Letter requesting permit, 1966

 September 21, 1966

City of Seattle, Dept. of Buildings

Municipal Building, 600 4th Avenue

Seattle, Washington

Attention: Mr. C.S. McCormick

 Superintendent of Buildings

Gentlemen:

Re: Pacific School - Fire Damage on 9/20/66

The Pacific School, located at 1114 E Jefferson Street, was involved in extensive fire damage on September 20, 1966. This school supports an enrollment of 571 pupils and after analyzing the damage caused by this recent fire, it appears necessary that as much of this building be restored to school use as rapidly as possible, at least for the remainder of the school term. It is therefore requested, that a repair permit, subject to field inspection, be issued to accomplish the following objectives:

1. The original roof of this building was completely destroyed by the fire.

A new flat roof will be installed using the third floor joists as supporting members. Inasmuch, as a number of these joists suffered fire damage, shoring will be installed in all third floor classrooms to provide additional roof supports. Existing cornices and parapets which are presently unsafe will be removed.

2. The third floor of the building will no longer be used for classroom purposes.

3. The north section of the building, as indicated on the accompanying sketch, will be separated from the usable portion of the building with one hour fire resistant partitions. 

4. The girls' toilet room, located at the south end of the building at the third floor level, will be utilized, and this stairwell will be equipped with a smoke detector which will be tied into the existing fire alarm system.

In conclusion, the above requests are directed towards utilization of as much of this building as is reasonably possible for school purposes until such time as a decision can be made relative to major building restoration or possibly ultimate replacement of this plant facility.

Yours very truly,

SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1

Walter E. Larsen, Director

Maintenance & Operations Department.

(Source: Retyped from an original held by the Seattle Public Schools Archives.)