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Seattle Engineering Department Property Ownership Lists and Abstracts, 1891-1904
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). Engineering Dept.
- Title
- Seattle Engineering Department Property Ownership Lists and Abstracts
- Dates
- 1891-1904 (inclusive)18911904
- Quantity
- 0.2 cubic foot, (1 box)
- Collection Number
- 2608-06
- Summary
- Lists of property owners and descriptions of tracts of land in Seattle.
- Repository
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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
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Records are open to the public.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Engineering Department maintained the City's streets and bridges, designed and oversaw construction of public works projects, provided traffic and transportation planning, and operated the sewer and solid waste utility. The position of City Surveyor was created in 1873 to survey the City, establish boundaries and street grades, and administer condemnation processes. This position was renamed City Engineer in 1890. In 1931 the Engineering Department absorbed part of the Department of Public Utilities and in 1936 it assumed the responsibilities of the Department of Streets and Sewers and the Traffic Department. In 1997, the water, solid waste, drainage, and wastewater utilities from the Engineering and Water departments were merged with the Engineering Services Division of SED and the Customer Service Call Center and Construction Engineering Sections of City Light to form Seattle Public Utilities. The traffic and transportation functions of the Engineering Department were consolidated in the Seattle Transportation Department
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This series contains lists of property owners and descriptions of tracts of land supplied to the City Engineer by local title companies. The information apparently was requisitioned in connection with assessment for local improvements and other miscellaneous public works. The ownership lists are simple tables that include name of the owner, addition or plat, block, and lot. Descriptions of tracts are narrative descriptions of the legal boundaries of the property in question.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item and date], Engineering Department Property Ownership Lists and Abstracts, Record Series 2608-06. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
2608-06: Seattle Engineering Department Property Ownership Lists and Abstracts, 1891-1904Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Eastlake Avenue |
1891 |
1/1 | Lawton Tract |
1891 |
1/2 | C.W. Lawton Tract |
1892 |
1/3 | Post Street
Extension |
1893 |
1/3 | Block 38, Sarah Bell’s Heirs
Second Addition |
1893 |
1/3 | Edes and Knight’s
Addition |
1893 |
1/3 | Block 27 Nagle’s
Addition |
1893 |
1/3 | Lampe’s Tract |
1893 |
1/4 | Bush Street Sewer |
1894 |
1/4 | Edes and Knight’s
Addition |
1894 |
1/4 | Stacy Street |
1894 |
1/4 | Adelle Addition |
1894 |
1/4 | Pike Street between Front and
Seventh in A.A. Denny’s Addition |
1894 |
1/4 | Boren and Denny’s East Half
of Block Two |
1894 |
1/4 | Edes and Knights
Addition |
1894 |
1/4 | Rainier Street Watermain,
Baxter’s Addition |
1894 |
1/4 | Lewis Street
Improvements |
1894 |
1/4 | Boren’s Addition, Block 32,
Lots 1, 4, 5, 8 |
1894 |
1/4 | Sears and Williams
Streets |
1894 |
1/4 | Bush Street
Improvement |
1894 |
1/4 | Monroe Street Improvement,
Crawford’s Addition |
1894 |
1/4 | Marietta Street |
1894 |
1/4 | Lake Avenue |
1894 |
1/4 | Walla Walla Sewer |
1894 |
1/4 | Albert and Waterton
Streets |
1894 |
1/4 | East Street |
1894 |
1/4 | Willow Street |
1894 |
1/5 | Sherbrook Street and Chestnut
Avenue |
1895 |
1/5 | Lake Avenue Assessed
Valuations |
1895 |
1/5 | Marietta Street |
1895 |
1/5 | East Park
Addition |
1895 |
1/5 | Rosa Convery
Estate |
1895 |
1/5 | Lands of the Puget Mill
Company |
1895 |
1/5 | Arthur Street |
1895 |
1/5 | Renton’s Addition |
1895 |
1/6 | Ninth Avenue South
Sewer |
1896 |
1/6 | Kinnear’s Addition, Block 4,
Lot 5 |
1896 |
1/6 | Ward Street |
1896 |
1/6 | Twenty-second
Avenue |
1896 |
1/7 | Terry Avenue and Virginia
Street Improvement |
1897 |
1/8 | Williams Addition, Blocks
1-3 |
1898 |
1/8 | North Seattle
Replat |
1898 |
1/8 | Eleventh Avenue South
Improvement |
1898 |
1/8 | Republican Street |
1898 |
1/8 | Alley, Block 2, Boren and
Denny’s Plat Improvement |
1898 |
1/8 | Jefferson Street |
1898 |
1/9 | Rowe and Sohn’s
Tracts |
1899 |
1/10 | W.R. Brawley’s Addition,
Block 6, Lots 1-3 |
1900 |
1/10 | Sixth Avenue North
Improvement |
1900 |
1/11 | Multiple Additions—Abstract
3312-75 |
1901 |
1/11 | Seventeenth
Avenue |
1901 |
1/11 | Section 9, Township 24 North,
Range 4 East |
1902 |
1/11 | Mt. Baker
Addition |
1901 |
1/11 | East side of Twentieth
Avenue |
1901 |
1/12 | Galer Tract (1882 transcribed
in 1904) |
1904 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Land tenure--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Real property--Washington (State)--Seattle
Corporate Names
- Seattle (Wash.). Engineering Dept.
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)