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Located in what became industrial zone south of Pioneer Square, Seattle's first commercial center, the three-story, reinforced-concrete occupied land that originally composed of tideflats, but was gradually filled in with landfill. Debris from the Great Seattle Fire of 1889 was dumped here, and City Engineer R.H. Thomson's other regrading projects used the tidelands for a dumping ground. In 1941, the Hallidie Machinery Company operated here, while it functioned as a Sears Department Store Warehouse in 1972. The Cederstrand Family owned his industrial building at 2245 1st Avenue South from at least 05/10/1994 until 12/13/2002, when Microsoft Co-founder Paul Allen purchased it. He founded the Living Computer Museum there (originally known as PDPplanet.com) on 01/09/2006 and opened it to the public on 10/25/2012. In 2014, land and building was worth $5,723,700 for tax assessment purposes, up from $570,100 in 1982-1983.

This blocky, utilitarian building had a very rudimentary Art Deco look to it, the most prominent feature being its strongly vertical pilasters that continued from the ground level unbroken to above the parapet line. No contrasting horizontal lines marked the design. The six pilasters divided the front facade into five equivalent bays. The main entry was arched and located within a nearly symmetrical front fenestration.