AKA: Imperial Hotel, Downtown, Seattle, WA
Structure Type: built works - dwellings -public accommodations - hotels
Designers: Ryan, Henderson, Architect (firm); Henderson Ryan (architect/building contractor)
Dates: constructed 1907
5 stories, total floor area: 34,624 sq. ft.
Overview
The five-floor, masonry-faced Hotel Raleigh was in operation by 1910 in Downtown Seattle, WA.
Building History
Alabama-born Seattle architect Henderson Ryan (1856-1927) designed the Hotel Raleigh, completed in 1907.It later was renamed the Imperial Hotel.
On 11/19/1998, Zenji Shibayama and others sold the building to the Alpha Imperial Building LLC for $1,100,000. Pioneer Northwest LLC bought it less two years later on 02/01/2000 for $5 million. Blackstone Corporation foreclosed on Pioneer Northwest on 01/14/2003, and took over ownership as the "4th Avenue Building LLC."
Its owner in 2019 was the 4th Avenue Building LLC.
Building Notes
This former hotel occupied a 6,660-square-foot (0.16-acre) lot, and contained 34,624 gross square feet, 31,530 net. According to the King County Department of Assessments, this office building had a value of $6,000,000. Its land was worth $3,996,000, and the improvement was valued at $2,004,000.
King County Assessor Number: 1975700275 Department of Assessments eReal Property GIS Center parcel report GIS Center parcel viewer GIS Center iMap viewer
PCAD id: 13299