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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEVJ_lou-grahams-sporting-house_Seattle-WA.html
Lou Graham, Seattle's best known madam, opened her establishment on this site in 1888. Rebuilt in brick and expanded after the Great Fire in 1889, Graham's parlor became the most elegant of Seattle's bordellos during the city's rough pioneer era. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEVF_pioneer-building_Seattle-WA.html
The Pioneer Building is one of the finest and most ornate buildings in the District, characteristic of the Richardsonian Romanesque style prevalent throughout Pioneer Square. Constructed in 1889 on the site of Henry Yesler's first home. This build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEVB_king-street-station_Seattle-WA.html
The station was completed in 1906 for James J. Hill and his Great Northern Railroad. The depot and the vast freight yards were built on the reclaimed tide flats adjacent to a newly developing warehouse and industrial district near Pioneer Square.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEV2_smith-tower_Seattle-WA.html
Seattle's first skyscraper opened on July 4, 1914. The 42 story Smith Tower was the tallest building outside of New York City and Seattle's tallest for nearly fifty years. It was built by Lyman Smith of Smith-Corona and Smith and Wesson fame, fro…