Overview of the Collection
Historical NoteA 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. Content DescriptionThis record series contains information about the physical structures and maintenance of the Seattle Fire Department station houses. Included are correspondence, memoranda, maintenance requests, architectural drawings, and photographs. Although the series deals primarily with the maintenance of the station houses, the records also contain some correspondence related to personnel or community relations issues. Planning for new station houses is included for some of the stations. Correspondence ranges from issues such as fire horse manure piles to broken windows and includes a large body of correspondence related to leaking roofs, living quarters furnishings, and furnaces. Thefts and personnel issues constitute a smaller portion of correspondence. The files are organized by station house number as designated by the Fire Department. Other Descriptive InformationStation 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 Use of the Collection
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Records are open to the public. Preferred Citation :[Item and date], Seattle Fire Department Station House Records, Record Series 2801-05. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives. Administrative InformationDetailed Description of the CollectionThe following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
SubjectsThis 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.
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