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The Kreidel Block, like the neighboring Davidson Building, Cadwell Building and Geddis Building, were all built following the devastating fire of 07/04/1889 that destroyed much of Ellensburg's central business district. The Washington State University Libraries Digital Collections web site stated of the building: "The Samuel Kriegel [sic] Block, most often called the Kriegel Building was built by Samuel Kriegel (1854-1922) during the fall and winter of 1889 on the northeast corner of Third and Pearl Streets. Kriegel, a native of Germany, instructed the architects to create a building in the German Romantic style of 19th century Germany. The building was one of the most exuberent [sic] buildings in Ellensburg. Instead of an actual turret type tower, as is on the Davidson Building, the Kriegel tower had a raised center section topped by a cupola. The bulbiform dome and finial, gave the tower a massive impressiveness that was carried throughout the entire building." (See "Samuel Kreidel Block, Ellensburg, Washington,", Accessed 06/16/2011.)

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