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Building History

The museum's benefactor was Horace Chapin Henry, (1844-1928), a Civil War veteran and Seattle businessman who worked on the construction of a western railroad line between Montana and Seattle, WA, for the Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul, and Pacific Railroad.

Building Notes

Bebb and Gould's University of Washington, Seattle, Henry Art Gallery won a Seattle Honor Award, Washington State Chapter, American Institute of Architects for "Libraries, Museum, etc" in 1928;

Alteration

Gwathmey Siegel and Associates, Architects, renovated the original 10,000 square-foot space and added a large three-story wing to the Henry in 1993-1997. Exhbition space increased from 5,000 to 14,000 square feet. Gwathmey's new wing included a 150-seat auditorium, children's art studio, educational group facilities, and new storage areas. In 1996, the Henry had approximately 18,000 items in its collections, worth in excess of $25 million. A pedestrian bridge traversing the busy 15th Avenue NE was also re-designed by Gwathmey Siegel. Loschky, Marquardt and Nesholm, (LMN), Architects, served as Consulting Architects on the Henry Art Gallery's enlargement. The addition, costing $17.3 million, was part of a larger $25 million fund-raising effort, conceived to add money for a new endowment for programs and exhibits. Illsley Ball Nordstrom (1912-1996), widow of Nordstrom executive, Lloyd Nordstrom (1910-1976), donated significant funds for the development of the new Henry addition.

PCAD id: 5083