AKA: Enterprise Furniture Company, Store, University District, Seattle, WA ; Big 5 Sporting Goods Store, University District, Seattle, WA

Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - stores

Designers: [unspecified]

Dates: constructed 1900

3 stories, total floor area: 32,960 sq. ft.

4315 University Way NE
University District, Seattle, WA 98105-5808

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The Enterprise Furniture Company maintained its store at 4315 University Way in 1926. This four-bay store had three stories, the first two floors having plate glass windows, the third having four sets of triplet windows. A marquee sign hung above the central front door and a metal awning stretching the length of the front facade, sheltered shoppers gazing into first floor displays. Two pediments projected above the parapet line. (A drawing of the store appeared in an ad, "--And close to home," Seattle Times, 12/22/1926, p. 18.) The store, in 2013, had 32,960 gross square feet, 23,800 net and occupied a 8,240 square-foot lot. During the 1990s-present, a Big 5 Sporting Goods Store has operated in the space.

Alterations were made in 1995, according to King County Assessor records.