Central Building (Seattle)

The Central Building is a historic building at 810 3rd Avenue in downtown Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington.^[3]

Central Building
The building's exterior, 2018
General information
Coordinates	47°36′17″N 122°19′58″W
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Charles Ronald Aldrich[1]
Seattle Landmark
Designated	May 7, 2008[2]

Design

Charles Ronald Aldrich designed the building following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.^[4] It has a facade apparently made of granite, but the structure is actually terra cotta.^[5]

History

The building was completed in 1907 and renovated between 2002 and 2007.^[6] It sold for $67.5 million in 2018.^[7]

The building held the first meetings of the Port of Seattle commission in 1911.^[8] It was designated as a city landmark by the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board in 2008.^[2]

See also

• List of Seattle landmarks

References

1. Shaping Seattle Architecture. University of Washington Press. June 2016. p. 416. ISBN 9780295806891.
2. "Report on Designation: Central Building" (PDF). City of Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board. May 13, 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 29, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
3. "Cushman to manage Central Building". Daily Journal of Commerce. June 4, 2015. Archived from the original on November 25, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
4. "PCAD - Central Building, Downtown, Seattle, WA". pcad.lib.washington.edu. Archived from the original on December 29, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
5. Crowley, Walt; Dorpat, Paul (1998). National Trust Guide Seattle: America's Guide for Architecture and History Travelers. Wiley. p. 51.
6. "Seattle's Central Building sold for 20 percent less than in 2007". The Seattle Times. July 11, 2013. Archived from the original on November 25, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
7. Stiles, Marc (July 19, 2018). "Landmark downtown Seattle building sells for $67.5 million". Puget Sound Business Journal.
8. Oldham, Kit (February 12, 2020). "Port of Seattle commissioners meet for the first time on September 12". www.historylink.org. Archived from the original on November 25, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.

External links

• Architecture portal

• Media related to Central Building, Seattle at Wikimedia Commons
• Central Building, Downtown, Seattle, WA at Pacific Coast Architecture Database, University of Washington