Seattle Municipal Archives
PO Box 94728
600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3
Seattle, WA 98124-4728
Phone: 206/233-7807
Email: archives@seattle.gov
http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives
9123
Georgetown
(Seattle, Wash.)
City of Georgetown Records
1903-1910
4.3 cubic ft.
2 boxes and 7 volumes
Records of the City of Georgetown,
annexed by Seattle in 1910. The records date from 1903-1910 and include city
council minutes, ordinances, petitions, contracts, resolutions, local
improvement files, and property ownership records.
Collection materials are in
English.
Georgetown City Hall, 1910. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Historical Note
The City of Georgetown was incorporated in January 1904 as a city of the
third class. The City was divided into six wards with one person from each
elected to City Council for a two-year term. One at-large councilperson was
elected for a one-year term. The mayor was elected for a one-year term.
Other City officials included an attorney, clerk, treasurer, health
officer, marshal, police judge, engineer, and superintendent of streets. The
latter was appointed by the mayor and confirmed by Council and had the
responsibility of overseeing the repairing, cleaning, grading, and extension of
streets, gutters, sidewalks, and sewers. Street improvements were by far the
primary focus of municipal activity.
The City contracted with the Georgetown Water Company for its municipal
water supply. Electrical and street railway services were contracted for with
the Snoqualmie Falls and White River Power Company (1904) and the Seattle
Electric Company (1906).
The movement for annexation to the City of Seattle began in 1906 but did
not gain significant support until 1909. Following presentation of a petition
for an annexation vote, a special election was held on March 29, 1910. The
annexation proposition passed with 389 votes in favor and 238 opposed. The City
of Georgetown was officially consolidated with Seattle on April 4, 1910. It was
the last of the small incorporated cities to be annexed to Seattle.
Georgetown was served by two Mayors: John Muller (1904-1909) and Auburn
Slocum (1910).
The City of Georgetown Records, 1903-1910, include Council minutes,
ordinances, resolutions, correspondence, City officials' reports, petitions,
contracts, and local improvement files. Of particular interest are the property
ownership records which provide the name and address of the owners of lots in
specific additions in the City.
The records of the City of Georgetown are arranged in four series:
Series I: Council Minutes (9123-01)
Series II: Ordinances (9123-02)
Series III: City Clerk's Files (9123-03)
Series IV: Demands and Warrants (9123-04)
Records are open to the public.
[Item and date], City of Georgetown Records, Record Series 9123-[xx].
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.
Georgetown
(Seattle, Wash.)--Politics and government
Seattle
(Wash.)--Politics and government
Annexation (Municipal
government)--Washington (State)--Seattle
City councils--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Civic
improvement--Washington (State)--Seattle
Government and Politics
City and Town Life
Seattle
Minutes
Ordinances
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series I (9123-01)
Council Minutes
1904-1910
2 volumes
Proceedings of the Georgetown City Council.
1
Minutes
1904-1908
2
Minutes
1908-1910
Series II (9123-02)
Ordinances
1904-1910
3 volumes
Ordinances passed by the Georgetown City Council.
1
Ordinances 1-202
1904-1910
2
Ordinances
203-408
1904-1910
3
Ordinances
409-541
1904-1910
Series III (9123-03)
City Clerk's Files
1904-1910
2.0 cubic ft.
Administrative records of Georgetown filed with the City Clerk.
Includes bids and proposals, specifications, correspondence, city officials'
reports, franchises, petitions, and oaths of office. The bulk of the records
relate to local improvements, extension of city services, and franchise
administration.
1/1
City of Georgetown:
Applications, Employment
1904-1909
1/2
Applications, Pool Room
Licenses
1904-1908
1/3
Auditing, Uniform Accounting
Act
1908-1909
1/4
Bids and
Proposals
1904-1910
1/5
Bids and Proposals,
Auditing
1907-1909
1/6
Bids and Proposals, City
Hall
1904-1909
1/7
Bonds, Official
1904-1909
1/8
City Attorney,
Correspondence and Legal Opinion
1904-1910
1/9
City Clerk,
Correspondence
1904-1910
1/10
City Clerk, Notices of
Street Vacations
1907-1909
1/11
City Clerk,
Reports
1904-1909
1/12
City Council, Committee
Reports/Bonds and Salary
1904-1910
1/13
City Council, Committee
Reports/Buildings and Grounds
1904-1910
1/14
City Council, Committee
Reports/Committee as a Whole
1909
1/15
City Council, Committee
Reports/Finance
1905-1910
1/16
City Council, Committee
Reports/Fire, Water, and Light
1904-1909
1/17
City Council, Committee
Reports/Franchise
1905-1910
1/18
City Council, Committee
Reports/Licenses
1904-1909
1/19
City Council, Committee
Reports/Police
1904-1909
1/20
City Council, Committee
Reports/Printing
1906-1909
1/21
City Council, Committee
Reports/Rules
1906-1909
1/22
City Council, Committee
Reports/Sewers
1909
1/23
City Council, Committee
Reports/Special
1905-1907
1/24
City Council, Committee
Reports/Streets
1904-1910
1/25
City Engineer,
Correspondence
1906-1910
1/26
City Engineer,
Reports
1905-1910
1/27
City Treasurer,
Correspondence
1907-1910
1/28
City Treasurer,
Reports
1904-1909
1/29
Claims Against
City
1904-1909
1/30
Claims Against City, Dillard
Case
1906-1907
1/31
Claims Against City, Marino
Case
1907-1908
1/32
Condemnation
1908-1910
1/33
Contracts and
Bonds
1908-1910
1/34
Correspondence
1904-1910
1/35
Correspondence, Street
Lights
1904-1907
1/36
Court Judgements
1906-1910
1/37
Elections, Affidavits of
Publication
1906-1908
1/38
Elections, Campaign
Expenditures
1904-1909
1/39
Elections, Certificates of
Votes Cast
1905-1908
1/40
Elections, Declarations of
Candidacy
1907-1909
1/41
Elections, Notices and
Ballots
1906-1910
1/42
Franchises
1903-1910
1/43
Franchises, Oregon and
Washington Railroad
1907-1908
1/44
Franchises, Pacific States
Telephone and Telegraph Company
1905-1906
1/45
Franchises, Seattle Electric
Company
1904-1909
1/46
Franchises, Seattle Lighting
Company
1907-1910
1/47
Franchises, Sunset Telephone
and Telegraph Company
1904-1909
1/48
Health Officer,
Correspondence
1907-1909
1/49
Health Officer,
Reports
1905-1910
1/50
License and
Bond/Liquor
1908-1909
1/51
Mayor's Communications to
City Council
1904-1908
1/52
Oaths of Office
1904-1910
2/1
Petitions,
Annexation
1906-1910
2/2
Petitions,
General
1904-1909
2/3
Petitions, Liquor and
Saloons
1904-1909
2/4
Petitions, Name
Changes
1905-1910
2/5
Petitions,
Protests
1905-1909
2/6
Petitions, Protests Against
Street Improvements
1907-1910
2/7
Petitions, Rainier Valley
Fire Protection
1904-1907
2/8
Petitions, Street
Improvements
1904-1907
2/9
Petitions, Street
Lights
1904-1910
2/10
Petitions, Street
Vacations
1906-1909
2/11
Petitions,
Undetermined
1904-1910
2/12
Police Judge,
Reports
1904-1910
2/13
Poundmaster,
Reports
1904-1908
2/14
Property
Ownership
1904-1909
2/15
Railroad Viaduct, Alki
Street
1909
2/16
Rainier Valley Volunteer
Fire Department No. 2
1905-1910
2/17
Requests
1904-1910
2/18
Request for
Construction
1904-1910
2/19
Resignations
1904-1910
2/20
Resolutions
1907-1910
2/21
Seattle Brewing And Malting
Company
1904-1910
2/22
Sewer Construction,
Sub-Sewer No. 1
1906-1907
2/23
Street Improvements, A
Street
1907-1908
2/24
Street Improvements, Bateman
Street
1904-1909
2/25
Street Improvements, Brandon
Street
1906
2/26
Street Improvements,
Cemetery Road
1905-1909
2/27
Street Improvements,
Charleston Avenue
1904-1907
2/28
Street Improvements,
Commercial Street
1905-1909
2/29
Street Improvements, Corgiat
Street
1905-1909
2/30
Street Improvements, County
Road
1906
2/31
Street Improvements, Estelle
Street
1904-1906
2/32
Street Improvements, French
Avenue
1908
2/33
Street Improvements, Front
Avenue
1908-1909
2/34
Street Improvements, Howard
Street
1904-1910
2/35
Street Improvements, Mabel
Street
1905-1909
2/36
Street Improvements, Monroe
Street
1904-1907
2/37
Street Improvements, Nora
Avenue
1905-1908
2/38
Street Improvements,
Northwest District
1905-1908
2/39
Street Improvements, Rainier
Avenue
1904-1910
2/40
Street Improvements,
Ridgeway Avenue
1907-1910
2/41
Street Improvements,
Roosevelt Avenue, et. al.
1907-1910
2/42
Street Improvements, Stehman
Street, et. al.
1905-1907
2/43
Superintendent of Streets,
Correspondence
1904-1908
2/44
Superintendent of Streets,
Monthly Reports
1904-1908
2/45
Taxes, Statements of King
County Treasurer
1904-1910
2/46
Title Abstracts
1906-1908
Series IV (9123-04)
Demands and Warrants
1904-1910
2 volumes
Financial demands against the city of Georgetown for services
rendered. Includes name of claimant, date of claim, amount, reasons for demand,
warrant number, date warrant issued, and amount. Volume Two is embossed with
the title Synoptic Journal and Cash Book.
1
Demands and
Warrants
1904-1908
2
Demands and
Warrants
1908-1910