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| Title | Federal Courthouse, Seattle, February 18, 1941 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1941 |
| Caption | When Washington became a state in 1889, the newly established United States District Court had a small office in the Colman Building, near Pioneer Square. The District Court spent 11 years in a courthouse on Fourth Avenue at Marion Street and 30 years in the Post Office Building on Third Avenue and Union Street. In 1940, the court moved once again, to the current courthouse on Fifth Avenue, bounded by Marion and Spring Streets. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: Spring Apt Hotel & U.S. Courthouse 2-18-41.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Courthouses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.13450.2 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 safety film negative: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 148477 |
