University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Fisheries Center, Seattle, WA (1949-1950)

AKA: University of Washington, Seattle, Fisheries Research Institute, Seattle, WA

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

Designers: Anderson, Ralph D., Architect (firm); Young and Richardson, Architects and Engineers (firm); Ralph Donald Anderson Jr. (architect); Glen Duarte (architect); Robert C. Koch (architect); Stephen Hinley Richardson (architect); Arrigo Mazzucato Young (civil engineer/mechanical engineer)

Dates: constructed 1949-1950

2 stories

University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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Building History

The Seattle architectural firm of Young and Richardson designed the University of Washington (UW) Fisheries Center, dedicated on 11/27/1950. A Seattle Times article of the day before indicated that the center cost "about $1,000,000." (See "Fisheries Center Will Be Dedicated," Seattle Times, 11/26/1950, p. 15.)

Building Notes

In 1954, the Fisheries Center housed one of the largest collections of fish specimens in the U.S. It had over 200,000 specimens of 1,800 species of fish.

Alteration

An addition designed by Ralph D. Anderson was built in 1968.

PCAD id: 9631

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