FS-Fire-Dept-Hdqtre,-7th-&-Columbia-SW-corner,-Aug-6,60-WEB-LOWRES January 19, 2014 800 × 597 FS-Fire-Dept-Hdqtre,-7th-&-Columbia-SW-corner,-Aug-6,60-WEB-LOWRES THEN: Constructed in 1890 as the Seattle Fire Department’s first headquarters, these substantial four floors (counting the daylight basement) survived until replaced by I-5 in the 1960s. (photo by Frank Shaw)