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<p>Transcribed from photograph: "Buildings. King County Courthouse. Interior. Third Avenue and Jefferson Street. Built 1882. 1. W. Ludlow. 2. Constable Mills. 3. Unidentified. 4. Rev. Ludlow."
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<hr><p>If the date is anything like correct, then Webster &amp; Stevens just reprinted this. Their partnership began in 1902. The building still existed in 1902, but had been converted to function as Seattle City Hall. 
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According to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kingcounty.gov/about/contact-us/locations/Courthouse/courthouseHistory.aspx">King County's own web page about the history of its courthouses</a>, the first part of the often-extended building dates from 1876; the courtroom on an upper floor was an 1882 addition.</div>
circa 1885 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1885-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15015coll4/id/1523">Record in source catalog</a></li>
<li>DPLA identifier: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dp.la/item/76dd54e2e18a2a5f29c52ea5cb237940">76dd54e2e18a2a5f29c52ea5cb237940</a></li>
<li>Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_shp_5199</li></ul></span>