Bellevue City Hall, Municipal administration center in Downtown Bellevue, Washington.
Bellevue City Hall is a nine-story government building located at 450 Bell Terrace in the downtown area, designed with modern functionality in mind. Six operational floors house various city departments and administrative offices that manage the city's daily services.
Bellevue's first seat of government after incorporation on March 31, 1953 was the second floor of the Veterans of Foreign Wars building at Main Street and 100th Avenue, opened in 1893 as the city's first schoolhouse and later its first library. A three-story city hall on Main Street was dedicated on March 7, 1964 by Governor Albert D. Rosellini, and a five-story addition followed in 1978. The city moved downtown in 2006 into the renovated 1983 Pacific Northwest Bell building at 450 Bell Terrace, bought from Qwest in 2002 for $29 million.
The building at 450 Bell Terrace was completed in 1983 for Pacific Northwest Bell as a data center with a computer farm, telecommunications equipment, offices and a parking garage. Its 2006 conversion by SRG Partnership kept wood interiors and a terra cotta exterior, and the design has received several awards since the city hall opened.
The building is open during business hours and visitors can attend city council meetings or access municipal services. The downtown location makes it easy to find and provides the main administrative offices in one convenient place.
The building at 450 Bell Terrace was completed in 1983 for Pacific Northwest Bell and housed a computer farm, telecommunications infrastructure, offices and a parking garage. Qwest approached the city with an offer to sell it in early 2002, and Bellevue bought it on November 25, 2002 for $29 million, mainly to house its police and fire departments.
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