This image of the Dexter Horton Building in Seattle was taken during construction on January 24, 1923. When it opened the following year, the 15-story building at Second Avenue and Cherry Street, was one of the largest office buildings in the country at 328,000 square feet. A protected historic landmark since 1993, the building was named for Pioneer Dexter Horton, who arrived in Seattle in 1853 and founded the city's first bank in 1870.
Visible on the left edge of the frame is a sign listing building financier S. W. Straus & Co., architect and engineer John Graham, and general contractors Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co.
Inscribed on negative: -1-24-23- Signs in image: Carter, MacDonald, and Miller, Inc,. Down Town Properties; Henry C. Ewing, Business & Industrial Properties; Alexander and Baldwing Ltd., Marien & Fire Insurance; Mehlhorn Building; A. Thompson's Cafe Stamped on verso: Photo by Frank H. Nowell Photographer's number: 27756
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 7.75 x 9.5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State. View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv08561
Credit: MOHAI, H.W. McCurdy Collection on the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co., 1955.970.500.35.2
