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Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.), First Avenue South, street elevation, west side between South Main and Washington Streets
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| Title | Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.), First Avenue South, street elevation, west side between South Main and Washington Streets |
| Architects | Comstock, Nelson A.
Troetsche, Carl
Fisher, Elmer H., 1840?-1905 |
| Artist | Steinbrueck, Victor |
| Client | A. P. Hotaling Company
Marshall, J. H.
Branagan, Matthew
Smith, James M.
Harmon, Margaret, d. 1893 |
| Date of Drawing Execution | 1969 |
| Object Type | Architectural drawings |
| Physical Description | Ink and graphite on tracing paper: 42 x 61 cm. |
| Building Street Address | 201-219 1st Avenue S. |
| Building Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Purpose | Record drawings
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| Representation | Elevations
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| Descriptive Notes | Handwritten in title block:
First Avenue South
Handwritten beneath drawing:
So. Main St.
217-219 [New England]
215 [Branagan-Smith]
211 [Lucky Hotel]
209 [Hotaling Block]
207 [Skagit]
J & M Hotel & Cafe
So. Washington St.
Signed by artist:
[copyright] Victor Steinbrueck 1969 |
| Building Style | Chicago School
Commercial Style
Queen Anne Style
Richardsonian Romanesque
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| Building Notes | Architect, educator, and artist Victor Steinbrueck helped foster responsible civic development though his efforts in promoting revitalization programs for the city of Seattle. Along with many others, Steinbrueck's work to raise awareness of Seattle's historic and architectural significance resulted in the city's adoption of historic preservation ordinances, including the one that made Pioneer Square the city's first National Register district in 1970. These drawings were part of a study he conducted of that area in the late 1960s, early 1970s. The buildings that make up the western block of First Avenue between Washington and Main Streets present a unified facade and a powerful sense of early Seattle after the Fire of 1889. Most of the buildings provided similar services and are of the same construction type typical of post fire structures: brick exterior walls with heavy timber construction on its interior. The lower two floors of the J & M Hotel were originally built in 1889 for Captain J. H. Marshall by the California architectural firm Comstock & Troetsche. Although originally designed to house a wholesale business, by the turn of the twentieth century a bar and card room were located on the ground floor, with a hotel housed in the upper stories. The decorative band at the top of the second level is thought to be the cornice of the original building, with a third level added around 1900-1903. The shape and detailing of its second floor window openings have a Victorian quality that is characteristic of many buildings of this period in Seattle. The Skagit Building, known locally as the Central tavern, dates from 1889 when the upper floors housed the Skagit Hotel. The Hotaling Block was constructed around 1889 by the A. P. Hotaling Company of Puget Sound, a wholesale liquor supply business. Although the composition of the facade is in keeping with that of the other buildings on the block, the directness and simplicity of the design is less Victorian and might reflect a later construction date. The Lucky Hotel was also built in 1889 and housed a store on the ground level and a hotel, sometimes a brothel, on the second and third floors. From the late 1890s until sometime in the 1960s the second floors of 213, 211 and 209 First Avenue South were connected by doorways. The Branagan-Smith Building dates from 1889 and was commissioned by Matthew Branagan, a building and street contractor, and James M. Smith, a saloon keeper. The New England Hotel building was designed by Elmer Fisher in 1889-1890 for Mrs. Margaret Harmon to replace the previous hotel (built 1873) of the same name, which had burned down as a result of the 1889 Fire. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Elevations |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.); Commercial buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle--Designs and plans |
| Digital Collection | Architecture Collection
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| Digital ID Number | ARC0518
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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 | Victor Steinbrueck 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. |
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