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2801-05
Seattle
(Wash.). Fire Dept.
Seattle Fire Department Station House
Records
1903-1984
8.2 cubic ft.
21 boxes
Records relating to the physical
structures and maintenance of Seattle Fire Department station houses.
Collection materials are in
English.
Fire Station No. 4, 1910. Seattle Municipal Archives.
A Fire Department was established by City Charter in 1883. It provided
for equipment purchases, but not for hiring of firefighters. Following the
Great Fire of 1889, a professional fire department was created with five
district fire stations and purchase of a fire boat. The first Fire Chief of the
professional department was Gardner Kellogg, who served 1890-1892 and
1895-1901. A Board of Fire Commissioners was established by the 1890 City
Charter to prescribe rules and regulations for the Department. The Board's
responsibilities included enforcing rules violations and appointing the Fire
Chief and all subordinate officers. The Board was abolished with passage of a
new City Charter in 1896.
This record series contains information about the physical structures of
the station houses of the Seattle Fire Department. Types of materials include
correspondence, memoranda, maintenance requests, architectural drawings and
photographs. The records contain some materials related to personnel and
community relations issues. New station planning materials, including building
drawings and appraisal reports, are included for some stations. Requisitions
for station amenities make up a large portion of the records, including
requests for basketball hoops, new lockers, electricity or telephone service.
Maintenance of the building makes up a large portion, in the form of inspection
reports, repair requests and some materials regarding WISHA violations.
Documentation outlining damage to the station house is also prevalent,
including broken windows and doors, vandalism, automobile collisions and theft.
The files are organized by station house number as designated by the Fire
Department.
Station House Locations
Although not an authoritative list, the following is a list of fire
stations included in the records series and their locations by street
address.
1: 7th and Columbia
2: 4th and Battery
4: 26th Ave SW and SW Florida
5: 925 Alaskan Way
6: 23rd Avenue and Yesler Way
7: 15th Ave E. and E. Harrison St.
8: Warren Ave. and Lee St.
9: Linden Ave. and N. 39th St.
9-1: 8729 15th Ave NE
10: 301 2nd Ave S.
11: 4423 Densmore Avenue
12: 16th SW and SW Holden
13: 3601 Beacon Avenue
16: 6846 Oswego Place
17: 1020 East 50th Street
26: 8201 10th Avenue South
27: 6210 13th Avenue South
28: 5968 Rainier Avenue
29: 2127 Ferry Avenue
30: 2931 Winthrope
32: 4321 West Alaska Street
33: 10235 62nd South
34: 633 32nd Avenue N.
36: 2219 W. Spokane St.
37: 7300 35th Ave SW
38: 5501 33rd Ave NE
The collection is arranged in numerical order by station number.
Records are open to the public.
[Item and date], Seattle Fire Department Station House Records, Record
Series 2801-05. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Seattle
(Wash.). Fire Dept.
Seattle
(Wash.).--Politics and government
Fire stations--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Fire stations--Maintenance
and repair--Washington (State)--Seattle
Architecture
Seattle
Photographs
Architectural Drawings
Photographic
prints
Architectural
drawings
Correspondence
Memorandums
Fire
fighters--Washington (State)--Seattle
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Seattle Fire Department Station
House Records
1903-1984
1/1
Building Department
Correspondence
1908-1924
1/2
Building Department
Correspondence
1925-1931
1/3
Building Department
Correspondence
1960-1965
1/4
Fire Alarm
Headquarters
1908-1962
1/5
Fire Apparatus Maintenance
Shop (includes architectural drawings)
1971-1977
1/6
Station No. 1
1909-1937
1/7
Station No. 2 -- WISHA
Citation
1976-1977
1/8
Station No. 2 - Inspection
and Maintenance
1967-1975
2/1
Station No. 2
1904-1930
2/2
Station No. 2
1931-1952
2/3
Station No. 2
1953-1963
2/4
Station No. 2
1964-1983
2/5
Station No. 3
1978
2/6
Station No. 4 - Planning
(includes photographs)
1969-1971
2/7
Station No. 4 - Includes
vicinity plan
1971-1975
2/8
New Fire Station No. 4
[includes photographs]
1970-1983
3/1
Station No. 4 -- Land
Acquisition
1964-1984
3/2
Station No. 4 -- Misc.
Drawings, etc. [photographs and architectural drawings)
1966-1968
3/3
Station No. 5
1911-1934
3/4
Station No. 5
1936-1972
3/5
Station No. 5
1959-1972
3/6
Station No. 5
1969-1975
4/1
Station No. 5
(new)
1970-1973
4/2
Station No. 5
1966-1983
4/3
Station No. 5 Float [includes
architectural drawings]
1975-1983
4/4
Station 5-1
1959-1960
4/5
Station No. 6 (includes
photographs)
1911-1979
4/6
Station No. 6 - Inspection
and Repair (includes architectural drawings)
1968-1975
4/7
Station No. 7
1908-1968
4/8
Station No. 8
(new)
1963-1970
4/9
Station No. 8
1908-1980
4/10
Station No. 8 - Inspection
and Repair
1969-1975
5/1
Station No. 9 (includes
photographs)
1910-1983
5/2
Station No. 9 - Inspection
and Repair
1969-1975
5/3
Station No. 9-1 - Crown
Hill
1955-1973
5/4
Station No. 10 (includes 1928
specifications)
1903-1950
5/5
Fire Station No.
10
1928-1938
5/6
Station No. 10
1938-1958
5/7
Station No. 10
1961-1982
6/1
Station No. 10
1963-1968
6/2
Station No. 10
1966-1975
6/3
Station No. 10
1971
6/4
New Fire Station N.
10
1974-1979
6/5
Station No. 10 -
Heating
1932-1969
6/6
Station No. 10 -- Elevator
File
1974
6/7
Station No. 10 -- Violations
and Appeal [includes photos]
1976-1977
6/8
Station No. 10 -- WISHA
citation
1976-1977
6/9
Station No. 11
1912-1971
7/1
Station No. 11 (includes
appraisal)
1968-1972
7/2
Station No. 11 (includes
architectural drawings)
1969-1971
7/3
Station No. 11 (includes
photographs)
1970-1978
7/4
Station No. 12 (includes
photograph)
1912-1971
7/5
Station No. 12 - Inspection
and Repair
1969-1971
7/6
Station No. 13
1910-1978
8/1
Station No. 13 - Inspection
and Repair
1968-1975
8/2
Station No. 14 [includes
blueprint]
1907-1937
8/3
Station No. 14
1938-1982
8/4
Station No. 14 (to
accommodate 19)
1966-1967
8/5
Station No. 14 - Maintenance
and Repair (includes plans for addition)
1969-1971
8/6
Station No. 14 -
Repair
1971-1977
8/7
Station No. 15
1909-1972
9/1
Station No. 15 - 1933 Minor
Ave. - Maintenance (includes photographs and architectural drawings by Fred B.
Stephen)
1951-1972
9/2
Station No. 16
1907-1981
9/3
Station No. 16 - Inspection
and Repair
1968-1975
9/4
Station No. 17
1939-1984
9/5
Station No. 17
1907-1962
9/6
Station No. 17 - Inspection
and Repair
1968-1975
9/7
Station No. 18 - Includes
1910 architectural drawings and photograph
1969-1973
10/1
Station No. 18
1909-1955
10/2
Station No. 18
1955-1974
10/3
New Fire Station No.
18
1968-1971
10/4
New Fire Station No.
18
1972-1981
10/5
Station No. 19
1907-1963
10/6
Station No. 19 [includes
property appraisal]
1966-1970
10/7
Station No. 19 -
Planning
1969-1972
11/1
Station No. 19 - S. Spokane
St
1971-1975
11/2
Station No. 19
1971-1979
11/3
Station No. 19 (includes
polaroid photographs)
1976-1981
11/4
Station No. 19 -- Corres. Re:
replacement due to WS bridge
1980
11/5
Station No. 19 -- Removal for
bridge
1979-1980
11/6
Station No. 20
1909-1974
11/7
Station No. 20 - Inspection
and Repair
1969-1975
11/8
Station No. 21
1909-1981
11/9
Station No. 21 - Inspection
and Repair
1909-1981
12/1
Station No. 22
1908-1970
12/2
Station No. 22
1957-1979
12/3
Station No. 22 - Inspection
and Repair
1969-1975
12/4
Station No. 24
1954-1983
12/5
Station No. 24 - American La
France Elevated Platform
1968-1970
12/6
Station No. 24 - Planning
(includes property appraisal)
1969-1975
12/7
Station No. 25
1908-1952
12/8
Station No. 25
1941-1973
13/1
Station No. 25 (includes
property appraisal)
1963-1969
13/2
Station No. 25 -
dedication
1969-1970
13/3
Station No. 25 (includes
photographs)
1970-1971
13/4
Station No. 25 -
Drapes
1971-1973
13/5
Station No. 25 - Inspection
and Repair
1971-1977
13/6
Station No. 25
1970-1981
13/7
Station No. 26 -- Sawdust
Fire
1937-1944
13/7
Station No. 26
1911-1962
13/9
New Fire Station No.
26
1968-1981
14/1
Station No. 26 - Planning
(includes photographs)
1971-1972
14/2
Station No. 26 - Maintenance
(includes photograph)
1971-1975
14/3
Station No. 27
1910-1972
14/4
Station No. 27 -
Architectural Drawings and Photographs
1968
14/5
Station No. 27 -
Planning
1968-1971
14/6
Station No. 27 -
Bell
1970
14/7
Station No. 27 (includes
photographs)
1968-1976
14/8
Station No. 27 - Inspection
and Repair
1970-1975
15/1
Station No. 28
1911-1979
15/2
Station No. 28 - Inspection
and Repair
1963-1971
15/3
Station No. 28 - Inspection
and Repair
1970-1975
15/4
Station No. 29
1909-1969
15/5
Station No. 29 - includes
property appraisal
1968-1971
15/6
Station No. 29
1968-1971
15/7
Station No. 29 - includes
photographs
1969-1981
15/8
Station No. 29 - Inspection
and Repair (includes photograph)
1970-1975
16/1
Station No. 30 - includes
alteration plans
1913-1980
16/2
Station No. 30 - inspection
and repair
1971-1975
16/3
Station No. 31
1946-1975
16/4
Station No. 31 - Planning -
includes photographs
1963-1973
16/5
New Fire Station No. 31
[includes appraisal report]
1967-1972
16/6
Station No. 31 - Planning-(
includes slides, architectural drawings)
1972-1975
16/7
New Fire Station No.
31
1973-1984
17/1
Station No. 32
1913-1973
17/2
Station No. 32
1964-1968
17/3
Station No. 32 ( includes
photographs)
1970-1979
17/4
Station No. 33
1913-1951
17/5
Station No. 33
1952-1973
17/6
Station No. 33 - Construction
and Maintenance
1969-1975
17/7
Station No. 33 -
Planning
1970-1972
17/8
New Fire Station No.
33
1968-1983
18/1
Station No. 34
1914-1972
18/2
Station No. 34 - Planning -
includes photographs and architectural drawings
1968-1970
18/3
Station No. 34 - includes
photographs
1971
18/4
Station No. 34 -- Inspection
and Repair
1971-1975
18/5
Station No. 34 - includes
property appraisal
1969-1979
18/6
Station No. 35
1908-1968
18/7
Station No. 35 -- Inspection
and Repair
1970-1975
19/1
Station No. 36
1926-1959
19/2
Station No. 36 (includes
photograph)
1960-1972
19/3
New Station No. 36 [includes
appraisal]
1967-1970
19/4
Station No. 36
1967-1972
19/5
Station No. 36 - Inspection
and Repair
1972-1975
19/6
New Station No.
36
1971-1984
19/7
Station No. 37
1909-1978
19/8
Station No. 37 [Inspection
and Repair]
1970-1975
19/9
Station No. 38
1931-1953
19/10
Station No. 38
1954-1959
20/1
Station No. 38 (includes
specifications)
1930-1967
20/2
Station No. 38 - Inspection
and Repair
1970-1975
20/3
Station No. 38
1977-1979
20/4
Station No. 39
1929-1971
20/5
Station No. 39
1954-1977
20/6
Station No. 39
1972-1975
20/7
Station No. 39
1970-1975
20/8
Station No. 40
1929-1981
20/9
Station No. 40
1967-1968
20/10
Station No. 41 -(includes
architectural drawings)
1931-1953
20/11
Station No. 41
1954-1974
20/12
Station No. 41 - Inspection
and Repair
1970-1975
21/1
New Fire Station No.
42
1972-1973
21/2
Services Facility
1950-1963
21/3
Services Facility
1970-1972