PCAD - Hoge, John, Building #3, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA

Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - office buildings; built works - commercial buildings - stores

Lithographic portrait of John Hoge and Robert D. Schultz, owners of Schultz and Company, from an 1887-1888 catalog of Star Soap products. From Schultz and Company, Catalog of Schultz's Star Soap: The Perfection of Family Soaps, Hagley ID, Box/folder number, Litchfield Collection on the History of Fatty Materials (Call Number Pam 2010.160), Published Collections Department, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE 19807

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1st Avenue South and South Washington Street
Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA

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Building History

This building was owned by John Hoge (1840-1917), a partner in the Zanesville, OH, soap business, Schultz and Company, who purchased several parcels of real estate in Seattle, WA, during the early twentieth century.

Building Notes

This small, 3-story building stood on the corner of 1st Avenue South and South Washington Street c. 1915; it resembled in massing Hoge's building at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Cherry Street, but had a more had a utilitarian, unornamented appearance. The corner was beveled and admitted pedestrians to the Quick Shoe Repair that existed here c. 1915. All ground floor spaces were filled with retail shops, including Bell Loan Office and Bloom's Cafe. The upper two floors housed rented offices.

PCAD id: 14985

Publications

Dorpat, Paul, "The race to raise Seattle's tallest tower", Seattle Times Pacific Northwest, 26-27, 2019-04-07.

Links

Hoge Building at 1st Ave. S and Washington St., ca. 1915