Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), Dairy Barn, Seattle, WA (1909) demolished

AKA: University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Plant Operations Annex 4

Structure Type: built works - agricultural structures - barns; built works - exhibition buildings - exposition buildings; built works - public buildings - schools - university buildings

Designers: Saunders and Lawton, Architects (firm); George Willis Lawton (architect); Charles Willard Saunders (architect)

Dates: constructed 1909

click to open gallery Elevation drawing of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Dairy Barn, Seattle, WA, 1909. From University of Washington (UW) Facilities Department, Item #3021452
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Overview

The Seattle architectural firm of Saunders and Lawton designed this dairy barn for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE). The barn had shiplap siding, a jerkinhead gable roof and a rooftop cupola. The University of Washington used the barn past 1950 for utilitarian purposes.

Building History

Architect George W. Lawton (1864-1928) signed the drawings for the AYPE Dairy Barn, suggesting that he was the partner in charge.

Alteration

This building had additions made 1936 and 1948.

Demolition

The University of Washington reused the AYPE Dairy Barn for multiple decades after the fair before razing it.

PCAD id: 9478

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