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David Swinson Maynard (1808–1873), born in VT, was the first physician to settle in Seattle, WA. A man of various talents, Maynard claimed 640 acres in what became the first commercial district in the city, Pioneer Square in 04/1852. Maynard was a physician and a lawyer and something of a politician, skillful in working with the Oregon Territorial Legislature and with the local American Indian tribes. He operated an early general store in what was known as Duwamps (renamed for Chief Sealth), and artfully managed to have the first US Post Office located in his mercantile establishment. Junius Rochseter, writing for Historylink.org, said of the store: "According to an ad he put in the Olympia Columbian, his 'Seattle Exchange' sold 'a general assortment of dry goods, groceries, hardware, etc., suitable for the wants of immigrants just arriving.'" (See Junius Rochester, "Maynard, Dr. David Swinson (1808-1873)," Historylink.org Essay #315, 11/10/1998,Accessed 08-07-2012.) Maynard became a leading booster for Seattle, and started other businesses as well, including a salmon cannery which shipped its product to San Francisco, CA.

This early Seattle, WA, building was located on the site of the later Winehill Hotel.

Demolished.

PCAD id: 9729