Arctic Building
| Arctic Building | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
 Entrance on Cherry Street |
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| location | Seattle , Washington | ||
| Coordinates | 47 ° 36 '13.4 " N , 122 ° 19' 55" W | ||
| Built | 1916 | ||
| architect | A. Warren Gould | ||
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts | ||
| NRHP number | 78002749 | ||
| The NRHP added | November 28, 1978 | ||
The Arctic Building is a building with nine floors in the downtown of Seattle , Washington . It's on the northeast corner of Third Avenue and Cherry Street. The building was built in 1916 for the Arctic Club and was used by the Arctic Club until it was dissolved in 1971. The facade of the building is made entirely of cream-colored terracotta , but accents are set in submarine blue and orange-brown. The 128- foot (39 m) high building is best known for the terracotta walrus heads that are lined up in the facade on the third floor around the building. The building was restored and is now a luxury hotel with 120 hotel rooms; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1978 and is also a City of Seattle Landmark .
history
The property on which the Arctic Building is located once belonged to Joseph R. Lewis, Chief Justice of the Washington Territory and a direct descendant of George Washington's sister Betty. The house he built on the site in 1875 was considered to be one of the most beautiful buildings in the city of its time. It was replaced in 1892 by the three-story Seattle Theater, designed by Saunders and Lawton architects. The newly founded Rainier Club was housed in the office wing of the building until it moved into its own premises. The theater building was replaced by the Arctic Club Building in 1916.
The Arctic Club was founded in 1908 by successful veterans of the Klondike gold rush . In the same year, the existing Alaska Club was merged with the Arctic Club. The Arctic Club was a male-only social club for business people with ties to the gold rush or Alaska . The Arctic Club was originally located in 1909 on the corner of 3rd Avenue and Jefferson Street in the Morrison Hotel, which was also known as the Arctic Club Building at the time.
After a dispute with the owner of the building, the Arctic Construction Company, the decision was made to relocate in 1914. In 1916 the members commissioned the renowned Seattle architect A. Warren Gould to plan the new Arctic Building in downtown Seattle as the new headquarters of the Arctic Club. The builder and owner of the new building was James Moses, who also owned the previously demolished theater building. He signed a long-term lease with the club. During the move, the members sneaked into the bar facility of the previous building by rappelling the parts through one of the windows. When the club's president found out about the hoax after it was installed in the new building, he made a compensation payment to prevent litigation.
supporting documents
- ^ The Historic Arctic Building in Seattle Being Transformed into a 120-room Hotel
- ↑ About History Luxury Downtown Seattle Hotel Washington . Arctic Club Hotel. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
- ^ A b Dotty DeCoster: Arctic Building (Seattle) ( English ) HistoryLink.org. October 21, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
literature
- Jeffrey Karl Ochsner: Shaping Seattle Architecture: A Historical Guide to the Architects . Rev. ed. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994. ISBN 0295973668
Web links
- Club @ Google Street View
- 1913 Image of Seattle Theater . University of Washington Special Collections division.
- National Register Nomination Form for The Arctic Building, 1978.