Site Report 3
![Real property survey, Seattle, Washington, 1939-40 [electronic resource] : Work Projects Administration project number 3272. Vol. II, Graphic analysis / report prepared by Allen R. Potter, project technician, [and] Harold B. Scovell, W.P.A. supervisor.](https://courses.washington.edu/hstaa208/files/fullsize/57a9443fd8fdad460a1830a56cd8ab6a.jpg "Real property survey, Seattle, Washington, 1939-40 [electronic resource] : Work Projects Administration project number 3272. Vol. II, Graphic analysis / report prepared by Allen R. Potter, project technician, [and] Harold B. Scovell, W.P.A. supervisor.")
Close up of Age of Structure Map of Seattle. University District (Seattle, WA). Made in 1940. Real Property Survey, Seatte, Washington.
![Real property survey, Seattle, Washington, 1939-40 [electronic resource] : Work Projects Administration project number 3272. Vol. II, Graphic analysis / report prepared by Allen R. Potter, project technician, [and] Harold B. Scovell, W.P.A. supervisor.](https://courses.washington.edu/hstaa208/files/fullsize/573b01871fcc35c1d17ed3179eaa3711.jpg "Real property survey, Seattle, Washington, 1939-40 [electronic resource] : Work Projects Administration project number 3272. Vol. II, Graphic analysis / report prepared by Allen R. Potter, project technician, [and] Harold B. Scovell, W.P.A. supervisor.")
Close up of the Key of Age of Structure Map of Seattle. Puget Sound Area (Seattle, WA). Made in 1940. Real Property Survey, Seattle, Washington.
Seattle Fire Department No. 17. on 44th Ave. NE. University District (Seattle, WA). Taken in 1916. Last Resort Fire Department.
Audio recording or Site Report #3. Made on February 16, 2017. Justin Williams
Report: Audio Tour
It all started when the university decided to move to its current location. There was pretty much nothing here until the university moved here and since then it still just continues to grow and grow. Sure the university moved here in 1895 but that doesn't mean so did everything else surrounding it. Like any other newly developed area, it all has to start somewhere. Once the university had its permanent location, the surrounding area had to start growing into its own community. Most of the surrounding area didn’t start to grow until these two things happened. One the University Park was made and ,two, the Alaskan-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was held on the UW campus (seattle.gov). Both of these things caused a boom in the communities development from the 1910s into the 1920s. Since the only way to get information back then was through libraries, the district needed its own library. Thats when in 1910 they opened the Seattle Public Library University Branch. Learning from the wooden Yesler Mansion they knew they had to build it to be fireproof, which they ended up doing. One part of this actual block that has the most history is the Seattle Fire Department No. 17 building. It used to be at 44th Ave. NE and Roosevelt Way from 1905 to 1929 and then moved to its current spot on 52nd St. NE (seattle.gov). Once the area had some of the basics put in place, the area’s businesses and family housing started to slowly show up. The area first had streetcar accessibility but later changed to just cars. The whole U District has seen a lot of changes, including the block between Roosevelt Way NE and 11th Ave NE, and 50th St. NE and 52nd St. NE. This area will only continuously develop and evolve.