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Image of Brooklyn Building, corner of 2nd Ave. and University St., Seattle, circa 1903
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Brooklyn Building, corner of 2nd Ave. and University St., Seattle, circa 1903

This view of the southeast corner of Second Avenue and University Street in downtown Seattle shows the Brooklyn Building (also called the Brooklyn Block). The building still stands and was designated a city landmark in 1986, though it was altered to accommodate the construction of the Washington Mutual Tower in 1988. The Brooklyn Building's upper floors functioned as a hotel…
ID Number:1972.5346.24
Date:Circa 1903
Image of Holyoke Building, 1018-1022 1st Ave., Seattle, circa 1903
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Holyoke Building, 1018-1022 1st Ave., Seattle, circa 1903

This view of the southeast corner of First Avenue and Spring Street in downtown Seattle features the Holyoke Building (also known as the Holyoke Block). Richard Holyoke (1836-1905) commissioned the architectural firm of Bird and Dornbach to design the building, which was completed in 1890, one the first to be finished after the Great Seattle Fire. The Holyoke Building housed…
ID Number:1972.5346.25
Date:Circa 1903
Image of Hotel Seneca, 1203 1st Ave., Seattle, circa 1903
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Hotel Seneca, 1203 1st Ave., Seattle, circa 1903

This view of the northwest corner of First Avenue and Seneca Street features the Hotel Seneca located at 1203 1/2 First Avenue. None of these buildings remain standing. Business in image: W. S. Morley, Jeweler; J. H. Holland & Co., TailoringThis photograph is part of an album titled "Views of Businesses and Buildings, Area: Pine to Madison, 4th to Western."
ID Number:1972.5346.26
Date:Circa 1903
Image of Hotel Leland, 84 Pike St., Seattle, circa 1903
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Hotel Leland, 84 Pike St., Seattle, circa 1903

This image of the Hotel Leland features a Seattle Water Department official checking water meters. The Hotel Leland, located on First Avenue and Pike Street, was built in 1900 by brothers Frank (1865-1954), John, and Erwin Goodwin of the Goodwin Real Estate Company. Seven years later a wooden planked road, called Pike Place, was constructed off of Pike Street and…
ID Number:1972.5346.27
Date:Circa 1903
Image of Hotel Federal, 3rd Ave. and Pine St., Seattle, circa 1903
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Hotel Federal, 3rd Ave. and Pine St., Seattle, circa 1903

This view of the southwest corner of Third Avenue and Pine Street in downtown Seattle features the Hotel Federal. The building is no longer standing. Signs in image: Cascade LaundryThis photograph is part of an album titled "Views of Businesses and Buildings, Area: Pine to Madison, 4th to Western."
ID Number:1972.5346.28
Date:Circa 1903
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 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 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 Second and Virginia, Seattle, 1908
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Second and Virginia, Seattle, 1908

This street view from the early twentieth century on Virginia Street shows the Moore Theatre and the Washington Hotel. Handwritten on verso: 1908 - Moore Theatre and Washington Hotel from Virginia St.
ID Number:1974.5868.343
Date:1908
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