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| Title | House for sale in downtown Seattle, ca. 1919 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1919 |
| Caption | By the 1920s, Seattle had changed from a city of small, wooden buildings to a city of brick and stone.
This photo was taken about 1919 on Fourth Avenue, between Columbia and Marion Streets. It shows Seattle's oldest standing home now for sale, dwarfed by the growing city. The house was built in 1865 by Hiram Burnett, who brought his family from Port Ludlow to Seattle so that his children could receive a university education. Three generations of Burnetts lived in the house continuously for 25 years, until 1890. To the left of the house is the red brick Rainier Club. Behind it is the domed First Methodist Church. In 1929, the club razed the pioneer house to expand its clubhouse. |
| Notes | Caption information source: Seattle Times, June 2, 1918, p. 10. |
| Subjects | Houses; Real estate development |
| Places | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.2016 |
| 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 nitrate negative: 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 85, 193 |
