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AKA: Saint Charles Hotel #2, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA; Governor Hotel, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA
Structure Type: built works - dwellings -public accommodations - hotels
Designers: Graham, John and Company, Architects and Engineers (firm); John Graham Sr. (architect/engineer); Herbert B. Pearce (architect)
Dates: constructed 1911-1913
Alson Lennon Brown, the son of a local timber baron, commissioned the Seattle architect, John Graham, Sr., to design the Rector Hotel at this location between 1911-1913. Brown retained Harry Brandt to build it; Graham originally presented a grander, 9-story scheme to Brown, who opted for a smaller, less ornate, Beaux-Arts design. Storefronts were designed by Herbert B. Pearce
PCAD id: 15048