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. For information about shuttle service between the Seattle and American Lake divisions, go here.