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AKA: Marshall Block #1, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA
Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - commercial buildings
Designers: Boone, William E., Architect (firm); Keenan, J., Building Contractor (firm); William Ely Boone (architect); J. Keenan (building contractor)
Dates: constructed 1882, demolished 1889
Overview
The Marshall Block stood on the corner of Commercial (later renamed 1st Avenue South) and Washington Streets in 1882. (See Residence and Business Directory of the City of Seattle for the Year 1882, p. 44.)
Building History
The 07/1882 issue of the California Architect and Building News indicated that this three-story brick building for J.H. Marshall would be constructed by J. Keenan at a cost of $18,000. (See "Building Intelligence: Seattle," California Architect and Building News, vol. III, no. 7, 07/1882, p. 106.) It was one of the earliest buildings in the city designed by the important Seattle architect William Ely Boone (1830-1921).
A. Marshall, Manager of the Bank Exchange Saloon, either lived in or across the street from the Marshall Building in 1884. (See Seattle City Directory, 1884, p. 144.)
Demolition
The first Marshall Block was lost in the Great Fire of 06/06/1889;
PCAD id: 5386
