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Image of Cyrus Clapp building, 1117 3rd Ave., Seattle, circa 1903
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Cyrus Clapp building, 1117 3rd Ave., Seattle, circa 1903

Cyrus Francis Clapp (1851-1914) was a banker and real estate investor who moved to Seattle after his two terms as state senator from Port Townsend ended in 1906. The building seen here was commissioned by Cyrus Clapp in 1901 and built as an apartment hotel by architects Edward C. McManus and James Flood Walker (1868-1924). The building occupied this site…
ID Number:1972.5346.29
Date:Circa 1903
Image of Building at corner of 1st Ave. and Pike St., Seattle, circa 1903
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Building at corner of 1st Ave. and Pike St., Seattle, circa 1903

This building on the southwest corner of First Avenue and Pike Street in what is now the Pike Place Market neighborhood of Seattle was built in 1900. It was referred to variously as Knights of Pythias (K of P) Hall, Pythian Hall, and the Bartell Building until its purchase in 1915 by Frank Goodwin (1865-1954) of Goodwin Real Estate Company,…
ID Number:1972.5346.30
Date:Circa 1903
Image of Hotel Cecil, Beebe Building, and Globe Building, Seattle, circa 1903
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Hotel Cecil, Beebe Building, and Globe Building, Seattle, circa 1903

The three buildings seen here are viewed from Spring Street looking south towards Madison Street. They occupy the entire west side this block of First Avenue in the Central Business District of downtown Seattle. These buildings are listed together as (south to north) the "Globe Building, Beebe Building and Hotel Cecil" on the National Register of Historic Places. The buildings…
ID Number:1972.5346.31
Date:Circa 1903
Image of Rialto block, 2nd Ave., Seattle, circa 1903
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Rialto block, 2nd Ave., Seattle, circa 1903

The Rialto Building (also called Rialto Block), seen here looking north on Second Avenue from Madison Street, was designed in 1893, by architects James N. Corner and Warren Porter Skillings. Over the years the building housed a number of important tenants, including the Seattle Public Library from 1896-1899, and Frederick & Nelson department store from 1897-1918. The building is no…
ID Number:1972.5346.32
Date:Circa 1903
Image of Globe block, corner of Madison and Post Streets, Seattle, circa 1903
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Globe block, corner of Madison and Post Streets, Seattle, circa 1903

The Globe Block, seen here at the northeast corner of Madison Street and Post Street, was commissioned by Seattle Developer James W. Clise (1855-1939) in 1900-1901. The Alexis Hotel has occupied the Globe Building since 2003. This building and the two to the north are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Globe Building, Beebe Building and Hotel…
ID Number:1972.5346.33
Date:Circa 1903
Image of Globe Building, Beebe Building, and Hotel Cecil, Seattle, circa 1903
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Globe Building, Beebe Building, and Hotel Cecil, Seattle, circa 1903

The three buildings seen here are viewed from Madison Street looking north towards Spring Street. They occupy the entire west side of this block of First Avenue in downtown Seattle. These buildings are listed together as (south to north) the "Globe Building, Beebe Building and Hotel Cecil" on the National Register of Historic Places. The buildings are also part of…
ID Number:1972.5346.36
Date:Circa 1903
Image of Columbia St. from Yesler's wharf, Seattle, circa 1875
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Columbia St. from Yesler's wharf, Seattle, circa 1875

Predating the settlement that became the city of Seattle, the Duwamish had a winter village of approximately 8 longhouses situated along the central waterfront, roughly at the intersection of present-day First Avenue South and Yesler Way. Henry Yesler established his steam-powered sawmill at the foot of Mill Road (now Yesler Way) in October 1852, and by around the 1860s, the…
ID Number:1980.6923.106
Date:Circa 1875
Image of Beach shacks on waterfront, Seattle, 1903
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Beach shacks on waterfront, Seattle, 1903

Predating the settlement that became the city of Seattle, the Duwamish had an encampment with two longhouses situated along the north central waterfront, roughly at the intersection of present-day Bell Street and Alaskan Way. By around the 1860s, the longhouses were gone, leaving only modest beach structures. In the 1890s the waterfront from Pike Street north to Broad Street had…
ID Number:1980.6923.107
Date:1903
Image of Beach shacks on waterfront, Seattle, 1903
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Beach shacks on waterfront, Seattle, 1903

Predating the settlement that became the city of Seattle, the Duwamish had an encampment with two longhouses situated along the north central waterfront, roughly at the intersection of present-day Bell Street and Alaskan Way. By around the 1860s, the longhouses were gone, leaving only modest beach structures. In the 1890s the waterfront from Pike Street north to Broad Street had…
ID Number:1980.6923.108
Date:1903
Image of Beach shacks on waterfront, Seattle, 1903
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Beach shacks on waterfront, Seattle, 1903

Predating the settlement that became the city of Seattle, the Duwamish had an encampment with two longhouses situated along the north central waterfront, roughly at the intersection of present-day Bell Street and Alaskan Way. By around the 1860s, the longhouses were gone, leaving only modest beach structures. In the 1890s the waterfront from Pike Street north to Broad Street had…
ID Number:1980.6923.109
Date:1903
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