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Seattle, Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Mercer Island, Bainbridge Island, Vashon Island: Original statewide area code until 1957, when area code 509 was created for Eastern Washington. Further splits in 1995 to create area code 360 for most of Western Washington, and 1997 to form area codes 253 and 425. 564 will be added to the 206 area in 2025. 509
Seattle. New York City: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-01875-3. Kim, Jae Yeon. "Racism is not enough: Minority coalition building in San Francisco, Seattle, and Vancouver." Studies in American Political Development 34.2 (2020): 195-215. online; Klingle, Matthew W. Emerald City: an Environmental History of Seattle (Yale University Press, 2008).
The Seattle Municipal Archive accepted US$100,000 from the National Archives and Records Administration to process records. [ 3 ] By 2002 many of the archives photographs from before the 1930s had begun to deteriorate and the archival budget did not allow for all of them to be digitized to contemporary quality standards for archives. [ 4 ]
Location of Seattle in King County and Washington. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Seattle, Washington.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the city of Seattle, Washington, United States.
The City of Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board is responsible for designating and preserving structures of historical importance in Seattle, Washington. The board recommends actions to the Seattle City Council, which fashions these into city ordinances with the force of law. The board is part of the city's Department of Neighborhoods. [1]
Seattle annexed eight municipalities between 1905 and 1910, nearly doubling the area size of the city. Annexations by law were begun by the annexee and had to be approved by the Seattle City Council. The appeal of the inexpensive and accessible electric power and water system services of the public utilities were the primary motivations for the ...
Historic Seattle is a Seattle, Washington public development authority focused on preserving Seattle's architectural heritage. [1] [2] For many years, they issued a monthly online magazine, Preservation Seattle [3] and are involved in advocacy and education. [1] As a public development authority, Historic Seattle is a government-owned ...
Founded in 1998, the History House of Greater Seattle is a historical museum dedicated to the history and heritage of Seattle and its neighborhoods. History House of Greater Seattle is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization. It is supported by foundations, grants from the City of Seattle and King County, and tax-deductible donations from the public.