After the end of World War II, the VA found it necessary to locate a facility in the booming metropolis of Seattle to accommodate many returning war veterans. 

The Seattle Division was constructed from 1949 to 1951, on a 44-acre site that had been a part of Jefferson Park. The site was dedicated on May 15, 1951, on Beacon Hill, with views of downtown Seattle and the Puget Sound to the North and Northwest; Mt. Rainier and the Cascade mountain range to the South and Southeast.

In 1967, a research wing was added as well as a new patient care facility in 1985. A portion of Building 18 was remodeled in 1997 for the General Internal Medicine Clinic to be used as a primary and managed care facility. 

Some of the medical center's services include the VA's first Bone Marrow Transplant Unit; a Geriatric Research, Education and Evaluation Unit; a Same-Day Surgical Unit for outpatient procedures; and Center of Excellence for Alcohol; Substance Abuse Treatment; and Spinal Cord Injury. 

Directions, Maps and Parking

For directions, maps and parking at VA Puget Sound's Seattle division, please click here.