Historic Building to be Moved This Week

Cunningham Hall on the University of Washington campus in Seattle was built in 1909 for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition. Originally called the Women's Building for the Exposition, it was renamed in 1983 in honor of Imogen Cunningham, a 1907 UW graduate and internationally known photographer.

This week, the historic building will begin the first leg of a move to another location on campus. Late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, moving crews will move the building a short distance away. Then, late in the evening of September 15th and the early morning of September 16th, the building will be moved the final distance to its new home near Parrington Hall.

The building is being moved to make way for the new Molecular Engineering Building to be constructed on Cunningham Hall's current site. The University has selected Hoffman Construction Company as the GC/CM for the Molecular Engineering Building project.