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Overview

This Stone, Fisher and Lane Dry Goods Store was the first retailer to occupy this building. In 1912, the Fraser-Paterson Department Store #1 opened here and operated at this location before moving to a second location at 2nd Avenue and Pike Street in 1930.

Building History

Caroline Rosenberg Kline Galland (1841-1907), one of the wealthiest real estate women in Seattle, WA, c. 1905, commissioned the architect, Max Umbrecht (1872-1955), to design this small retail/office building; initially, the Stone-Fisher Dry Goods Company occupied the space. The merchant, R.P. Fraser, purchased the Stone-Fisher Company and used this location beginning in 1912. Fraser-Paterson had dry goods stores in Seattle, WA, and Spokane, WA.

In 1937, the Ryan Furniture Company and two small shops utilized the building.

Galland and her estate owned the building until c. 1969, when the ubiquitous Sam Israel's Samis Company bought the property for $500,000.

Building Notes

This building had 5 stories with a ground floor mezzanine.

Alteration

The developer, Wright Runstad Company, leased the Stone-Fisher Store and the adjacent Seneca Building and undertook a renovation of the two 96,329-square-foot spaces in 1985. Loschky Marquardt and Nesholm (LMN), Architects supervised the remodeling and seismic upgrade. The renovation received a Merit Award from the Seattle Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Wright Runstad, known for its historic preservation efforts, commissioned the remodeling at the same time the Washington Mutual Tower was being built on the east side of 2nd Avenue. The cornice line originally had a balustrade that was removed at some point.

Demolition

The Stone, Fisher and Lane Dry Goods Store was torn down along with other adjoining parcels to build the rambling office skyscraper at 1201 2nd Avenue, completed in

PCAD id: 14199