AKA: Occidental Building, Baillargeon, J.A., and Company Store #1, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA; Collins Building, The Lace House Store #2, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA

Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - stores

Designers: [unspecified]

Dates: constructed 1890

1 story

515 2nd Avenue
Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA 98104

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Building History

Beginning in 1890, The Lace House, a retail seller of fancy goods, dry goods and furnishings, operated in a space within the Occidental Building. (SeeSeattle, Washington, City Directory, 1890, p. 137 andSeattle, Washington, City Directory, 1891, p. 141.)By 1892, The Lace House was also known as the "J.A. Baillargeon and Company" store. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1892, p. 167.)

The first Lace House store location was at 711 Front Street in 1889. It burned in the Fire of 1889.

PCAD id: 23081