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Image of Corliss P. Stone building, 1210 2nd Ave., Seattle, 1904
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Corliss P. Stone building, 1210 2nd Ave., Seattle, 1904

This street view shows the east side of Second Avenue between Seneca and University Streets in downtown Seattle. The large white building in the center of the frame is the Stone building, commissioned in 1902 by Seattle's third mayor, Corliss P. Stone (1838-1906), and designed by Edwin Walker Houghton (1856-1927), the architect of the Moore Theatre and Hotel. The C.…
ID Number:1972.5346.10
Date:1904
Image of Abbott Hotel building, 3rd Ave. and Pike St., Seattle, circa 1900
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Abbott Hotel building, 3rd Ave. and Pike St., Seattle, circa 1900

This view of the southeast corner of Third Avenue and Pike Street in downtown Seattle shows the Abbott Hotel building. The building, also known as the Fisher Building, was designed about 1890 by architect Elmer H. Fisher (1840-1905); it is no longer standing. Businesses in image: Great American Importing Tea Co., Teas, Coffees, Spices; Fashion; Richards & Giersch Barbers and…
ID Number:1972.5346.11
Date:Circa 1900
Image of West side of 3rd Ave., between Union St. and Pike St., Seattle, circa 1902
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West side of 3rd Ave., between Union St. and Pike St., Seattle, circa 1902

This view of the west side of Third Avenue, between Union Street and Pike Street in downtown Seattle, features a three story building housing The Manhattan, a rooming house at 1423 1/3 Third Avenue. The building is standing and in use as of 2017. This view also includes Consolidated Fuel Company at 1413 Third Avenue and William and Margaret Hewitt's…
ID Number:1972.5346.12
Date:Circa 1902
Image of Walker Building at 2nd Ave. and University St., Seattle, circa 1906
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Walker Building at 2nd Ave. and University St., Seattle, circa 1906

This view of the northeast corner of Second Avenue and University Street in downtown includes the Walker Building. Cyrus Walker (1827-1913), an executive with the Puget Mill Company, built this commercial investment property in 1903. The building was demolished in the late 1980s and since 1998 the site has been occupied by the Seattle Symphony's Benaroya Hall. The building material…
ID Number:1972.5346.13
Date:Circa 1906
Image of Hotel Diller, 1st Ave. and University St., Seattle, circa 1903
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Hotel Diller, 1st Ave. and University St., Seattle, circa 1903

This view of the southeast corner of First Avenue and University Street in downtown Seattle features the Hotel Diller at 1220 First Avenue. The hotel was designed by Louis L. Mendel, Sr. (1867-1940), for businessman Leonard Diller (1839-1901), opening in 1890 during a period of reconstruction after the Great Fire of 1889. This building is one of only two hotels…
ID Number:1972.5346.14
Date:Circa 1903
Image of Hotel Sterling, 1412 3rd Ave., Seattle, circa 1906
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Hotel Sterling, 1412 3rd Ave., Seattle, circa 1906

This view of Third Avenue in downtown Seattle shows the Hotel Sterling. The hotel was built in 1903 during a boom in hotel development in conjunction with rising economic opportunities and population growth, as well as the opening of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in 1909. The building was remodeled in 1934 by Stimson and McDonald, Architects, and still stands on…
ID Number:1972.5346.15
Date:Circa 1906
Image of Antlers Hotel, 320 Union St., Seattle, 1904
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Antlers Hotel, 320 Union St., Seattle, 1904

The Antlers Hotel, seen here on the northwest corner of Fourth Avenue and Union Street in Seattle, was opened and managed by Frank L. Crampton from 1903-1910. The building is no longer standing. Note the surveyor working on the city streets in the bottom left of the frame. Businesses in image: Osier & [unreadable] Fashion; Pacific Window Shades Mfg. Co.;…
ID Number:1972.5346.16
Date:1904
Image of Denny Building housing The Seattle Daily Times, 1406 2nd Ave., Seattle, circa 1903
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Denny Building housing The Seattle Daily Times, 1406 2nd Ave., Seattle, circa 1903

Founded when Alden J. Blethen (1845-1915) bought the Seattle Press-Times in 1896 and renamed it the Seattle Daily Times, the Seattle Times continues to be Washington State's largest-circulation daily newspaper. The building in this image, the Arthur Wilson Denny Office Building, was built in 1901 on the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Union Street in what is now the…
ID Number:1972.5346.17
Date:Circa 1903
Image of Estabrook building, 1336 2nd Avenue, Seattle, 1904
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Estabrook building, 1336 2nd Avenue, Seattle, 1904

The Estabrook Building, seen here, was located on the southeast corner of 2nd Avenue and Union Street. Designed by Edwin Walker Houghton (1856-1916), the building was completed in 1902 and housed storefronts on its first floor with offices above. The building was demolished and the site has been occupied since 1997 by the Seattle Symphony's Benaroya Hall. Businesses in image:…
ID Number:1972.5346.18
Date:1904
Image of Masonic Building, 2nd Ave. and Pike St., Seattle, circa 1903
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Masonic Building, 2nd Ave. and Pike St., Seattle, circa 1903

This building was located on the northeast corner of 2nd Avenue and Pike Street in Seattle. St. John's Lodge operated a Masonic Temple here from about 1892-1899. The building is no longer standing. Business in image: Eastern College of Painless Dentistry; People's Savings Bank; Phillips Shoes; Dr. Janson; Peterson's Dry GoodsSigns in image: Socialist Labor PartyThis photograph is part of…
ID Number:1972.5346.19
Date:Circa 1903
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