Category:Germania Hall

Construction of this building was begun in June 1890 by Gustav Winehill, builder of the still standing Matilda Winehill Building (named for his daughter) in Pioneer Square. It was to be a four-story building clad in white sandstone and would contain a large theater on the top floor but construction was paused after the completion of the first floor and ultimately cancelled by the panic of 1893. It became known as the Germania Building after 1894 when 2 brick floors were added to house offices and fraternal organizations; at various times branches of the Knights of Pythias, the Odd Fellows and the Salvation Army met in the building. It was later used as a theater known as the Lois. The building was demolished in 1958 for an extension of the National Bank of Commerce Building (1907 & 1941), now known as the Security Pacific Building. A photo of the building in January 1958 not long before demolition.