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Overview

The 200-room Piedmont Hotel and Apartments was built in phases between about 1925 and 1928.

Building History

The Seattle architectural firm of Huntington and Torbitt designed the Piedmont Hotel and Apartments in Seattle's First Hill neighborhood. The client was the Talworth Investment Company of Seattle.

In late 1929, Talworth sold the property to an Anglo-Canadian investment group, British American Consolidated Properties, Ltd. A Seattle Post-Intelligencer story of 11/09/1929 reported: "Marking it as one of the major real estate transactions of the year and a deal involving approximately $500,000, British American Consolidated Properties, Ltd., Smith Tower, has purchased the Piedmont Apartment Hotel, Summit Avenue and Seneca Street, and will take possession immediately. Canadian capitalists are said to be heavily interested in the company which acquired the property. The apartment hotel is one of the largest of its kind in Seattle, occupying a ground area of 180 by 120 feet and contains more than 200 rooms divided so that from two to five-room suites, can be provided. The deal, which was closed yesterday, was negotiated through Irving and Peoples, McDowall Building, who represented both British American and Talworth Investment Company, former owners. A portion of the building was built about four years ago and the Seneca Street addition completed in late 1928. It was designed by D.R. Huntington, architect, and constructed by A.S. Hainsworth, contractor and builder. The design follows the Italian style in architecture and the building occupies a prominent location on First Hill." (See "Piedmont Sold for $500,000," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 11/09/1929, p. 6.)

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