File:3rd Ave. north from Yesler Way, ca. 1908 - DPLA - ac039c37ad2b69ca029d262ae6ab9b0a.jpg

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3rd Ave. north from Yesler Way, ca. 1908 (

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Creator

Piper, Walter F

Title

3rd Ave. north from Yesler Way, ca. 1908

Description

Hotel Seward, which appears on the bottom left of the photo, opened at the same time as the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909. It served as the headquarters for members of the Arctic Club. The buildings past the Hotel Seward on the left are the Drexel Hotel, the Lyon Building (constructed in 1910), and the St. Charles Hotel and Apartments (constructed in 1911). The Coliseum Theater, opened in 1908, appears at the right. The name of the theater was changed to the Orpheum in the same year it opened and the building was demolished in 1911. Seattle street shows Hotel Seward.

Hotel Seward (now low-income housing as Morrison Hotel), Drexel Hotel, Lyon Building, and St. Charles Hotel all still extant 2022.

Date

1912

Collection

Seattle Public Library

	Location	Seattle , United States of America
	Coordinates	47° 36′ 24″ N, 122° 19′ 58″ W
	Established	1890
	Website	www.spl.org
	Authority file	: Q7442157 VIAF: 147059007 ISNI: 0000000107435179 LCCN: n50059684 NRHP: 82004253 GND: 4841883-3 WorldCat

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This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Seattle Public Library as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Northwest Digital Heritage.

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DPLA identifier: ac039c37ad2b69ca029d262ae6ab9b0a
Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_gpn_157

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