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| Title | Stuart Building (Seattle, Wash.), University Street elevation, plan and tenth floor plan |
| Architectural Firm Name | Howells and Stokes |
| Architects | Howells, John Mead, 1868-1959
Stokes, I. N. Phelps (Isaac Newton Phelps), 1867-1944 |
| Client | Metropolitan Building Company (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Date of Drawing Execution | 1910-1914 |
| Object Type | Architectural Drawings |
| Physical Description | Ink, graphite and colored pencil on drafting cloth: 72 x 167 cm. |
| Building Street Address | 1304 4th Ave. |
| Building Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Purpose | Working drawings
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| Representation | Elevations
Floor plans
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| Descriptive Notes | Handwritten in title block:
Stuart Building
N.E. Cor. of University Pl. and Fourth Ave.
for The Metropolitan Building Co. Seattle Wash.
Howells & Stokes Architects
100 Williams St. New York
Drawn: April 15th-1910 Revised [last]: Sept. 5-14
Handwritten beside drawings:
Elevation on University Street
Plan thru Balustrade
Tenth Floor Plan showing Top of Main Cornice
Bldg No. 96
18 [sheet] |
| Building Style | Beaux-Arts
Commercial Style
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| Building Notes | In 1907 the Metropolitan Building Company took over the lease of the original University of Washington campus in downtown Seattle, known initially as the University Tract and later became the Metropolitan Tract. That company engaged the New York architectural firm of Howells & Stokes and began construction of their first building. Three other buildings soon followed, all along Fourth Avenue and all named for shareholders in the Company; one of them being the Stuart Building, completed in January 1915 and named for E. A. Stuart, founder of the Carnation Milk Products Company. Architect A.H. Albertson oversaw this and the Howells and Stokes firm's other works on the West Coast, eventually forming his own separate partnership with Howells around 1917. This new firm completed most of the remaining Metropolitan Tract buildings, all of which, with the exception of the Cobb building, are now destroyed. The drawings illustrate many of the features the original Metropolitan Tract designs had in common: terra cotta ornamentation at the top and street levels, brick in-between; decorative elements combining Beaux-Arts and commercial styles, such as symmetry, a clearly marked storefront and ornate classical detailing. The Henry, White and Stuart buildings shared one block now known as the Rainier Plaza. Their coordinated facades created the appearance of a single structure, often referred to as the White Henry Stuart Building. They are no longer extant. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Elevations; Floor plans |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Stuart Building (Seattle, Wash.); Office buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle--Designs and plans |
| Digital Collection | Architecture Collection
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| Digital ID Number | ARC0699
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| Ordering Information | Restrictions apply to the ordering of this image. Please contact photos@u.washington.edu for more information. |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Metropolitan Building Company Collection |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original drawing in RGB at 200-400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, changed to indexed color, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2006. |
