PCAD - Territorial University of Washington, President's House, Seattle, WA

AKA: Washington Territorial University, President's House, Seattle, WA; Territory of Washington, University of Washington, President's House, Seattle, WA

Structure Type: built works - dwellings - houses; built works - public buildings - schools - university buildings

Exterior view of the Main Building (center) and the President's House (bottom left), Territorial University of Washington, Seattle, WA, c. 1890. From the University of Washington Tyee Yearbook, 1917, p. 12

Exterior view of the President's House, University of Washington, Seattle, c. 1870; from the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division, Prosch Seattle Views Album, Vol. 1, page 11, photo by Theodore Peiser

Map location of the Territorial University of Washington President's House, Seattle, WA, 1888. From Insurance Maps of Seattle, Washington 1888, (New York: Sanborn Map & Publishing Company, 1888), Sheet #20

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4th Avenue and Seneca Street
Downtown, Seattle, WA 98101

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The UW President's House was located between 4th and 5th Avenues, on the south side of Seneca Street.

Overview

This cross-gabled house accommodated the Presidents of the University of Washington and their families between 1861 and 1895. The Territorial University's Campus boundaries stood on north, University Street, and on the south, Seneca Street. The east and west edges consisted of the half-blocks below Fourth Avenue and above Fifth Avenue.

Building History

Classes began at the Territorial School of Washington 11/04/1861 on a campus that consisted of a main, two-story classroom building, the president's house, and a dormitory.

Building Notes

The UW President's House had simple styling suggestive of earlier, nineteenth century, Greek Revival architecture.

PCAD id: 19556

Territorial University of Washington, President's House, Seattle, WA (1861) demolished