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Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.), First Avenue South, street elevation, west side between South Washington Street and Yesler Way
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| Title | Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.), First Avenue South, street elevation, west side between South Washington Street and Yesler Way |
| Architects | Wickersham, Albert
Saunders, Charles Williard, 1858-1935
Houghton, Edwin Walker, 1856-1927
Fisher, Elmer H., 1840?-1905
De Neuf, Emil, d. 1915 |
| Artist | Steinbrueck, Victor |
| Client | Horton, Dexter, 1825-1904
Terry, Charles C. (Charles Carroll), 1830-1867
Denny, Arthur Armstrong, 1822-1899
Schwabacher, Louis, 1837-1900
Schwabacher, Abraham, 1838-1909
Schwabacher, Sigmund, 1841-1917
Yesler, Henry L. (Henry Leiter), 18 |
| Date of Drawing Execution | 1969 |
| Object Type | Architectural drawings |
| Physical Description | Ink and graphite on tracing paper: 43 x 61 cm. |
| Building Street Address | 115-105 1st Avenue S.
95 Yesler Way |
| 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. Washington St.
Maynard Building
Northern Hotel
Schwabacher Building
Yesler Bldg.
Yesler Way
Signed by artist:
[copyright] Victor Steinbrueck 1969 |
| Building Style | Chicago School
Queen Anne Style
Renaissance Revival
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 Maynard Building, originally known as the Dexter Horton (Bank) Building, was designed by architect Albert Wickersham in 1892. The building has sohisticated detailing and delicate Richardsonian Romanesque-like carving. Dexter Horton established one of the first banks in Seattle in a one story stone house, which partially survived the Fire of 1889 and on the site of which the present building was built. Commissioned by early Seattle settlers, Charles Terry and Arthur Denny in 1889, the Northern Hotel was designed by Saunders & Houghton and completed in 1891 with rooms on the upper floors and shop space at street level. The Schwabacher Building was designed in 1889-1890 by architect Elmer Fisher and the Yesler Way facade dates from this period. In 1892 however, the building suffered a major fire and Emil De Neuf, who had originally worked in Fisher's office, designed the First Avenue South elevation which accounts for the stronger Renaissance influence on that side. The building was designed for the Schwabacher Brothers, grocery wholesalers, who had been in business since 1869 on this site. The bottom three floors of the former Bank of Commerce Building, now called the Yesler Building, were also designed Fisher. The top floor of the building was added somewhat later, probably by 1895 and designed by De Neuf. The building was commissioned by Henry Yesler in 1890, along with the building across the street on First Avenue, the Mutual Life Building. |
| 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 | ARC0519
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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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