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Building History

Architect Max Umbrecht, who had migrated to Seattle from Syracuse, NY, designed the Colonial Hotel, along with several other large buildings in the first four years of the 20th century, including the Globe Building (1901), L.C. Smith Building #1 (1901), W.L. Smith Building (1900), and the Hotel Cecil. L.C. Smith, the man who commissioned the Smith Tower (1914), also was from Syracuse. The Colonial Hotel replaced an earlier office/retail building at 1119 First Street that was demolished c. 1900.

In 1981, the Colonial Hotel and the neighboring Ye Kenilowrth Inn / Grand Pacific Hotel (1898) were merged to form the "Colonial Grand Pacific Condominiums." In 2016, the Colonial Grand Pacific contained 37 units, and had a skybridge linking it to an adjacent parking garage.

Building Notes

The King County Assessor dated the Colonial Hotel building to 1902. The hotel's name, however, appeared in the 1901 Polk's Seattle Directory as operating at 1119 1st Avenue. In 2012, the building contained 5 retail spaces and 37 residential units and 10 communal units, occupying a 16,771-square-foot lot. The land had an estimated value of $6,708,400.

Alterations

The original balustrade lining the parapet was taken down. This may have occurred after the 1949 Seattle Earthquake which caused a significant amount of damage to masonry buildings in the Pioneer Square and Downtown neighborhoods.

According to the King County Assessor, the building had significant alterations in 1983.