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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1876 | 7 |
| 1877 | 4 |
| 1878 | 2 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1882 | 2 |
| 1883 | 7 |
| 1884 | 2 |
| 1885 | 6 |
| 1886 | 2 |
| 1887 | 1 |
| 1888 | 4 |
| 1889 | 3 |
| 1891 | 5 |
| 1892 | 7 |
| 1893 | 6 |
| 1894 | 10 |
| 1895 | 14 |
| 1898 | 2 |
| 1899 | 1 |
| 1903 | 1 |
| 1904 | 1 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1908 | 3 |
| 1909 | 3 |
| 1915 | 1 |
97 stories matching beam, from 30 towns
King County48
Jefferson County10
Pend Oreille County3
Clallam County3
Kitsap County3
Benton County2
Columbia County2
Spokane County2
Stevens County2
Walla Walla County2
Whitman County2
Adams County1
Lewis County1
Skagit County1
Snohomish County1
Thurston County1
Whatcom County1
Yakima County1
County not recorded1