Moore Investment Company (Corporation)

click to open gallery Exterior view of the Grote-Rankin Department Store (right), photo taken during parade, perhaps July 4th, Seattle, WA, 1909. From the University of Washington (UW) Libraries, Special Collections Division, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Collection, Item #AYP703
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James A. Moore

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James A. Moore (1861-1929) bought and sold real estate in Seattle from his arrival in Seattle in 1886 into the 1920s. In 1901-1902, the Moore Investment Company maintained an office at 112 Columbia Street in Seattle, The Moore Investment Company often utilized the financial backing of George Herbert Whitcomb (1842-1916), a Worcester, MA-based manufacturer of envelopes, to complete land deals.

PCAD id: 5055

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Buildings and other works

NameDateCityState
Lumber Exchange Building, Downtown, Seattle, WA 1902-1903SeattleWA
Moore Theatre and Hotel, Downtown, Seattle, WA1907SeattleWA
Whitcomb Building, Downtown, Seattle, WA 1900-1901SeattleWA
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