Bellevue City Hall
| Bellevue City Hall | |
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| Former names | 450 Bell Terrace |
| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Government office building |
| Address | 450 110th Avenue NE Bellevue, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47°36′51.7″N 122°11′32.9″W / 47.614361°N 122.192472°WCoordinates: 47°36′51.7″N 122°11′32.9″W / 47.614361°N 122.192472°W |
| Completed | 1983 |
| Renovated | 2006 |
| Renovation cost | $121 million |
| Owner | City of Bellevue |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 7 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Wright Forsen |
| Main contractor | Lease Crutcher Lewis |
| Renovating team | |
| Renovating firm | SRG Partnership |
The Bellevue City Hall is a government office building and city hall in Bellevue, Washington. The current city hall, located in Downtown Bellevue, opened in 2006 after the $121 million renovation of a former Qwest data center. The data center, originally built for Pacific Northwest Bell in 1983, was acquired by the city government in 2002 for use by the Bellevue Police Department and later approved as the new city hall. It incorporates use of wood interiors and a terra cotta exterior that has been recognized with several design awards since its opening.
The city hall replaced an older office complex outside of downtown that was originally built in 1964. The site was renovated and expanded in 1978, but was slated for replacement a decade later. It was demolished in 2007 and replaced with a Lexus car dealership. The current city hall is located adjacent to the Bellevue Transit Center and will be home to a light rail station that opens in 2023.
Following the incorporation of Bellevue as a city on March 31, 1953, the government chose to lease the second floor of the Veterans of Foreign Wars office as its first seat of government. The building, located at Main Street and 100th Avenue, was originally opened in 1893 as the city's first schoolhouse and later served as the city's first library.
An advisory committee was formed by the city council in 1956 to propose sites for a new city hall and civic center campus. The city council placed a $250,000 bond issue on the November 1956 ballot to fund the construction of a new city hall, but voters defeated the proposition. City offices instead moved to a former hardware store near the Bellevue Square shopping center in 1960.
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