Archives Accession # 376

1.1.15.04 Washington Park Arboretum maps and plans

Date statement: Dates of maps and plans.: 1910-2006
Summary:

 Maps and plans relating to the entire WPA site, including utilities maps, survey maps, and topography. Also includes plans for non-garden components of WPA, including Foster Island, the Montlake Tot Lot, the headhouse, the honey house, and the maintenance yard.
19 documents as of July 2019

Description:

 Number: 2/4-2
WPA: Gardens: Foster Island
Document type: surveys, elevations, general plans
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
Description:
--Printed: 
[n/a]
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
WPA Foster Island surveys, elevations, and general plans
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 18"x23.5"
Additional info: old inventory #: 122


Number: 2/4-3
WPA: Other: Montlake Tot lot
Document type: concept plan
Date: 1982
Creator: E.W. Hoyte
Description:
--Printed: 
Possible locations Montlake Totlot
E.W. Hoyte
5/19/82
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
[n/a]
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 17"x22"
Additional info: old inventory #: 66


Number: 2/4-4
WPA: Other: Headhouse
Document type: electrical and plumbing plan
Date: n.d.
Creator: unknown
Description:
--Printed: 
Electrical and plumbing plan
--Handwritten: 
WPA headhouse?
--Cataloger observations: 
[n/a]
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 18"x24"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/4-5
WPA: Other: Honey/storage house
Document type: elevation, schematic
Date: 1988
Creator: A.H. Alwyn
Description:
--Printed: 
Honey/Storage House
for Puget Sound Beekeepers Association
April 1988
A.H Alwyn
--Handwritten: 
1988
Honey Storage House plan
Puget Sound Beekeepers
--Cataloger observations: 
[n/a]
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 18"x23.25"
Additional info: 2 copies


Number: 2/4-6
WPA: Other: Maintenance yard
Document type: paving plan
Date: 1987
Creator: City of Seattle Parks & Recreation
Description:
--Printed: 
Arboretum Maintenance Area Paving Plan
City of Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation
4/8/87
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
[n/a]
Extent: 2 pages
Material: paper
Size: 24"x36"
Additional info: 2 copies; water-damaged


Number: 2/4-7
WPA: Other: Headhouse
Document type: remodel plans: floor plans, electrical & plumbing plans
Date: n.d.
Creator: unknown
Description:
--Printed: 
a-c stamped: "Preliminary; not to be used for construction purposes"
--Handwritten: 
WPA headhouse remodel
--Cataloger observations: 
a-c - 3 copies Section A preliminary floor plan blueprint
d - floor plan
e - electrical and plumbing plan
Extent: 5 pages
Material: paper
Size: 18"x24"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/4-8
WPA: whole site
Document type: baseline map
Date: n.d.
Creator: Dean Berg
Description:
--Printed: 
Comprehensive Mapping Project Phase One - Grid Location and Layout; South Complex
--Handwritten: 
Comprehensive Mapping Plan Phase 1
Plates 1-8 etc
WPA mapping project
--Cataloger observations: 
various baselines. Plates 1-8 plus 3 pages of structures found
Extent: 11 pages
Material: vellum, paper
Size: 36"x24"
Additional info: old inventory number: 90


Number: 2/4-9
WPA: whole site
Document type: construction drawings
Date: 1988
Creator: C.H. Kuhn & Associates
Description:
--Printed: 
Construction drawings for: Arboretum Landscape, Drainage & Restoration
--Handwritten: 
stamped: Preliminary - not for construction
--Cataloger observations: 
[n/a]
Extent: 9 pages inc cover, bound
Material: paper
Size: 36.25"x24"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/4-10
WPA: whole site
Document type: grid map
Date: n.d.
Creator: unknown
Description:
--Printed: 
Washington Park
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
WPA grid map, 2 copies
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 36"x24"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/4-11
WPA: whole site
Document type: baseline map
Date: n.d.
Creator: Dean Berg
Description:
--Printed: 
Comprehensive Mapping Project Phase Two - Roads and Trails; South Complex
--Handwritten: 
Comprehensive Maps Phase II
--Cataloger observations: 
various baselines. Plates 11-17
Extent: 17 pages
Material: vellum
paper
Size: 36"x24.25"
Additional info: old inventory number: 90, 12


Number: 2/4-12
WPA: whole site
Document type: irrigation map
Date: 2006
Creator: Herrera Environmental Consultants
Description:
--Printed: 
Washington Park Arboretum Irrigation Mainlines
April 2006
--Handwritten: 
WPA irrigation mainlines
--Cataloger observations: 
[n/a]
Extent: 11 pages, bound
Material: paper
Size: 36"x24"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/4-13
WPA: whole site
Document type: property map
Date: 1961
Creator: Horton Dennis & Associates
Description:
--Printed: 
Arboretum property map
--Handwritten: 
Arboretum property map 1961
--Cataloger observations: 
January 1961; ownership of WPA and surrounding areas
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 54.5"x36"
Additional info: old inventory number: 25


Number: 2/4-14
WPA: whole site
Document type: sectional plan
Date: 1936
Creator: Olmstead Brothers
Description:
--Printed: 
Sheet 1:UNDER ground; Sections A,E
Sheet 2: ON the ground; Sections B,E [2 copies; one colored one not]
Sheet 3: ABOVE ground; Sections B,C,D,E
Planting Plan; Section E [2 copies]
--Handwritten: 
Sectional Plan UW Arboretum 1936
--Cataloger observations: 
[n/a]
Extent: bundle
Material: paper
Size: 22"x35"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/4-15
WPA: whole site
Document type: survey map
Date: 1947
Creator: unknown
Description:
--Printed: 
[n/a]
--Handwritten: 
a - Original survey sheet from student survey, Fall 1947; save for reference only
b - South end of arboretum along upper road, old Holly area
--Cataloger observations: 
[n/a]
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: various
Additional info: 


Number: 2/4-16
WPA: whole site
Document type: topo and landscape elements
Date: n.d.
Creator: unknown
Description:
--Printed: 
[n/a]
--Handwritten: 
WPA
--Cataloger observations: 
topography map and some landscape elements (rock, stump)
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 36"x52"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/4-17
WPA: whole site
Document type: topo with trails
Date: n.d.
Creator: unknown
Description:
--Printed: 
[n/a]
--Handwritten: 
WPA long topo
--Cataloger observations: 
topo with paths and use areas
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 92"x36.75"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/4-19
WPA: whole site
Document type: utilities map
Date: 1962
Creator: Joseph J. Millegan & Associates
Description:
--Printed: 
University of Washington Schematic Utility Plans
Prepared by Joseph J. Millegan & Associates
pp 2-5: Nov,  1962
--Handwritten: 
1961-62 City Engineering Survey; also 1938 Division of Operations
--Cataloger observations: 
[n/a]
Extent: 5 pages inc cover
Material: paper
Size: 33"x44"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/4-20
WPA: whole site
Document type: visitor map
Date: 1952
Creator: UW Dept of Geography
Description:
--Printed: 
University of Washington Arboretum
Seattle
Brian O. Mulligan - Director
April, 1952
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
Washington Park Arboretum vistor's map
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 13.5"x22"
Additional info: 2 copies in storage cubbies; additional copy in map cabinet


Number: 2/4-21
WPA: whole site
Document type: utilities map
Date: 1988
Creator: unknown
Description:
--Printed: 
WPA Division of Operations Arboretum General Plan
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
utilities map; in use (annotated) through 1988
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 
Additional info: Stored standing in tube due to condition 

Accession date: 2019-06-13 Last updated: 2019-12-27 14:29:51
Subjects: Washington Park Arboretum, Puget Sound Beekeepers Association

Names	Role	Function
City of Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation.		Creator
Hoyte, Eric		Creator
Olmsted Brothers.		Creator
C.H. Kuhn & Associates.		Creator

Location	Note
Archives office	Map storage