New roof being installed on the West Seattle High School 1917

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Southwest Seattle Historical Society

New roof being installed on West Seattle High School c.1917: Copyright: SWSHS; Origsize: 7" x 5"; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 100 dpi
New roof being installed on West Seattle High School c.1917

Copyright: SWSHS; Origsize: 7" x 5"; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 100 dpi

Name/Title

New roof being installed on the West Seattle High School 1917

Entry/Object ID

2004.41.6

Description

West Seattle High School during construction on SW Stevens St in 1917. Opened for classes in fall of 1917, while workers were still finishing building for 7 years after opening students came from as far as White Center and Burien to attend WS only high school. There were originally 38 classrooms. 1917 Chinook magazine: "Now it seems to us that we have one of the finest buildings that could be desired..we can expand and grow and who knows what there shall emerge from the doors of this building, great men and women" Enrollment jumped from 472 in 1917 to 1402 in 1925.

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Date made

1916 - 1917

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Notes

2014.041.0006 is a print from 2004.041.0002 negative.