253 results for: Washington Hotel
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View from Washington Hotel looking east/southeast, Seattle, circa 1900
Denny Hill once stood north of what is now Seattle’s central business district, between Second and Fifth Avenues. Between 1889 and 1906, the Denny (later Washington) Hotel dominated its southern slope. This photo looks east/southeast from the hotel. Original photo copied by Webster & Stevens.Handwritten on sleeve: Views from Wash Hotel.Webster & Stevens number: 359xAdditional caption information: HistoryLink essay 1123
ID Number:1983.10.6036.1
Date:Circa 1900
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View from Denny Hotel looking southwest, Seattle, circa 1895
Denny Hill once stood north of what is now Seattle’s central business district, between Second and Fifth Avenues. Between 1889 and 1906, the Denny (later Washington) Hotel dominated its southern slope. This photo looks southwest from the hotel around 1895. Original photo copied by Webster & Stevens.Handwritten on sleeve: Views from Wash Hotel.Webster & Stevens number: 359xAdditional caption information: HistoryLink…
ID Number:1983.10.6036.3
Date:Circa 1895
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View southwest from Washington Hotel, Seattle, circa 1903
Denny Hill once stood north of what is now Seattle’s central business district, between Second and Fifth Avenues. Between 1889 and 1906, the Denny (later Washington) Hotel dominated its southern slope. Workers began regrading Seattle's Denny Hill in 1898 and at first, the owners of the Washington Hotel didn't want the city to remove their part of the hill. This…
ID Number:1983.10.6036.4
Date:Circa 1903
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Downtown Seattle looking north from James Street, Seattle, circa 1900
For this view, the photographer stood atop a building situated between Western Avenue and Post Alley. The impressive structure in the right background is the Denny (later Washington) Hotel. Seattle Hardware Company at 819-823 First Avenue is in the Colman Building on the right. Railroad Avenue is visible on the left; the smoke appears to be coming from one of…
ID Number:1983.10.6039.3
Date:Circa 1900
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New England House, possibly during Fourth of July celebrations, 1888
The New England House, a hotel, stood on Commercial Street in the heart of downtown Seattle. During the early 1880s, most of its residents were single men who worked in the downtown area. This image may show the 4th of July celebrations in 1888. The hotel was hung with evergreen swags and cloth bunting. Original copy negativeOriginal photograph: May 6,…
ID Number:1983.10.6079
Date:1888
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View east from Denny Hotel, Seattle, circa 1890
Denny Hill once stood north of what is now Seattle’s central business district, between Second and Fifth Avenues. Between 1889 and 1906, the Denny (later Washington) Hotel dominated its southern slope. This photo looks east from the hotel. Original photo copied by Webster & Stevens.Caption on image: Seattle East from Denny Hotel.Photographer's Reference Number: 523, 373XAdditional caption information: HistoryLink essay…
ID Number:1983.10.6082.2
Date:Circa 1890
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Hotel Waldorf, Seattle, circa 1921
The Hotel Waldorf, on the northeast corner of 7th Avenue and Pike Street, was during its last decades an inexpensive apartment building. It was demolished for the expansion of the Washington Trade Center. Signs in image: [...l] Brighton. Pure Milk Dairy - Ice Cream. Hotel Waldorf. Millinery. Shoe Repairing - Shoe Store. Chauncey Wright Restaurants Co. Candies. American Furniture Co.…
ID Number:1983.10.6493
Date:Circa 1921
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Third Avenue, circa 1905
This photo was taken between 1903 and 1907. At that time, Third Avenue was lined with homes as well as businesses. Plymouth Congregational Church (right) stood at the corner of Third Avenue and University Street. The Washington Hotel, seen at the far end of Third Avenue (center), stood atop Denny Hill. By 1907, the hotel and much of the hill…
ID Number:1983.10.6677.2
Date:Circa 1905
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Madrona Park Hotel, circa 1910
In the 1890s, private developers built Madrona Park on the shore of Lake Washington. Seattleites could catch the Madrona Park and Broadway streetcar on Capitol Hill and ride to the park. They could spend the day at the lake or stay longer at the park's hotel. This photo, taken around 1910, shows the Madrona Park Hotel with its boat dock.…
ID Number:1983.10.6690
Date:Circa 1910
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Hotel Washington, circa 1903
Seattle's Hotel Washington sat grandly on top of Denny Hill between Second and Fourth Avenues and Stewart and Virginia Streets. When the hotel opened in 1890, it was named the Denny Hotel. The elegant building survived only until 1906, when the western part of Denny Hill was leveled.This photo shows the Hotel Washington decorated to welcome an important visitor, possibly…
ID Number:1983.10.6708
Date:Circa 1903