Thomas W. Prosser
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- Mar 17, 1889The Denny Hotel: Seattle’s Grand Bet on ItselfAs the city raises nearly $100,000 to build a luxury hotel, workers break ground for excavation, signaling a new era of civic ambition and commercial confidence.Wallingford, Seattle
- Jan 8, 1895The 1895 Push to Split Seattle From King CountyA Chamber of Commerce meeting with new state legislators turned into a drive to separate Seattle from King County—and to force the school board to live within its means.Chamber of Commerce, Seattle, WA
- Mar 17, 1895The 3,249-Acre Map That Laid Out Seattle’s WaterfrontIn 1895, King County appraisers filed the first full plat of Seattle’s tide lands—reserving broad rail avenues, harbor blocks and a street grid that still shadows the modern waterfront.Seattle, WA