This view of downtown Seattle was taken facing east on Cherry Street at First Avenue. The 10-story building with the pointed roof on the right side of the frame is the Lowman Building at 107 Cherry Street. The building was designed by the architectural partnership of Heide and DeNeuf for James Lowman, and completed in 1906. As of 2017 the building remains standing and has retained elements of its original French Renaissance design. Another building in this image still in use is the Hoge Building, the 18-story building at the left of the frame, which was completed in 1911 at 705 2nd Ave., and is notable for it's innovative steel frame.
Handwritten on recto: Looking East from 1st & Cherry 1914 Signs in image: United Cigar Stores Co.; The Breakers; Good Eats; Photo Flats, Vaudeville; Grand Opera House; Western Union; Albert Hansen, Jeweler and Silversmith Photographer's number: 23491
Caption information source: https://web6.seattle.gov/DPD/HistoricalSite/QueryResult.aspx?ID=-119358042 Caption information source: https://pauldorpat.com/archivepage/seattle-now-then-lowman-and-hanford
ID Number: 1971.5202.4
Date: 1914
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted in paper : b&w ; 7.75 x 9.75 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.
