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| Title | Pioneer Building, ca. 1916 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1916 |
| Caption | Many of the wooden buildings destroyed in the 1889 fire were replaced with large, modern brick buildings. The Pioneer Building was commissioned by Seattle businessman Henry Yesler and built between 1889 and 1891. Yesler built the building on the site of his original Seattle home. The brick and stone building housed a bank and offices, and it still stands at Pioneer Square.
This photo, taken around 1916, shows the Pioneer Building at the corner of First Avenue and James Street in Pioneer Square. Earthquakes weakened the tall tower above the front entrance, and the tower was removed sometime in the 1930s. |
| Subjects | Office buildings; Pioneer Building (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Personal Names | Yesler, Henry L., 1810?-1892--Homes & haunts |
| Places | Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.); Seattle (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.10242 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 negative : glass, b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 47, 822 |
