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Landmarks Preservation Board Records, 1891-2024

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Seattle (Wash.). Office of Urban Conservation
Title
Landmarks Preservation Board Records
Dates
1891-2024 (inclusive)
1968-2024 (bulk)
Quantity
31.8 cubic feet, (81 boxes)
18 digital files, (76.5 MB)
Collection Number
5754-A
Summary
Minutes, correspondence, memos, and other materials related to the work of the Landmarks Preservation Board.
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
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Historical Note

The Office of Urban Conservation was created in 1975 as part of the Department of Community Development (DCD). It was founded in an era of citizen protests against a proposed urban renewal program that would have demolished Pioneer Square and Pike Place Market. The office’s mandate was to coordinate Seattle’s historic preservation programs and administer the city’s landmark boards and historic districts. When DCD was abolished in 1992, the historic preservation program was moved to the Department of Neighborhoods.

The Landmarks Preservation Board was established in 1973 with the mission of preserving structures of historical importance. Its eleven members are appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City Council. The Board must include two architects, two historians, one member of the City Planning Commission, one structural engineer, and one person each representing the fields of finance and real estate management. The other three members have no required occupation or affiliation, although all Board appointees are expected to have an interest in historic preservation.

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Content Description

Minutes, correspondence, memos, and other materials related to the Landmarks Preservation Board. Series are described more fully below.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], [Title of collection], Record Series 5754-A[X]. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The Landmarks Preservation Board Records are arranged into the following series:

5754-A1: Landmarks Preservation Board Minutes

5754-A2: Landmarks Preservation Board Subject Files

5754-A3: Special Tax Valuation Files

5754-A4: Anhalt Apartment Photographs

5754-A5: Denied Landmark Applications

5754-A6: Music Hall Theatre Landmark Appeal Records

5754-A7: Landmarked Building Renovation Records

Separated Materials

Publications were pulled from the collection and are cataloged separately in the Published Documents Index.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

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Subject Terms

  • Historic buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Historic preservation--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Theaters--Washington (State)--Seattle

Corporate Names

  • Seattle (Wash.). Office of Urban Conservation
  • Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board

Geographical Names

  • Seattle (Wash.)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographs

Finding aid prepared by Julie Kerssen
2006

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