Times Square Building

Building in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
United States historic place
Times Building
The building in 2021
Location414 Olive Way
Seattle, Washington
Coordinates47°36′45″N 122°20′17″W / 47.61254994698394°N 122.3380798101425°W / 47.61254994698394; -122.3380798101425
Area64,516 square feet (5,993.7 m2)
Built1912
ArchitectCharles Bebb and Carl Freylinghausen Gould
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
Restored1992
NRHP reference No.83003346
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 27, 1983
Designated SEATLSeptember 10, 1984[1]

The Times Square Building, formerly the Times Building, is a registered landmark building in Seattle, Washington. It was completed in 1916 and housed editorial operations of the Seattle Times newspaper, which was housed there until 1930. Located at 414 Olive Way, it is entirely surrounded by streets: 4th Avenue, Olive Way, Stewart Street and 5th Avenue. The building has a Beaux-Arts design and flatiron shape. It is five stories high.

Designed by the Seattle architects Bebb and Gould, the Times Square building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and was designated a city landmark[2] in 1984.

References

Notes

  1. ^ "Landmarks A-Z". City of Seattle. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
  2. ^ Landmarks Alphabetical Listing for T, Individual Landmarks, Department of Neighborhoods, City of Seattle. Accessed 28 December 2007.

Further reading

  • Vance Corporation data sheet
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer article praising the structure
  • Phorio datasheet

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