- 01 COBB BUILDING | Howell & Stokes (New York) & A.H.Albertson 1910
This eleven-storey steel and reinforced concrete building is clad in brick and terracotta in the Beaux-Arts style. Modelled Native American heads are a prominent feature. In 2006 it was converted into apartments from its original commercial use.
- 02 COBB BUILDING | Howell & Stokes (New York) & A.H.Albertson 1910
These classical details are over the Fourth Avenue entrance.
- 03 COBB BUILDING | Howell & Stokes (New York) & A.H.Albertson 1910
Two of these modelled forms oppose each other in the Fourth Avenue entrance.
- 04 COLISEUM THEATRE | B.Marcus Priteca 1916
This is a detail from the Renaissance Revival influenced terracotta cladding on the Pike Street façade.
- 05 COLISEUM THEATRE | B.Marcus Priteca 1916
This is a detail from the Renaissance Revival influenced terracotta cladding on the Pike Street façade.
- 06 COLISEUM THEATRE | B.Marcus Priteca 1916
This is a detail from the cornice above the building's corner entrance on Pike Street and Fifth Avenue.
- 07 COLMAN BUILDING | August Tideman 1904 + Arthur Loveless 1929 + Restored 1970-1990
The alterations of 1929 saw the addition of Art Deco features at the southern end of the First Avenue Façade. This is a detail from the bronze panelling that runs below the shop front windows on First and Columbia.
- 08 COLMAN BUILDING | August Tideman 1904 + Arthur Loveless 1929 + Restored 1970-1990
The alterations of 1929 saw the addition of Art Deco features at the southern end of the First Avenue Façade: this is a detail from a bronze door casing there.
- 09 HARTFORD BUILDING | John Graham Snr. 1929
The Hartford is a small two-storey Art Deco building constructed from reinforced concrete clad in cast stone. This is a detail from the shallow relief modelling above the three centrally positioned upper windows on the Second Avenue facade.
- 10 1411 FOURTH AVENUE BUILDING | R.C.Reamer 1929
When he was twenty-three, architect Lloyd J.Lovegren contributed this relief sculpture set above the Fourth Avenue entrance to the building.
- 11 1411 FOURTH AVENUE BUILDING | R.C.Reamer 1929
This is a detail from one of the display window cases inside the building's recessed entrance on Fourth Avenue.
- 12 MEN'S WEARHOUSE | R.C.Reamer 1929
Built as a ticket office for the Great Northern Railroad, the building's simple flat facades on Fourth and Union carry Art Deco motifs. This image shows a detail from the limestone frieze set above the bronze window casings on both of them.
- 13 MEN'S WEARHOUSE | R.C.Reamer 1929
Built for the Great Northern Railroad, the building's simple flat facades on Fourth and Union carry beautifully designed Art Deco motifs. This image shows a detail from the limestone parapet set on both of them.
- 14 SEATTLE TOWER (NORTHERN LIFE TOWER) | Albertson Wilson & Richardson 1929
Seattle's best Art Deco structure was built for the Northern Life Insurance Company. This image shows a detail from the University Street façade,
- 15 SEATTLE TOWER (NORTHERN LIFE TOWER) | Albertson Wilson & Richardson 1929
The 27-storey Art Deco brick and terracotta tower was built for the Northern Life Insurance Company. This image shows the corner of a bronze 'Seattle Tower' sign placed in the recessed entryway on Third Avenue.
- 16 SEATTLE TOWER (NORTHERN LIFE TOWER) | Albertson Wilson & Richardson 1929
This larger-than-life record is of a detail from one of the designs of bronze trim used as part of the window casings at street level: see 14 for a contextual image.
- 17 SEATTLE TOWER (NORTHERN LIFE TOWER) | Albertson Wilson & Richardson 1929
This very fine 27-storey Art Deco tower was built for the Northern Life Insurance Company. This image shows a small detail from the grille above the main door on Third Avenue.
- 18 AN UNRECORDED BUILDING ON PINE STREET
A detail from the carved decoration running between each window strip on the façade.