Structure Type: built works - public buildings - schools - university buildings

Designers: [unspecified]

Dates: constructed 1861

Sited on a knoll, this was the first building on the University of Washington campus when it was located on a ten acre tract in what is now downtown Seattle, WA; the date of the laying of the cornerstone for this first building has been recorded as 05/20/1861 and 05/21/1861; the former is generally accepted as the correct date;

PCAD id: 5432