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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1861 | 1 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1872 | 4 |
| 1876 | 26 |
| 1877 | 13 |
| 1878 | 7 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 8 |
| 1882 | 2 |
| 1883 | 35 |
| 1884 | 15 |
| 1885 | 27 |
| 1886 | 20 |
| 1887 | 30 |
| 1888 | 14 |
| 1889 | 50 |
| 1890 | 9 |
| 1891 | 38 |
| 1892 | 95 |
| 1893 | 84 |
| 1894 | 61 |
| 1895 | 88 |
| 1898 | 2 |
| 1899 | 22 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1903 | 28 |
| 1904 | 38 |
| 1908 | 9 |
| 1909 | 43 |
| 1910 | 5 |
| 1911 | 4 |
| 1912 | 3 |
| 1914 | 4 |
| 1915 | 1 |
| 1916 | 3 |
| 1917 | 4 |
| 1923 | 3 |
| 1924 | 2 |
803 stories matching floor, from 86 towns
Pierce County96
Walla Walla County24
Grays Harbor County24
Snohomish County23
Pend Oreille County15
Benton County15
Whatcom County10
Yakima County9
Jefferson County9
Lewis County9
Kitsap County7
Whitman County7
Skagit County5
Stevens County4
Kittitas County3
Clallam County2
Columbia County2
Cowlitz County2
Garfield County2
Chelan County2
Island County2
Clark County1
Grant County1
Lincoln County1
County not recorded10