453 results for: Hotel Seattle
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The Washington Hotel during the Second Avenue Regrade, circa 1906
Workers began regrading Seattle's Denny Hill in 1898. At first, the owners of the Washington Hotel didn't want the city to remove their part of the hill. This left the hotel sitting on a raw peak of land while the blocks to the west were regraded. In 1906, the owners decided to tear the hotel down and regrade the property…
ID Number:1983.10.8123
Date:Circa 1906
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Washington Hotel during regrading of Second Avenue, Seattle, circa 1906
Workers began regrading Seattle's Denny Hill in 1898. At first, the owners of the Washington Hotel didn't want the city to remove their part of the hill. This left the hotel sitting on a raw peak of land while the blocks to the west were regraded. In 1906, the owners decided to tear the hotel down and regrade the property…
ID Number:1983.10.8163
Date:Circa 1906
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Hotel Seattle, Seattle, circa 1909
The Hotel Seattle was located near Pioneer Square, which was then the heart of Seattle's business district. The five-story brick and stone building had 200 rooms. It was close to the railroad depots, the docks, and the point where most of the city's streetcar lines started. The hotel was torn down in 1962 to make room for a parking garage.…
ID Number:1983.10.8235
Date:Circa 1909
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President William Howard Taft in car outside New Washington Hotel, Seattle, 1909
United States President William H. Taft visited Seattle in 1909 and spoke at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. While in Seattle, he also played golf and made many other public appearances. Handwritten on sleeve: Taft in auto at Wash. [Hotel]Photographer's Reference Number: 11096
ID Number:1983.10.8429
Date:1909
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Moore Theater, Seattle, circa 1909
The building housing the Moore Theatre and Moore Hotel opened on Second Avenue and Virginia Street in December 1907. The theater seated over 2,000 people, and it soon became one of Seattle's leading cultural centers. Signs in image: David Warfield, The Music Master - Moore Theatre. The Right Way. Blanche Walsh in Her Greatest Role - The Test - To-night.…
ID Number:1983.10.8464
Date:Circa 1909
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Second and Washington, Seattle, circa 1909
Signs in image: C.C.H. Block. Paints Oils Glass. Restaurant. Lexington Hotel - Furnished Rooms. Phoenix Hotel. Shave 10 Cents, Baths 2 for 25 Cents, Laundry. Barber Shop - Baths 15 Cents. M. Hee Wo Chinese Medicine Co.Handwritten on sleeve: Lexington & Phoenix Hotel, 2nd & Wn.Photographer's Reference Number: 11410
ID Number:1983.10.8470
Date:Circa 1909
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White-Henry Building, circa 1910
After the University of Washington moved to its present campus, it put together a master plan for the development of its downtown Seattle property. The plan included office buildings, a theater, a hotel, and stores. The White and Henry Buildings are two of three connected office buildings built along Fourth Avenue as part of this plan.This photo shows the White…
ID Number:1983.10.8477
Date:Circa 1910
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Coliseum Theatre on a snowy night, Seattle, February 1916
By 1915, Seattle's downtown commercial core was booming. In March 1915, local lumber baron and businessman C. D. Stimson leased lots on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Pike Street to the newly-formed Coliseum Company to build a theater designed specifically for movies, then called photoplays. The Coliseum Photo Playhouse was designed by noted theater architect B. Marcus Priteca,…
ID Number:1983.10.8590
Date:1916
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Crowd watching fire in Belltown, Seattle, June 10, 1910
On June 10, 1910, a fire consumed 13 square blocks on the waterfront side of Belltown. The blaze started about 10:30pm when a spark from a passing locomotive ignited materials at Galbraith, Bacon & Co., burning a warehouse and stable. From there the fire spread eastward.This photo was published in The Seattle Daily Times under the headline "Evidence of Fire's…
ID Number:1983.10.8649.1
Date:1910
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King Street Station, Seattle, circa 1913
Seattle's King Street Station was built between 1904 and 1906 by James Hill, owner of the Great Northern Railroad. Before taller buildings were built, the station's clock tower was tall enough that most people in the downtown area could read the time from its 14-foot clock faces.This photo shows the passenger entrance to the King Street Station in about 1913.…
ID Number:1983.10.8749
Date:Circa 1913