1903 they opened their own studio and from 1906 to 1928 were the exclusive photographers to The Seattle Times (one of the region's principal daily newspapers). Seattle's Museum of History and Industry holds 55,000 negatives produced during the early years of the firm.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
150 1
Alki Beach and Playground
undated
150 2
Ammersfoordt Beach
undated
150 3
Armeni Boat Ramp
undated
150 4
Armeni Boat Ramp
undated
150 5
Atlantic City
undated
150 6
Bagley Viewpoint
undated
150 7
Ballard Playground and Field House
undated
150 8
Ballard Pool
1969
150 9
Powell Barnett Park
1970-1972
150 10
Bayview Playground
1938-1964
150 11
Beacon Hill Playground
undated
150 12
Belvedere Place
undated
150 13
Bhy Kracke Park
1971
150 14
Bitter Lake Playground
undated
150 15
Brighton Playfield
1936
150 16
Broadway Playfield
1908-1939
150 17
Carkeek Park
undated
150 18
Carkeek Park
1954
150 19
Carkeek Park
undated
150 20
Cascade Playground
1936-1938
150 21
Cheasty Boulevard
undated
150 22
City Hall Park
undated
150 23
Cleveland Playground
1965
150 24
Collins Field House and Playfield
undated
150 25
Colman Park and Playground
1937-1965
150 26
Colman Park and Playground
1937-1965
150 27
Columbia Park
undated
150 28
Dahl Playfield
undated
150 29
Dahl Playfield
undated
150 30
Day (B.F.) Playfield
undated
150 31
Delridge Playfield
1936-1969
150 32
Denny Park
undated
150 33
Denny Park, Parks Dept. Administration Building
1950
150 34
Denny Park, Parks Dept. Administration Building
1950
150 35
Denny Park, Parks. Dept. Administration Building
1950
151 1
Denny Park, Parks Dept. Administration Building
1950
151 2
Denny-Blaine Park
undated
151 3
Denny-Blaine Lake Park
undated
151 4
Denny (O.O.) Park
1903
151 5
Discovery Park
1903
151 6
Duwamish Head
undated
151 7
Edwards (Myrtle) Park
undated
151 8
Fairmount Park
1929
151 9
First Avenue South Ramp
1955
151 10
Franklin Quarry
1910
151 11
Freeway Park
1967
151 12
Frink Park
1907-1913
151 13
Froula Playground
undated
151 14
Garfield Playfield
undated
151 15
Garfield Playfield
undated
151 16
Gas Works Park
1911-1966
151 17
Gas Works Park
1911-1966
151 18
Genesee Playfield
undated
151 19
Georgetown Playfield
1936-1969
151 20
Gilman Playground
undated
151 21
Golden Gardens
undated
151 22
Golden Gardens
undated
151 23
Golden Gardens
undated
151 24
Golden Gardens
undated
151 25
Golf, Snohomish County
1960
151 26
Green Lake
undated
151 27
Green Lake
undated
151 28
Green Lake
undated
151 29
Green Lake
undated
151 30
Green Lake
undated
151 31
Green Lake
undated
151 32
Green Lake
undated
151 33
Green Lake
undated
151 34
Green Lake
undated
151 35
Green Lake
undated
152 1
Haller Lake Playground
1965-1969
152 2
Hamilton Viewpoint
1948
152 3
Hamilton Viewpoint
undated
152 4
Hamlin Park
1956
152 5
Harborview Park
undated
152 6
Harrison Street Mini Park
undated
152 7
Hiawatha Playfield
undated
152 8
Hiawatha Playfield
undated
152 9
Hiawatha Playfield
undated
152 10
Highland Park
undated
152 11
Hing Hay Park
undated
152 12
Hughes (E.C.) Playground
undated
152 13
Hutchinson Playground
1913-1963
152 14
Hutchinson Playground
1913-1963
152 15
Interbay Field
1903-1967
152 16
Interbay Field
1903-1967
152 17
Interbay Field
undated
152 18
Interlaken Boulevard
undated
152 19
Interlaken Boulevard
undated
152 20
Jackson Park
undated
152 21
Jackson Park
undated
152 22
Jackson Park
undated
152 23
Jefferson Park
undated
152 24
Jefferson Park
undated
152 25
Jefferson Park
undated
152 26
Jefferson Community Center
undated
152 27
Judkins Park
undated
152 28
Judkins Park
undated
153 1
Kerry Park Viewpoint
1936-1969
153 2
Kinnear Park
undated
153 3
Kinnear Park
undated
153 4
Kinnear Park
undated
153 5
Kinnear Park
undated
153 6
Kinnear Park
undated
153 7
Lake City Playground
1961
153 8
Lake View Park
1913-1966
153 9
Lake Washington Boulevard
undated
153 10
Lake Washington Boulevard
undated
153 11
Lake Washington Boulevard
undated
153 12
Lake Washington Boulevard
undated
153 13
Lake Washington Boulevard
undated
153 14
Lake Washington Boulevard
undated
153 15
Lake Washington Boulevard
undated
153 16
Lake Washington Boulevard
1948
153 17
Lake Washington Boulevard
1948
153 18
Lake Washington Boulevard
1948
153 19
Lake Washington Boulevard
1948
153 20
Lakewood Moorage
undated
153 21
Laurelhurst Community Center
undated
153 22
Laurelhurst Community Center
undated
153 23
Lawton Park
1955
153 24
Leschi Park
undated
153 25
Leschi Park
undated
153 26
Leschi Park
undated
153 27
Leschi Park
undated
153 28
Leschi Park
undated
153 29
Leschi Park
undated
153 30
Leschi Park
undated
153 31
Leschi Park
undated
153 32
Leschi Park
undated
154 1
Licton Springs
undated
154 2
Licton Springs
undated
154 3
Licton Springs
undated
154 4
Licton Springs
undated
154 5
Lincoln Park
undated
154 6
Lincoln Park
undated
154 7
Lincoln Park
undated
154 8
Lincoln Park
undated
154 9
Lincoln Park
undated
154 10
Lincoln Park
undated
154 11
Lincoln Park
undated
154 12
Lincoln Park
undated
154 13
Lincoln Park
undated
154 14
Lowman Beach
1936
154 15
Madison Beach
undated
154 16
Madison Beach
undated
154 17
Madison Beach
undated
154 18
Madison Beach
undated
154 19
Madison Pool
1972
154 20
Madrona Park and Beach
undated
154 21
Madrona Park and Beach
undated
154 22
Madrona Park and Beach
undated
154 23
Madrona Park and Beach
undated
154 24
Madrona Playground
undated
154 25
Magnolia Boulevard and Playfield
undated
154 26
Magnolia Boulevard and Playfield
undated
154 27
Magnuson Park
undated
154 28
Maple Leaf
1937
154 29
Matthews Beach
undated
154 30
McCurdy Park/Museum of History and Industry
undated
154 31
McGraw Square
undated
154 32
Meadowbrook Pool and Playfield
undated
154 33
Miller Playfield
undated
154 34
Montlake Playfield
undated
154 35
Montlake Playfield
undated
154 36
Montlake Playfield
undated
155 1
Mt. Baker Park and Boulevard
undated
155 2
Mt. Baker Park and Boulevard
undated
155 3
Park Department Productions
undated
155 4
Parson's Gardens
undated
155 5
Passage Point
1963-1969
155 6
Pinehurst Playground
1961
155 7
Pioneer Square
undated
155 8
Pioneer Square
undated
155 9
Pioneer Square
undated
155 10
Pioneer Square
undated
155 11
Prefontaine Place
1968
155 12
Pritchard's Island
1936-1937
155 13
Queen Anne Boulevard
1903-1936
155 14
East Queen Anne Playground
undated
155 15
West Queen Anne Playfield
undated
155 16
West Queen Anne Playfield
undated
155 17
Rainier Beach Community Center
1952-1969
155 18
Rainier Playfield
1966
155 19
Ravenna Park
undated
155 20
Ravenna Park
undated
155 21
Ravenna Park
undated
155 22
Ravenna Park
undated
155 23
Ravenna Park
undated
155 24
Ravenna Park
undated
155 25
Red Barn Ranch
undated
155 26
Riverview Playfield
1966
155 27
Rizal Park
undated
155 28
Roanoke Park
undated
155 29
Rodgers (David) Park
undated
155 30
Rodgers (David) Park
undated
156 1
Rogers Playground
1910-1969
156 2
Ross Playground
1911
156 3
Roxhill Playground
1953-1969
156 4
Salmon Bay Park
1910
156 5
Sandal Playfield
1968-1974
156 6
Sayres Park
undated
156 7
Sayres Park
undated
156 8
Sayres Park
undated
156 9
Sayres Park
undated
156 10
Sayres Park
undated
156 11
Sayres Park
undated
156 12
Sayres Park
undated
156 13
Sayres Park
undated
156 14
Schmitz Park
1913-1915
156 15
Schmitz Park
undated
156 16
Seward Park
undated
156 17
Seward Park
undated
156 18
Seward Park
undated
156 19
Seward Park
undated
156 20
Seward Park
undated
156 21
Seward Park
undated
156 22
Seward Park
undated
156 23
Seward Park
undated
156 24
Seward Park
undated
156 25
Snoqualmie Ski Area
undated
156 26
Snoqualmie Ski Area
undated
156 27
Soundview Playfield
1959-1961
156 28
South Park Playfield
1910
156 29
South Seattle Playground
undated
156 30
Spring Street Mini Park
1971
156 31
Sunrise Terrace Park
1950
156 32
Sunset Hill Park
undated
156 33
Tilikum Place
undated
156 34
Tilikum Place
undated
156 35
Union Station Square
1929
156 36
University Playfield
undated
156 37
Van Asselt Playfield
1937-1938
156 38
Victory Heights Playground
1961
156 39
View Ridge Playground
undated
157 1
Volunteer Park
1904-1909
157 2
Volunteer Park
1909
157 3
Volunteer Park
undated
157 4
Volunteer Park
undated
157 5
Volunteer Park
undated
157 6
Volunteer Park
undated
157 7
Volunteer Park
undated
157 8
Volunteer Park
undated
157 9
Volunteer Park
undated
157 10
Volunteer Park
undated
157 11
Volunteer Park
undated
157 12
Volunteer Park
undated
157 13
Volunteer Park, Seattle Art Museum
undated
157 14
Wallingford Playfield
1965-1971
157 15
Washington Park
undated
157 16
Washington Park
undated
157 17
Washington Park
undated
157 18
(Martha) Washington School
1966-1975
157 19
West Seattle Recreation Center: Camp Long
undated
157 20
West Seattle Recreation Center: Camp Long
undated
157 21
West Seattle Recreation Center: Camp Long
undated
157 22
West Seattle Golf Course
1936-1939
157 23
West Seattle Golf Course
1936-1939
157 24
West Seattle Golf Course
1936-1939
157 25
West Seattle Stadium
undated
157 26
West Seattle Stadium
undated
157 27
West Seattle Stadium
undated
157 28
West Seattle Stadium
undated
157 29
West Seattle Stadium
undated
158 1
Westlake Square
undated
158 2
Westlake Square
undated
158 3
Westlake Square
undated
158 4
Woodland Park
1891
158 5
Woodland Park
undated
158 6
Woodland Park
undated
158 7
Woodland Park
undated
158 8
Woodland Park
undated
158 9
Woodland Park
undated
158 10
Woodland Park
undated
158 11
Woodland Park
undated
158 12
Woodland Park
undated
158 13
Woodland Park
undated
158 14
Woodland Park
undated
158 15
Woodland Park
undated
158 16
Woodland Park, Rose Garden
undated
158 17
Woodland Park, Rose Garden
undated
158 18
Woodland Park Zoo
undated
158 19
Woodland Park Zoo
undated
158 20
Woodland Park Zoo
1911-1914
158 21
Woodland Park Zoo
undated
158 22
Woodland Park Zoo
undated
158 23
Woodland Park Zoo
undated
159 1
Woodland Park Zoo
undated
159 2
Woodland Park Zoo
undated
159 3
Woodland Park Zoo
undated
159 4
Woodland Park Zoo
undated
159 6
Woodland Park Zoo
undated
159 7
Woodland Park Zoo
undated
159 8
Woodland Park Zoo
undated
159 9
Woodland Park Zoo
1950
159 10
Woodland Park Zoo
1950
159 11
Woodland Park Zoo
1950
159 12
Woodland Park Zoo
undated
159 13
Potlatch Parade
1911
159 14
Potlatch Parade
1911
159 15
Potlatch Parade
1911
159 16
Potlatch Parade
1911
159 17
Potlatch Parade
1911
159 18
Parks and Recreation Department Staff
1903-1974
159 19
Billboards
1965-1966
159 20
Bond Issues
1958
159 21
Frederick and Nelson Window Displays
1967
159 22
King County Courthouse
1927
159 23
Swing Seat from Playgrounds
undated
159 24
Seattle Mayors
1923-1929
159 25
Unidentified Aerial Photographs
undated
159 26
Unidentified Photographs
undated
159 27
Unidentified Photographs
undated
159 28
Unidentified Photographs
undated
159 29
Miscellaneous Photographs
undated
159 30
Miscellaneous Photographs
undated

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Subject Terms

  • Capital Improvement Program
  • Forward Thrust
  • Parks
  • Playgrounds and Playfields
  • Recreation Centers
  • Swimming pools

Personal Names

  • Sherwood, Donald N., 1916-1981

Corporate Names

  • Olmsted Associates
  • Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Parks and Recreation

Geographical Names

  • Seattle
  • Seattle (Wash.)