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Item Title
Fort Lawton, Administration Building, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA
LocationDiscovery Park,
Seattle, WA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS WA-150-A
Building/structure dates:
1902 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1942 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1906 subsequent work
Significance: The first post administration buildings, designed for a one-company post. Commands a strategic hillside view of original post, parade ground, Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains. Completed April 24, 1902, from Quartermaster General's Office (QMGO) Plan No. 122A. Original cost: $4,077. Dimensions of original: 40' x 32'. Two-story and partial basement frame structure on brick foundation. Lapped cedar siding. Slate gable roof with two corbelled cap chimneys at either gable end. Double-panelled entrance door with transom. Six-over-six light, double-hung sash, "Palladian" windows in attic gables. Full-width front porch with standing seam metal roof, square posts, pipe railings. Central hall plan.
Subjects
Military Art & ScienceWooden BuildingsAdministration Buildings
Related Names
U.S. Department Of The Army
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. SOUTHWEST (PRINCIPAL) FRONT, TAKEN FROM WEST. WING IS WORLD WAR II ADDITION AND IS NOT PART OF DISTRICT
2. SOUTHWEST (PRINCIPAL) FRONT, TAKEN FROM SOUTH
3. NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST SIDES, TAKEN FROM EAST
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