Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Administration Building, Farragut Avenue, Bremerton, Kitsap County, WA

Significance: Constructed in 1903, the Administration Building (Building 78) is one of the earliest extant buildings in the industrial section of the Shipyard. Building 78 represents a distinctive building style of the period designed by the Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks. The building's heavy brick masonry walls with neo-Renaissance/classical detailing and steel trussed gable roof is typical of industrial structures built in the Shipyard at the turn of the century. Building 78 played a significant role in the operational and administration functions of the Shipyard until 1969, housing several of the activities of the station's commandant and chief engineers, especially during the Second World War.
Survey number: HABS WA-203-A
Building/structure dates: 1903 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 88003053