Bannan Center
building complex in Seattle, Washington, U.S
The Thomas J. Bannan Center for Science and Engineering, or simply Bannan Center, is a building complex on the Seattle University campus, in the U.S. state of Washington. The building has separate wings for engineering and science. Previously, the two fields were housed in separate buildings called the Engineering Building and the Thomas J. Bannan Center, which have since been joined.
The building houses Bannan Auditorium and Wyckoff Auditorium.
The public source identifies “Bannan Center” as building complex in Seattle, Washington, U.S. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bannan, Center and building.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q115517766. Authority coordinates are 47.610, -122.318. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
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