King County, Washington
12th Avenue South Bridge
1411 Fourth Avenue Building
14th Avenue South Bridge
1600 East John Street Apartments
1926 Model Brick Home
Adair, William and Estella, Farm
Admiral's House, 13th Naval District
ADVENTURESS
Agen Warehouse
Alaska Trade Building
Allen, Horatio and Laura, Farm
Allen, John B., School
Arboretum Sewer Trestle
Arctic Building
ARTHUR FOSS (tugboat)
Assay Office
Auburn Post Office
Auburn Public Library
Aurora Avenue Bridge
Ballard Avenue Historic District
Ballard Bridge
Ballard Carnegie Library
Ballard-Howe House
Ballast Island
Ballinger, Richard A., House
Baring Bridge
Barksdale, Julian and Marajane, House
Barnes Building
Bay View Brewery
Beacon Hill School
Bell Apartments
Black Diamond Cemetery
Blomeen, Oscar, House
Boeing, William E., House
Bon Marche Department Store
Bothell Pioneer Cemetery
Bowles, Jesse C., House
Brandes House
Building No. 105, Boeing Airplane Company
Butterworth Building
Calhoun Hotel
Camlin Hotel
Camp North Bend
Century 21-Washington State Coliseum
Chase, Dr. Reuben, House
Chelsea Family Hotel
Chiarelli, James and Pat, House
Chinese Baptist Church
Chittenden Locks and Lake Washington Ship Canal
Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Priory, and School
Clise, James W., House
Cobb Building
Coliseum Theater
Colman Automotive Building
Colman Building
Colman Park & Dose Terrace Stairs
Colonial Hotel
Colonnade Hotel
Columbia City Historic District
Colvos Store
Cooper, Frank B., Elementary School
Cornish School
Covenant Beach Bible Camp
Covington Electrical Substation, Bonneville Power Administration
Cowen Park Bridge
Daughters of the American Revolution-Rainier Chapter House
De La Mar Apartments
Dearborn, Henry H., House
Dockton Hotel
Dose, Charles P. and Ida, House
Dougherty, John and Kate, Farmstead
Dr. Trueblood House
Dunn Gardens
DUWAMISH
Eagles Auditorium Building
Eddy, James G., House and Grounds
Eddy, James G., House and Grounds (Boundary Increase)
El Rio Apartment Hotel
Eng, Jim and Betty, House
Entwistles, David and Martha, House
Falls City Masonic Hall
Faust-Ryan House
Federal Office Building
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Seattle Branch
Ferry, Pierre P., House
Fir Lodge
Fire Station No. 18
Fire Station No. 23
Fire Station No. 25
First Methodist Episcopal Church
First Methodist Protestant Church of Seattle
Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant
Fort Lawton
Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist
Freeway Park
Fremont Bridge
Fremont Building
Frink Park
Gaffney's Lake Wilderness Lodge
Galland, Caroline Kline, House
Gas Works Park
Globe Building, Beebe Building and Hotel Cecil
Graham, J. S., Store
Grand Pacific Hotel
Great Northern Depot
Guiry and Schillestad Building
Harvard-Belmont District
Hawthorne Square
Highland Apartments
Hill, Samuel, House
Hjertoos, Andrew and Bergette, Farm
Hoge Building
Hollywood Farm
Holyoke Building
Home of the Good Shepherd
Hull Building
Hyde, Samuel, House
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Hall No. 148
Interlake Public School
Iron Pergola
Issaquah Depot
Issaquah Sportsmen's Club
JOHN N. COBB (fisheries research vessel)
Jovita Land Company Model Home-Corbett House
Keewaydin Clubhouse
King Street Station
Kirk, Lilly, House
Kirk, Peter, Building
Kirkland Woman's Club
Knights of Columbus Hall - Council No. 676
Kraus, Joseph, House
Lake Washington Boulevard
Lakeview School
Leamington Hotel and Apartments
Leary, Eliza Ferry, House
Lester Depot
Lewis, Hannah, House
Liggett Building
Loomis House
Lyon Building
M. V. VASHON
Magnolia Public Library
Maloney's General Store
Marsh, Louis S., House
Masonic Lodge Building
Masonic Temple-Auburn
Matzen, George and Irene, House
McGrath Cafe and Hotel-The McGrath
Medical Dental Building
Merrill, R. D., House
Messenger of Peace Chapel Car
Millionaire’s Row Historic District
Montlake Bridge
Montlake Historic District
Moore Theatre and Hotel
Mount Baker Park and Boulevard
Mount Baker Park Historic District
Mount Baker Park Improvement Club Clubhouse
Mount Baker Ridge Tunnel
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Mukai Cold Process Fruit Barrelling Plant
MV WESTWARD (Wooden Motor Vessel)
National Building
Naval Air Station (NAS) Seattle
Naval Military Hangar-University Shell House
Naval Reserve Armory
Neely, Aaron, Sr., Mansion
Neighbor-Bennett House
Nelson-Parker House
New Richmond Hotel
New Washington Hotel
Nihon Go Gakko
Nippon Kan
Norman Bridge
North Bend Ranger Station
Northern Bank and Trust Building
Northern Life Tower
Nuclear Reactor Building
Old Georgetown City Hall
Old Public Safety Building
Olson, Louis and Ellen, House
Olson, Mary, Farm
Olympic Hotel
Pacific Coast Company House No. 75
Pagani, Luigi and Aurora, House
Palmer, A.L., Building
Panama Hotel
Paramount Theatre
Park Department, Division of Playgrounds
Parsons, William, House
Patton Bridge
Phillips House
Pickering Farm
Pike Place Public Market Historic District
Pioneer Building, Pergola, and Totem Pole
Pioneer Hall
Pioneer Square-Skid Road District
Pioneer Square-Skid Road District (Boundary Increase)
Pioneer Square-Skid Road Historic District (Boundary Increase)
PIRATE (R-Class Sloop)
Point Robinson Light Station
Preston Community Clubhouse
Queen Anne Club
Queen Anne High School
Queen Anne Post Office and Regional Headquarters
Queen Anne Public School
Rainier Club
Ravenna Park Bridge
Ravenna-Cowen North Historic District
Raymond-Ogden Mansion
Rector Hotel
Redelsheimer-Ostrander House
Redmond City Park
RELIEF (lightship)
Roanoke Park Historic District
Ronald, Judge James T., House
S.S. SAN MATEO
Saint Edward Seminary
Sanders, Erick Gustave, Mansion
Schmitz Park Bridge
SCHOONER MARTHA
Sears, Joshua, Building
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle Chinatown Historic District
Seattle Electric Company Georgetown Steam Plant
Seattle Municipal Light and Power Plant
Seattle Public Library
Seattle Public Library
Seattle Public Library
Seattle Public Library
Seattle Public Library
Seattle Public Library
Seattle Yacht Club-Main Station
Seattle, Chief of the Suquamish, Statue
Selleck Historic District
Shafer Building
Shawnee House
Showboat Theatre
Shuey, Henry Owen, House
Si View Park
Sigma Kappa Mu Chapter House
Skinner Building
Skykomish Historic Commercial District
Snoqualmie Depot
Snoqualmie Falls
Snoqualmie Falls Cavity Generating Station
Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District
Snoqualmie School Campus
Sorenson House
Steen, Helmer and Selma, House
Stevens Pass Historic District
Stimson-Green House
Storey, Ellsworth, Cottages Historic District
Storey, Ellsworth, Residences
Stuart House and Gardens
Summit School
Supply Laundry Building
Temple de Hirsch
Thompson, Will H., House
Thorton, William Harper, House
Times Building
TOURIST II (auto ferry)
Tracy House
Triangle Hotel and Bar
Trinity Parish Church
Trommald Building
Tukwila School
Turner-Koepf House
U.S. Courthouse
U.S. Immigrant Station and Assay Office
U.S. Marine Hospital
Union Stables
Union Station
United Shopping Tower
University Bridge
University Heights School
University of Washington Faculty Club
US Immigration Building
USCGC FIR
Vashon Hardware Store
Victorian Apartments
Vincent School
VIRGINIA V
Volker, William, Building
Volunteer Park
Wagner Houseboat
Wallingford Fire and Police Station
Ward House
Washington Athletic Club
Washington Hall
Washington Street Public Boat Landing Facility
WAWONA (schooner)
West Point Light Station
White Center Fieldhouse and Caretaker Cottage
Wilke Farmhouse
Windham Apartments
Winters, Frederick W., House
Women's University Club of Seattle
Woodinville School
Woolworth, F.W., Company Store
Wurdemann, Harry Vanderbilt, House
Ye College Inn
Yellowstone Road, The
YWCA Building-Seattle
ZODIAC (schooner)
1890 Seattle Fire Department Bell
50th Anniversary of First Presbyterian Church of Seattle
A Route Still in Use
Admiral Way Totem Pole
Alexis Hotel / Globe Building
Anhalt Hall
Assay Office
Austin A. Bell Building
Ballard Avenue Historic District / Ballard City Hall Bell
Ballard Hardware
Ballard Livery & Transfer
Ballast Island
Barney Clark Memorial Court
Beebe Building
Bell Street Bridge
Bell Street Terminal, Pier 66
Belltown Pan
Birthplace of United Parcel Service
Boeing Field
Boeing's Lake Union Seaplane Hangar
Broadway High School
Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman (Sub Pop Records)
Burke Building Remnants
Cannabis City - Seattle's First Pot Shop
Carkeek Park
Carson D. Boren
Celebration Rose Garden
Chief Seattle
Chinese American Soldiers Memorial
Chopard Block
Chrysler Building
Colman Building
Colman Dock
Colonial Hotel
Cors and Wegener Building
Crystal Pool
De La Mar Apartments
Eagle Building
Earl Layman Street Clock
Early Skykomish
Elda Behm's Paradise Garden
Emil Fredreksen Memorial
Enquist Block
Everett G. DuPen
Exchange Building
Father William Sullivan
Fire Bell No. 4
First Avenue
First Post Office in Seattle
First Presbyterian Church Cornerstone
First Presbyterian Church of Seattle World War II Memorial
First Presbyterian Church of Seattle World War Memorial
First School in Seattle
First Seattle Log Cabin
Fisher Building
Foster Landing at Foster Homestead
Fremont Bridge
Fremont Saloon
G.B. Sanborn Building
George Ward House
George Washington
Gerard Schwarz
Grand Central Hotel
Grand Pacific Hotel
Great Northern Tunnel
Guiry/Schillestad Buildings
Halverson's Dry Goods
Hansen Building
Hiram M. Chittenden Locks
How Big Was Japantown?
How Did Fire Forge the City?
How Did Water Become Land?
Indians Attack Seattle! Jan. 26, 1856
Information Booth
Interurban Building
Interurban Building
Japanese American Remembrance Garden
John Harte McGraw
Joseph Foster Tree
Joshua Greene
Junction Building
King Street Station
Kings St. Coal Wharf - Skinner & Eddy Shipyards - Site of Hooverville
Kutzner Block
Lenin in Fremont
Lou Grahams Sporting House
L'Amourita
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Park
Matthes Block
Mayer Plaza
Maynard Building
Medal of Honor Memorial
Merchants Cafe
Mural at Bergen Place
Mutual Life Building
National Rosie the Riveter Memorial Rose Garden
Naval Training Station Seattle
Olsen Furniture
Original Site of the University of Washington
Owl Saloon
Palmer Building
Pantages House
Paul G. Allen & Bill Gates
Pioneer Building
Pioneer Square Historic District
POW/MIA Memorial Plaza
Princess Hotel
Red Brick Road
Salt Water State Park
Salvation Army Site
Scandinavian-American Bank
Schwabachers Store
Scion of the Washington Elm
Seattle Chinatown Gate
Seattle Fisherman's Memorial
Seattle's Pioneers - The Maples
Seattles First Pier
Seike Japanese Garden
Site of the Smaller Fort
Site of University of Washington
Site of Yeslers Pavilion
Smith and Squire Buildings
Smith Tower
Snowsheds Needed Solid Support
Snowsheds Protected the Railway
Speakeasy Café
Start of Seattle Fire Site
Steamer Idaho Wreckage
Supply Laundry Building
The Ballard Avenue Landmark District Historic Marker Project
The Baroness Hotel
The Broderick Building
The Brooklyn Building
The Curtiss Building
The First Commercial Monorail in the United States
The First Presbyterian Church of Seattle, Washington
The Freedom Shrine
The Fremont Troll
The Future Is On the Wing
The Gessner Mansion
The Goldsmith Building
The Holyoke Building
The Old Shell House
The Paramount Theatre
The Pioneer Square Pergola
The Reverend George Whitworth Grave
The Saar Pioneer Cemetery
The Seattle Public Library
The St. Charles Apartments
The Victory Garden
The Visit of President Theodore Roosevelts Great White Fleet
The White Chapel District
Theisen Block
Triangle Hotel and Bar
Trinity Parish Church
Twin Tunnels Bored Through Granite
Union Station
United Confederate Veterans Memorial
UPS - Celebrating 100 years of Service
Victory Square
Vision
Waterfront History
Welcome to The Public Market
Westlake and Dexter Historic Shelter
What do you need to rush for gold?
White Front and St. Paul Saloons
Why Are the Piers Angled?
Wildwood Station Rainier Avenue Historic Shelter
Women's University Club of Seattle
You're Now a Part of History
"This Market Is Yours"
"Ton of Gold"
Miike Maru
Great White Fleet
In the mid-19th century, European settlers arrived in the area, attracted by the vast timber resources and potential for agriculture. As more settlers arrived, the population grew, and the community of Seattle was established in 1851. The County was named after Vice President William R. King, who served under President Franklin Pierce.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the region experienced significant economic growth, largely due to the timber industry and the Klondike Gold Rush. Seattle became a major transportation hub, connecting the Pacific Northwest to the rest of the country through railroad and shipping routes. The city also saw the emergence of industries such as fishing, shipbuilding, and manufacturing.
In the mid-20th century, King County became a major center for technology and aerospace industries. Companies like Boeing and Microsoft found their roots in the region, leading to a population boom and economic prosperity. Today, King County is known for its vibrant city life in Seattle with its thriving arts and culture scene, renowned coffee culture, and a hub for technology and innovation. The county also offers an abundance of natural beauty with its mountains, lakes, and national parks, making it a popular destination for outdoor enthusiasts.
Brief timeline of the history of King County, Washington:
- 1852 - King County is established as a county in the Washington Territory
- 1853 - Seattle is founded as a town in King County
- 1872 - The Great Seattle Fire destroys much of downtown Seattle
- 1889 - The Great Seattle Fire of 1889 leads to the city's rapid rebuilding using brick and stone instead of wood
- 1912 - The opening of the Lake Washington Ship Canal connects Lake Washington and Puget Sound
- 1962 - Seattle hosts the Century 21 Exposition, also known as the Seattle World's Fair
- 1970 - The Boeing Company becomes a major employer in King County
- 1990 - King County surpasses the one million population mark
- 2001 - The Nisqually earthquake causes damage in parts of King County
- 2007 - The opening of the Link light rail system, the first in the county
This timeline provides a concise overview of the key events in the history of King County, Washington.