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Overview

Euro-American Seattle pioneers Arthur A. and Mary Ann Boren Denny resided on the east side of 1st Avenue between Union and University Streets during the period of 1865 until his death in 1899.

Building Notes

Arthur A. Denny, (1822-1899) led a Euro-American pioneer party that settled in what became West Seattle in 1851. He relocated the next year to the east side of Elliott Bay, in what would become Downtown Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood, filing a land claim here on 02/15/1852. Denny became a key politician and developer of Seattle, working in the State Legislature to further the city's interests. He became important in the location of the University of Washington in Seattle, as he and two others, Judge Edward Lander, (1816-1907), and Charles C. Terry, (1830-1867), donated 10 acres of land on which to house the new campus.

The Arcade Block replaced the Denny House in around 1901.

Alteration

The Denny House was renovated and enlarged in 1880.

PCAD id: 19682