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Overview

The Leary Building stood on the northeast corner of 2nd Avenue and Madison Street.

Building History

The Leary Building was designed by the Beezer Brothers and Alfred Bodley. It was an early commission for the Beezers who had relocated from Pittsburgh, PA, in 1907.

The Leary Building stood on the site of the Orpheum Theatre #3, a business owned by the Orpheum Theater Company, an arm of Sullivan and Considine, a joint stock enterprise begun by Tammany Hall political boss Timothy D. Sullivan (1862-1913) and the Seattle theatre boss John Considine (1868-1943). The Orpheum Theatre #3 closed on 04/03/1908. Construction of the Leary Building could begin soon thereafter.

In 1917, Eliza F. Leary, widow of John Leary, managed the Leary Building Company and the Leary-Collins Land Company from an office in Room #914 of the Leary Building. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1917, p. 1016.)

Building Notes

In 11/1917, the Parks School of Character Analysis occupied Room #425 in the Leary Building.

In 1917, the Leary Building Barber Shop, owned by W.E. Sistig and W.M. Stevenson, operated in Room #226. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1917, p. 1016.)

Demolished;

PCAD id: 4740