Exchange Building (Seattle)

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{{Infobox building

| name = Exchange Building

| image = Exchange Building, Seattle.jpg

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| alternate_names = United Exchange Building

| location = 821 Second Avenue
Seattle, Washington

| coordinates = {{coord|47.604254|-122.334814|region:US-WA|display=inline,title}}

| map_type = Seattle WA Downtown

| map_caption = Location within downtown Seattle

| completion_date = 1930

| building_type = Commercial offices

| roof = {{convert|83.82|m|abbr=on}}

| top_floor =

| floor_count = 23

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| floor_area = {{convert|27549|m2|abbr=on}}

| architect = John Graham & Associates
Mithun Architects

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| main_contractor = Turner Construction

| developer =

| owner = Beacon Capital Partners

| references = {{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/119496 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307022135/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/119496 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 119496 |work=Emporis}}{{SkyscraperPage|7406}}{{Structurae|20038733}}

| embedded = {{Designation list | embed = yes | designation1 = Seattle Landmark | designation1_date = April 16, 1990{{cite web|title=Landmarks and Designation|publisher=City of Seattle|url=http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/preservation/landmarks_listing.htm|access-date=2013-03-04|archive-date=2013-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306003250/http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/preservation/landmarks_listing.htm|url-status=dead}} | designation1_number =}}

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The Exchange Building is a 23-story (275 ft) Art Deco office building located in the central business district of Seattle, Washington. It was designed to house the Seattle Stock Exchange by John Graham & Associates and completed in 1930.

John Graham, an English-born architect, also designed many other landmark Seattle buildings, including the downtown Frederick & Nelson (now Nordstrom), the downtown Bon Marché (now a Macy's), and the Dexter Horton Building.[http://www.djc.com/special/century/dlr.html DLR Group], [http://www.djc.com/special/century/ Top Projects of the Century in Washington State], The Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, December 9, 1999. Accessed 3 December 2007.

At the time of its completion, the Exchange Building was the second-tallest reinforced concrete skyscraper in the United States. In addition to many of Seattle's commodity market exchanges, early tenants included General Electric, Standard Oil, Edison Lamp Works, and Underwriters Laboratories. Later tenants included Pacific Northwest Bell and King County Metro (formally Seattle Metro). As of 2016, major tenants include Slalom Consulting, Deloitte Digital, and Nuance Communications.

Landmark status was awarded in April 20, 1990.[http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~scripts/nph-brs.exe?s1=&s2=&s3=&s4=115038&s5=&Sect4=AND&l=20&Sect1=IMAGE&Sect2=THESON&Sect3=PLURON&Sect5=CBOR1&Sect6=HITOFF&d=CBOR&p=1&u=/~public/cbor1.htm&r=1&f=G Council Bill Number: 107875, Ordinance Number: 115038], City of Seattle Legislative Information Service. Accessed 3 December 2007. The Exchange Building won the "Office Building of the Year" award from the Building Owners and Managers Associationin 2002.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070218151906/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=exchangebuilding-seattle-wa-usa Exchange Building, Seattle]}}, Emporis. Accessed 3 December 2007.

File:Seattle - Exchange Building 01.jpg |Exchange Building, seen from across the street to the north on the grounds of the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building.

File:Exchange Building in Seattle from 4th & Marion (2015).jpg |View of the building's narrower side, from the east