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Snohomish County Courthouse

Snohomish County Courthouse
General information
TypeCourthouse
Architectural styleMission
Address3021 Wetmore Avenue
Everett, Washington
Opened1911
OwnerSnohomish County
Height
Roof38 feet (12 m)
Technical details
MaterialStucco
Floor count2
Design and construction
Architect(s)August F. Heide and Carl Siebrand
Snohomish County Courthouse
LocationEverett, Washington
Arealess than one acre
Built1910
ArchitectSiebrand and Heide
Architectural styleMission
NRHP reference No.75001870
Added to NRHPDecember 6, 1975
References
[1]

The Snohomish County Courthouse is a historic building and courthouse in Everett, Washington, the county seat of Snohomish County.

History

From 1861 to 1896, the county seat and county government of Snohomish County was based in the city of Snohomish. An election was held on November 6, 1894, to decide whether to move the county seat to Everett, a growing city with better sea and road access.

The courthouse in Snohomish, which had been built in 1891 for $24,000, was converted into a home for the Puget Sound Academy and later the Snohomish High School. The two-store structure was demolished in 1938 after it was condemned as unsafe by federal officials.[2]

  • County seat moved from Snohomish to Everett in 1896, amid controversy[3][4]
  • July 1895: Appeal reaches Supreme Court, regarding canvassing board not accepting votes; Snohomish declares its victory[5][6]
  • December 1896: Superior Court decision validates outcome of election and moves county seat[7]
  • January 1897: Records moved to a "party like atmosphere" in Everett
First courthouse
  • Built in French Chateau style of un-reinforced masonry
  • Opened on February 1, 1898[1]
  • Land donated by Everett Land Company (Block 716)[1]
  • 1908: 2-story brick annex on north end added
  • 1909-08-02: Fire destroys wooden roof of courthouse[8]
Current courthouse[9]
  • Built on foundations of old courthouse, design from same architect (Heide)
  • Opened January 1911
  • NRHP listed in 1975 after nomination by State Advisory Council on Historic Preservation[10]
Renovations and additions
  • 1952: County clerk office on east side and offices on south side (Pacific), destroying two walls
  • 1967: Addition of five-story, 10-courtroom building on Wall Street (third wall destroyed, last remaining at plaza)
  • 2000: $130 million renovation or demolition proposed[11]
  • 2007: Dome repaired at cost of $360,000 with state grant[12][13]
Replacement
  • 2008 study estimates cost of new courthouse at $169 million[14]
  • 2012: County Council votes to renovate courthouse for $68 million[15]
  • 2013-11-25: County Council approves $150 million proposal to build new 8-story courthouse on nearby parking lot at Wall & Oakes to open in 2016/2017[16]
  • Design: 8 stories, 253,000 sqft, primarily steel structure, three levels of segregated circulation, designed by Heery International[17][18] (replaced ZGF)[19]
  • On hold since 2015 over cost, location and parking displacement[20]
  • Key issue in 2015 executive election
  • 2016-06: County Council votes to renovate 1967 building for $63 million instead of build replacement[21]
  • 2018-03: Demolition begins[22]
  • June 2021: Construction complete; ribbon-cutting on July 8[23]

Architecture

  • Mission Style
    • Similar to Great Northern railroad station at Bond Street (built 1910)
  • Stucco exterior on top of reinforced concrete
  • Clock tower
  • Roof tiles
  • Additions: Brutalist annex (1967, 6-story 116,000 sqft)

Features

  • Front plaza and stairway

References

  1. ^ a b c Potter, Elisabeth Walton (June 1975). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Snohomish County Courthouse (Report). National Park Service. with 1 photo from 1975
  2. ^ Blake, Warner (October 11, 2007). "Snohomish County Tribune supports demolition of the old county courthouse portion of Snohomish High School in an editorial on June 16, 1938". HistoryLink.
  3. ^ Humphrey, Robert (January 9, 1992). "When Everett 'stole' the county courthouse". The Seattle Times. p. F4.
  4. ^ Hastie, Thomas P.; Batey, David; Sisson, E.A.; Graham, Albert L., eds. (1906). An Illustrated History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties. Chicago: Interstate Publishing Company. pp. 290–292. LCCN 06030900. OCLC 11299996. Retrieved January 24, 2017 – via The Internet Archive.
  5. ^ http://courts.mrsc.org/washreports/012WashReport/012WashReport0420.htm
  6. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=TeE7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA189&lpg=PA189&dq=November+6,+1894+election+Snohomish+County&source=bl&ots=YSKwubCPLt&sig=hmIKZWCYDMeUzpf4S60VY3d3MZQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjx5NmNlfPRAhVE92MKHeLRBoIQ6AEINTAG#v=onepage&q=November%206%2C%201894%20election%20Snohomish%20County&f=false
  7. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=O0pNAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA275&ots=yhcq4pWNzp&dq=%22Snohomish%20County%22%20Everett%20seat%20December%201896&pg=PA274#v=onepage&q&f=false
  8. ^ Riddle, Margaret (August 16, 2006). "Fire destroys the Snohomish County Courthouse in Everett on August 2, 1909". HistoryLink.
  9. ^ O'Donnell, Jack C. (December 3, 2011). "Snohomish County Courthouse (1911), Everett". HistoryLink.
  10. ^ "13 historic sites to be considered". The Seattle Times. August 17, 1975. p. C8.
  11. ^ Brooks, Diane (June 13, 2000). "Historic buildings' fate at stake". The Seattle Times. p. B1.
  12. ^ https://www.heraldnet.com/news/dome-back-to-former-glory/
  13. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-county-to-repair-histor/140625248/
  14. ^ Haglund, Noah (February 2, 2013). "County officials decide new court building best option". The Everett Herald.
  15. ^ Haglund, Noah (November 19, 2012). "County Council OKs tax increase to bolster budget". The Everett Herald.
  16. ^ Barley, Nancy (November 26, 2013). "Snohomish County in line for new courthouse". The Seattle Times. p. B1.
  17. ^ Minnick, Benjamin (April 16, 2015). "Snohomish County picks site for its new $162M courthouse". Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce.
  18. ^ Haglund, Noah (June 4, 2015). "County courthouse architect goes with more modern design". The Everett Herald. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016.
  19. ^ Haglund, Noah (July 31, 2014). "County changes architects on courthouse project". The Everett Herald. Archived from the original on October 30, 2015.
  20. ^ Haglund, Noah (August 30, 2015). "Cost overruns, location, parking needs put courthouse on hold". The Everett Herald. Archived from the original on December 28, 2015.
  21. ^ Haglund, Noah (June 29, 2016). "Some judges unhappy with vote to remodel courthouse". The Everett Herald.
  22. ^ http://www.heraldnet.com/news/demolition-begins-on-buildings-acquired-for-courthouse-remodel/
  23. ^ https://www.heraldnet.com/news/the-renovated-county-courthouse-under-budget-and-now-open/

Dayton

  • Oldest railroad depot (1881); NRHP since 1975[1]
  • Oldest continuously used courthouse (1887); NRHP since 1974
Railroad depot
Courthouse
  • HistoryLink
  • Restored 1984–1993, at a cost of $1.6 million[4]
  • White stucco, topped by 22-ft tower[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Duncan, Don (October 17, 1980). "Dayton: The political Donohues and farming Broughtons are two reasons for this historic town's vitality". The Seattle Times. p. C1.
  2. ^ "Two sites in area to be under consideration as landmarks". The Seattle Times. September 1, 1974. p. C1.
  3. ^ Duncan, Don (July 23, 1995). "Hospitable little Dayton serves up some surprises". The Seattle Times. p. K1.
  4. ^ "Dayton getting new look". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. February 16, 1992. p. D4.
  5. ^ Duncan, Don (July 23, 1995). "Hospitable little Dayton serves up some surprises". The Seattle Times. p. K1.
  6. ^ Mapes, Lynda V. (August 11, 2005). "Painted ladies of Columbia County". The Seattle Times. p. G7.

Amazon HQ1

Amazon HQ1
Other name(s)Rufus 2.0
LocationDenny Triangle, Seattle, Washington
StatusUnder construction
Groundbreaking2009
Estimated completion2020
UseHeadquarters of Amazon.com
Companies
ArchitectNBBJ
OwnerAmazon.com
Technical details
Buildingsmore than 40
Leasable area8.5 million square feet (790,000 m2)
Parking3,300 stalls
No. of workers40,000
Amazon HQ1
Built2008–present
LocationSeattle, Washington, US
IndustryTechnology
Employees40,000
Buildings80
Area8.1 million square feet (750,000 m2)
Owner(s)Amazon

Amazon HQ1, also referred to as Rufus 2.0, is the corporate headquarters of Amazon in Seattle, Washington, US. Located north of Downtown Seattle in the Denny Triangle and South Lake Union neighborhood, the campus includes 40 buildings with 8.5 million square feet (790,000 m2) of office space. The campus is centered around several high-rise office buildings built by Amazon in the 2010s, including the Amazon Spheres.

Amazon, which had been based in various Seattle locations since its founding in 1994, moved to the South Lake Union neighborhood in 2008. The Denny Triangle campus was proposed in 2012 to replace the South Lake Union campus and opened its first building in 2015. Amazon.com plans to occupy up to 13.6 million square feet (1,260,000 m2) of office space in owned and leased buildings in Seattle by 2022.

Buildings

The headquarters campus, codenamed "Rufus 2.0", was designed by Seattle-based architectural firm NBBJ and consists of five buildings. The campus is a triangular area of Denny Triangle, bounded to the north by Denny Way, to the east by Westlake Avenue, and to the south by 6th Avenue; the area is located north of Downtown Seattle's office and retail core, and south of Amazon's other offices in South Lake Union.

Statistics[6]
  • 3.3 million square feet of office space
  • 66,000 square feet of retail
  • 3,300 underground parking stalls
  • 1.7 acres of public open space (plazas and pocket parks)
  • 40,000 employees and 7,000 dogs[7]
Older campus

Doppler

Main article: Amazon Tower I

Tower I, officially named Doppler, opened on December 14, 2015. Built on Block 14 from 2013 to 2015, it consists of a 36-story, 524-foot-tall (160 m) skyscraper and a 5-story conference center with a large amphitheater and stage.[9]

  • Ground-level retail: Starbucks, Potbelly, Marination, Skillet, Great State Burgers, Bar Noroeste
  • Former site of Sixth Avenue Inn

Day One

Main article: Amazon Tower II
  • Former site of King Kat Theater
  • 3 glass domes with 5 stories of workspace
  • Construction: 2014 to 2016 (planned), topped-out in December 2015

Tower III (Block 20)

  • Amazon Prime Now distribution center, formerly Toyota of Seattle
  • Approved in January 2016 with street vacation, public free-speech zone in courtyard
  • Broke ground in late 2016

Tower IV (Block 21)

  • Proposed 24-story building with 7-story attached structure
  • Former site of the Hurricane Cafe, closed in January 2015[10]
  • Purchased for $52.2 million from Clise Properties in January 2014[11]

Tower V (Block 18)

  • 17-story office building on half-block Days Inn and Pronto site at 7th & Bell, land bought in December 2016[12][13]
  • On hold since May 2018 (head tax decision)

Spheres

History

Amazon background
Timeline[14]
  • Clise land in Denny Triangle put on sale in 2007 and proposes $7 billion redevelopment by Emaar Properties; put on hold in 2008[15]
  • Groundbreaking for Amazon in rest of SLU on April 20, 2009[16]
    • Attended by Governor Gregoire, Mayor Nickels; no top executives, including Bezos[17]
  • Announced in February 2012[18]
    • Project valued at $600 million[19]
  • Design unveiled in March 2012: three major office buildings sharing blocks with smaller buildings for other use (auditorium)
  • Approved in November 2012 by DPD[20]
  • December 2012: 3 blocks purchased from Clise Properties for $207.5 million[21]
    • Coverage in The Guardian and NYT
  • Construction begins on Tower I in 2013
COVID pandemic
  • Closed in early March 2020
  • Announced reopening in June 2021 but was later changed to work from home permanently
  • May 2023: Mandate to return for at least 3 days a week[22]
HQ2
  • Announced in September 2017
  • Fears of slowed development in Seattle[23]Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

Transportation

  • Streetcar terminus
    • 4th streetcar funded
  • 7th Street protected bike lane (funded by Amazon)
  • Westlake light rail and monorail

Reception

  • Gentrification, traffic, demographic changes[24]

References

  1. ^ http://www.post-gazette.com/business/development/2017/10/16/Amazon-HQ2-Pittsburgh-Seattle/stories/201710150037
  2. ^ a b "Amazon at Denny Triangle: Work Global, Live Local". NBBJ.
  3. ^ Bhatt, Sanjay (November 12, 2015). "Amazon, data center turn hot idea into cool technology". The Seattle Times.
  4. ^ DeMay, Daniel (November 13, 2015). "Amazon's Denny Triangle campus to be heated by the Internet". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  5. ^ Khaikin, Lital. "Amazon's New Seattle Office Aiming For LEED Gold Status". Ecopedia.com.
  6. ^ Pryne, Eric (June 8, 2012). "Amazon's 3-block complex has a timetable — and a name". The Seattle Times.
  7. ^ https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-amazon-dogs-seattle-20190621-story.html
  8. ^ https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/28/amazon-seattle-office-space-13-point-6-million-square-feet.html
  9. ^ Demitt, Jacob (December 14, 2015). "Amazon launches new era with opening of first tower at new Seattle campus". GeekWire.
  10. ^ Johnson, Graham (January 1, 2015). "Seattle's iconic Hurricane Café serves last meals". KIRO-TV.
  11. ^ Bhatt, Sanjay (January 24, 2014). "Amazon buys another block in Denny Triangle". The Seattle Times.
  12. ^ Stiles, Marc (December 28, 2016). "$19.2M deal suggests Amazon may build a fifth tower in downtown Seattle". Puget Sound Business Journal.
  13. ^ Miller, Brian (December 29, 2016). "Amazon pays $19.2M for Denny Triangle property". Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce.
  14. ^ http://ottawacitizen.com/technology/the-lessons-of-hq1-what-the-cities-vying-for-amazons-second-headquarters-can-learn-from-seattle/wcm/bcc33d16-7ca0-4c5d-b3ba-81d57c815aa5
  15. ^ Forsyth, Jennifer S. (April 25, 2008). "Economy, Credit Woes Foil Cities' Big Projects". Wall Street Journal. p. A1. Archived from the original on April 29, 2008.
  16. ^ Mazhukhina, Karina (March 15, 2020). "Seattle 11 years ago: Amazon breaks ground with new campus". KOMO News.
  17. ^ Engleman, Eric (April 20, 2009). "Politicans line up to praise new Amazon HQ, but Amazon absent". Puget Sound Business Journal.
  18. ^ Pryne, Eric (February 16, 2012). "Amazon to buy Denny Triangle property; plans 3 big office towers". The Seattle Times. p. A1.
  19. ^ Pryne, Eric (February 24, 2012). "Amazon consultant pegs 3 future buildings' value at $200M each". The Seattle Times.
  20. ^ Cohen, Aubrey (November 30, 2012). "Seattle OKs Amazon towers". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  21. ^ Pryne, Eric (December 21, 2012). "Amazon pays $207.5M for Denny Triangle site". The Seattle Times.
  22. ^ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/as-seattle-businesses-welcome-back-amazon-workers-guess-at-future/
  23. ^ http://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazons-announcement-of-hq-outside-of-seattle-sends-ripples-through-states-political-circles/
  24. ^ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-angst-from-traffic-to-housing-were-all-worked-up/

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