PCAD - Gaggin and Gaggin, Architects

Aerial view of the L.C. Smith Tower, Seattle, c. 2016; from Google Maps/Street View

Exterior view from the south of the L.C. Smith Tower, Seattle, 1928; from the Seattle Municipal Archives, City of Seattle Engineering Department Photograph Collection, Item #5988

Exterior view of Lyman Smith Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 2008; from Wikimedia Commons, photo by ZeWrestler

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Edwin Hall Gaggin, Thomas Walker Gaggin Sr.

Active 1902-

Firm Notes

This was a Syracuse, NY-based architecture firm, best known on the West Coast for its L.C. Smith Tower in Seattle, WA.

PCAD id: 1844

Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Crouse-Hinds Factory, Syracuse, NY		Syracuse	NY
Eaton, Melvin, House, Norwich, NY	1915-1916	Norwich	NY
Eaton, Warren, House, Norwich, NY	1915-1916	Norwich	NY
Forsythe, J., House, Norwich, NY	1915-1916	Norwich	NY
Masonic Building, Temple, Downtown, Syracuse, NY	1915-1917	Syracuse	NY
Saint Joseph's Hospital, Syracuse, NY		Syracuse	NY
Smith, Lyman Cornelius, Tower, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA	1912-1914	Seattle	WA
Syracuse University, Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity House, Syracuse, NY	1902-1903	Syracuse	NY
Syracuse University, Machinery Hall, Syracuse, NY	1907	Syracuse	NY
Syracuse University, Smith, Lyman Cornelius, Hall, Syracuse, NY	1900-1902	Syracuse	NY
Thompson, Otis A., House, Norwich, NY	1915-1916	Norwich	NY
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), Syracuse, NY	1906-1907	Syracuse	NY

Publications

"Syracuse, N.Y.", American Contractor, 36: 40, 1915-01-30. Dowler, P.W., "Seattle's Highest Building", Carpenter, 33: 36-38, 07/1914. "Concrete Pile Footings for the 42-story L.C. Smith Building, Seattle, Wash.", Engineering News, 11/14/1912. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, Guide to Architecture in Washington State An Environmental Perspective, 116, 1980. Nabbefeld, Joe, "Renewal of Smith Tower set", Puget Sound Business Journal, 18: 53, 1, 05/08/1998. Steinbrueck, Victor, Seattle Architecture 1850-1953, 11, 1953. "History of the Smith Tower", Seattle Times, 12/12/1976. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, "Introduction, A Historical Overview of Architecture in Seattle", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, xxvii, 1994.

Links

Masonic Temple Seattle's Smith Tower -- A Snapshot History Smith Tower This Week in History - A temple goes up on Montgomery Street