Pioneer Building by wysiwig
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Description
Henry Yesler was one of Seattle’s founding fathers and its first business tycoon. His home sat at the corner of First and James streets. After the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, which destroyed most of the downtown area of the city, including his home, Yesler began the construction of the Pioneer Building, which was completed in 1891. It is a mix of Victorian and Romanesque Revival architectural styles. Over the years it has served in many capacities. During Prohibition it housed Seattle’s first speakeasy. It was saved from the wrecking ball when it was included in the Pioneer Square Registry of Historical Places.
Yesler’s steam-powered saw mill sat across from his home, right on Elliott Bay, at the foot of what is now known as Yesler Way and was then known as Mill Road or the ‘Skid Road,’ for the way the logs ‘skidded’ down the steep grade from the timber line to the mill. In time, ‘Skid Road’ was altered to ‘Skid Row’ and so Seattle is responsible for this term.
Comments (18)
Faemike55
Fantastic photo and wonderful history of the area! Thanks for both!
glix70
Great strusture of building and thanks for the info about it!!! well done!!! :)
myrrhluz
Very interesting building! I like the mixtures of styles. Mind you, I have no idea where one starts and the other ends, but I like the combination. Though I'm not so crazy about the globby pillars that are prominent in the front. Beautiful reflections of the trees. Great history! I didn't know Seattle had a great fire or about skid row. Excellent capture and info!
emmecielle
Fantastic capture and interesting informations! :)
durleybeachbum
An extraordinary building! Masses of fsacinating details in your pic, and very interesting info.
bugatti
Strong influence of the Chicago school, "Rookery" building, f. ex. Like that one, I suppose it is an iron frame building, with non structural stone facing.
flavia49
marvelous capture!!! very interesting info!!
tennesseecowgirl
Great to see these shots from Seattle, beautiful city, I haven't been there in years, thanks for taking me back.
Sea_Dog
Excellent image and history. I like this POV because it suggests the power and dominance of the building. Well done.
jocko500
wow this is big. So is skid row. wish all them was working as the first skid row was
sandra46
very interesting building it might be the location for a movie!
psyoshida
Wonderful architecture and history. Your POV is just great! I'm glad the wrecking ball missed it. A city's character is built on such great architecture. Really great shot!
hipps13
WOW wonderful capture warm hugs, Linda
vaggabondd
beautiful building and capture
lucindawind
interesting info and fantastic shot
auntietk
I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying my city through your eyes! I hope you got loads of pictures down there. You know, I have somewhere around one, maybe two, shots of Seattle. How many of Chicago? LOL! Maybe I should just run down to Seattle one day with my camera. Now why doesn't that every occur to me? Fantastic shot of the old Pioneer Building. The light is excellent!
JuliSonne
Impressive architecture. Pleases me.
mariogiannecchini
Fantastic capture and interesting informations!