What ambiance!

Washington State Museum in the Forestry Bldg, ca 1910
Photo courtesy of UW Special Collections, for educational use only.

Destruction! The end of California Bldg in 1915

Photo courtesy of UW Special Collections, for educational use only.

Incarnations of the Museum: 1910-1923

The Forestry Building (above) and California Building (below) provided new space for the Museum, both were constructed for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo in 1909. Forestry was built using natural Fir tree logs as columns 4' diameter and 37' tall. The building was compromised by Bark Beetles and torn down in 1930.

California did not last as long, torn down in 1915.

Top: Photo by John N. Cobb, 1922; courtesy of UW Libraries Special Collections, negative #Cobb 4626. Bottom: Photos by unknown photographer, 1909; courtesy of UW Libraries Special Collections, order #AYP322.