In 1885 real estate investor Martin Van Buren Stacy (1837-1901) and his wife, Elizabeth A. Briggs Stacy (1824-1904), spent approximately $50,000 to erect their second home in Seattle, located at Third Avenue and Marion Street, in the grand French Second Empire style. After the Stacy's moved out in 1889 (their third home at 1004 Boren Street is now the University Club) the house was briefly used by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, then was converted into a sumptuous boarding house. In 1925 Charles Joseph Ernest Blanc turned the mansion into what many considered to be Seattle's best restaurant, La Maison Blanc, until the building was destroyed in a 1960 fire. In 2002 an office building was completed at the site, the IDX Tower, now called the Fourth and Madison Building.
This image shows the Stacy mansion on the northeast corner of Third Avenue and Marion Street, apparently during construction due to the lack of windows.
Printed on verso: Dorsaz & Schwerin, Kenyon Block, Cor. Front and Madison Sts., Seattle, W. T.
Caption information source: http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/18308 Caption information source: http://old.seattletimes.com/pacificnw/2003/0511/nowthen.html
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w ; 4.75 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.
