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Building History

The Seattle firm of Fred Bassetti and Company designed the City Hall of the City of Kent in 1971. An article in the Seattle Times of 09/24/1978 said of the building: "“Kent’s City Hall, designed by Fred Bassetti & Co., Seattle architect, in 1971, underwent a $60,000 expansion of its fourth floor last year to accommodate its burgeoning departments. The masonry-and-concrete building was financed with $1.5 million in local bonds, and has several brick sculptures by Richard Beyer, a Seattle artist, in the main lobby. The City Hall is the only four-story building in Kent, and Jim Chandler of the Building Department said it will probably remain the only four-story because ‘our Fire Department ladders only reach three stories.’”(See Cathy Reiner, “City Hall is many cities’ newest pride,” Seattle Times, 09/24/1978, p. K4.)

Alteration

Fred Bassetti and Company completed a $60,000 alteration of Kent City Hall offices in 1978.

PCAD id: 25139