Examines the powerful influence of H. H. Richardson on the building of America's cities, and his specific influence on Seattle architects who were charged with rebuilding the city after the Great Seattle Fire of 1889.

Preface
1. Introduction: Seattle and the Nineteenth Century American Architecture
2. Pre-Fire Seattle: Architects and Architecture
3. The Fire and Its Aftermath: Technology, Construction, and Design
4. The Architectural Context: The Influence of Richardson and the Romanesque Revival
5. The New Commercial Core: Architecture for a Metropolitan Center, 1889-1895
6. A City of Neighborhoods: The Network of Public Institutions, 1889-1895
7. Creating a Civic Presence: Willis Ritchie and the Architecture of Public Buildings
8. Toward the Turn of the Century: Seattle After 1895
Appendix: Known Buildings of Seattle's Major Post-Fire Architects, 1880-1895
Notes
Index

Jeffrey Karl Ochsner and Dennis Alan Andersen