Pioneer Building (Seattle, Washington)
- Title
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Pioneer Building (Seattle, Washington)
- LC Subject
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Architecture, American
Architecture--United States
- Creator
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Fisher, Elmer H.
- Photographer
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Ross, Marion Dean
- Creator Display
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Elmer H. Fischer (architect, c. 1840-1905)
- Description
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National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1977)
- View
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exterior
- Provenance
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Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
- Temporal
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1890-1899
1900-1909
- Style Period
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Queen Anne Style
Shingle Style
- Work Type
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office buildings
- Latitude
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47.605407
- Longitude
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-122.336894
- Location
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King County >> Washington >> United States
Washington >> United States
United States
Seattle >> King County >> Washington >> United States
- Street Address
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600-610 1st Avenue
- Date
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1892/1909
- View Date
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1966-05
- Identifier
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pna_14393.jpg
- Item Locator
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mdr08995
- Rights
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In Copyright
- Rights Holder
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University of Oregon
- Source
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Gift of Wallace K. Huntington from the estate of Marion Dean Ross
- Type
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Image
- Format
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image/jpeg
- Set
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Building Oregon
- Primary Set
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Building Oregon
- Is Part Of
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Pioneer Square (Seattle, Washington)
- Institution
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University of Oregon
- Note
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The Pioneer Building helps mark the heart of Seattle's early commercial development. It stands on the ground where Henry Yesler established the first sawmill of the area in 1853, thereby providing the city with its initial industrial base. He sold the land in the late 1880s, just before the Great Seattle Fire of 1889 turned the downtown into ashes. The foundation for the new Pioneer Building had already been excavated by the time fire swept through the city, but the ensuing construction crunch slowed the completion of the Pioneer Building. When it was completed in 1892, this beautiful building of red brick and terra cotta was arguably the finest of the 60 "fireproof" Richardsonian-Romanesque designs created by architect Elmer H. Fisher. Source: National Register Nomination