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 Pike Place Market neighborhood of downtown Seattle. This was the second building to house the newspaper, and is no longer standing. The newspaper moved to the Times Square Building (also called the Blethen Building) at Fourth Avenue and Olive Way in 1915. It built a new headquarters, the Seattle Times Building, north of Denny Way in 1930. The paper moved to its current headquarters at 1000 Denny Way in 2011.
Businesses in image: E. H. Ahrens Co., Cloak and Suit House; Edison's Phonographs, Records, and Supplies; Ramaker Music Co.; D. Buck & Co. Clothiers; The Daily Times This photograph is part of an album titled "Views of Businesses and Buildings, Area: Pine to Madison, 4th to Western."
Caption information source: Pacific Coast Architecture Database
ID Number: 1972.5346.17
Date: Circa 1903
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on linen backing : b&w ; 5 x 7.5 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.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Businesses and Buildings Photograph Album, 1972.5346.17
