In 1908 real estate investors John Edward Chilberg (1867-1954) and James Crawford Marmaduke (1871-1945) opened the New Washington Hotel on the northeast corner of Stewart Street and Second Avenue in what is now Seattle's Belltown neighborhood. The 13-story hotel was designed in the Italian Renaissance Revival Style and, as the city's premier hotel for several decades, welcomed many prominent guests, including four U. S. Presidents and Elvis Presley. In 1963 the hotel was sold to the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle as a residence for senior citizens, and its name was changed to the Josephinum. As of 2018 the Josephinum remains an apartment building for low-income residents and recently homeless individuals. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Handwritten on sleeve: New Washington Hotel Ints.
Photographer's Reference Number: 129200

Caption information source: http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/8914
Caption information source: https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/nrhp/text/89001607.PDF