University District

Thumbnail History of the University District
HistoryLink
The federal land survey that began in Ohio in 1785 reached the future University District of Seattle in the late summer of 1855.

University District Walking Tour
05/09/02 The Seattle Press
The University District's public art and cultural self-guided audio tour is now available. The University District Arts and Heritage Committee and Jack Straw Productions teamed up to produce the CD, which features historians, architects and artists sharing their knowledge of the area's rich history.

Seattle P-I Neighbor's Section Profile of the University District
9/20/97 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Be sure to take a look at the "Scenes of University District," "University District Historical Album" and "University District By The Numbers" pages.

Denny Hall at University of Washington: Now & Then
HistoryLink
On a bright Fourth of July in 1894, a crowd of 1000, protected under sun bonnets, top hats, and bumbershoots, gathered at the University of Washington's new campus for the cornerstone laying of the site's first structure - Denny Hall.

Suzzallo Library: Now & Then
HistoryLink
In the autumn of 1933, the University of Washington Board of Regents named the library after former University President Henry Suzzallo, who had just died.

University District Pictorial History
HistoryLink
James Moore, Seattle’s boom-years super-developer, platted the future University District in 1890.

A Short History of the University District
5/18/00 The Seattle Press
The history of the University District, like that of Seattle itself, reaches back less than 150 years.

The Burke-Gilman Trail
Jan Paul (1993)
Little did Thomas Burke and Daniel Gilman realize when they were working on bringing rail service to Seattle, that their names would become household words  in Seattle less than 100 years later.

University Presbyterian Church Marches On
05/14/01 The Seattle Times
ALTHOUGH THEY may not be especially curious about church history, many parishioners, like family members, will still have heard some old church stories told and retold.