Grand Pacific Hotel (Seattle)
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The Grand Pacific Hotel (first known as the Starr Building) is a historic building in Seattle located at 1115-1117 1st Avenue between Spring and Seneca Streets in the city's central business district. The building was constructed in 1890 during the building boom that followed the Great Seattle Fire
of 1889. The building had served as a hotel since its construction, with the Ye Kenilworth Inn, operated by Minnie Hayward, on the upper floors in 1893. The hotel was refurnished and reopened in 1902 as the Grand Pacific Hotel, most likely named after the hotel of the same name in Chicago
. It played a role during the Yukon Gold Rush as one of many hotels that served traveling miners and also housed the offices for the Seattle Woollen Mill, an important outfitter for the Klondike.
The Grand Pacific Hotel is a substantial four-story brick and stone building designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque
style and remains a rare example of its kind outside of the Pioneer Square district. The building's original architect is not known. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1982 around the same time as the adjacent Colonial Hotel.
Great Seattle Fire
The Great Seattle Fire was a fire that destroyed the entire central business district of Seattle, Washington, USA, on June 6, 1889.-Early Seattle:In the fall of 1851, the Denny Party arrived at Alki Point in what is now the state of Washington...
of 1889. The building had served as a hotel since its construction, with the Ye Kenilworth Inn, operated by Minnie Hayward, on the upper floors in 1893. The hotel was refurnished and reopened in 1902 as the Grand Pacific Hotel, most likely named after the hotel of the same name in Chicago
Grand Pacific Hotel (Chicago)
The Grand Pacific Hotel was one of the first two prominent hotels built in Chicago, Illinois after the Great Chicago Fire. The hotel, designed by William W...
. It played a role during the Yukon Gold Rush as one of many hotels that served traveling miners and also housed the offices for the Seattle Woollen Mill, an important outfitter for the Klondike.
The Grand Pacific Hotel is a substantial four-story brick and stone building designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque
Richardsonian Romanesque
Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after architect Henry Hobson Richardson, whose masterpiece is Trinity Church, Boston , designated a National Historic Landmark...
style and remains a rare example of its kind outside of the Pioneer Square district. The building's original architect is not known. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1982 around the same time as the adjacent Colonial Hotel.
External links
- Grand Pacific Hotel, Seattle, ca. 1907 - from the Museum of History and IndustryMuseum of History and IndustryThe Museum of History and Industry is a museum located in the Montlake neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.Accredited by the American Association of Museums, MOHAI is "dedicated to enriching lives by preserving, sharing and teaching the diverse history of Seattle, the Puget Sound...
photo archives.