Medical Dental Building (Seattle)
{{Short description|Building in Seattle, Washington, U.S.}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Medical Dental Building
| nrhp_type =
| image = Seattle - Medical Dental Building etc pano 01.jpg
| caption = The building's exterior in 2014
| location = 509 Olive Way, Seattle, Washington
| coordinates = {{coord|47|36|45.9|N|122|20|11.9|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Seattle WA Downtown#Washington#USA
| map_caption = Location in Seattle##Location in Washington (state)##Location in United States
| built = 1925, 1950, 2005
| architect = John Alfred Creutzer, Abraham H. Albertson (original); William Henry Fey (1950 addition)
| architecture = Late Gothic Revival
| builder = A.W. Quist Company
| added = May 11, 2006
| designated_other1 = Seattle Landmark
| designated_other1_date = December 11, 2006
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 06000371{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
}}
The Medical Dental Building is a historic office building located in Downtown Seattle, near McGraw Square and adjacent to the Nordstrom Building.
Description and history
The original half 18-story building was designed in the Late Gothic Revival style and features terra cotta cladding on top of a concrete frame. A later addition in 1950, in the Moderne style, extended the structure eastward and renovated most of the original building.{{cite report |last=Tanner Andrews |first=Mildred |date=October 10, 2005 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Medical Dental Building |url={{NRHP url|id=06000371}} |publisher=National Park Service |accessdate=November 16, 2016}} with {{NRHP url|id=06000371|photos=y|title=27 photos}}
The construction of a medical and dental center in Seattle was proposed in 1921 by a group of businessmen in the respective industries. The $2 million building opened in May 1925 and was initially owned by the Bradner family, who subsequently owned The Bradner Building Company. It was designed by architect John Alfred Creutzer (1874–1929); architect Abraham H. Albertson (1872–1964) supervised its construction; A.W. Quist Company was the general contractor.
At the time it opened, it was the third-tallest building in the world to exclusively use reinforced concrete construction.{{cite news |date=May 24, 1925 |title=Medical and Dental Building, Westlake & Olive |page=23 |work=The Seattle Times}} The building continues to house medical and dental practices, as well as retail spaces.{{cite news |last=Boyer |first=Tom |date=August 3, 2005 |title=New owner to restore historic 1925 Medical Dental Building |page=C1 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20050803/medical03/new-owner-to-restore-historic-1925-medical-dental-building |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=November 16, 2016}} {{As of|2019}}, it has 130 tenants occupying {{convert|300,000|sqft|sqm}} of office space.{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Jon |date=September 13, 2019 |title=Seattle's Medical Dental Building sells to Portland company |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2019/09/13/medical-dental-building-sold-menashe-properties.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription |accessdate=September 13, 2019}}
The building was renovated in 2005 by Goodman Real Estate after the firm bought the property for $38 million. It was subsequently added to the National Register of Historic Places and declared a Seattle landmark.{{cite web |date=December 11, 2006 |title=City of Seattle Ordinance No. 122316 |url=http://clerk.seattle.gov/~legislativeItems/Ordinances/Ord_122316.pdf |publisher=City Clerk of Seattle |accessdate=November 16, 2016}} The building was sold to Menashe Properties of Portland in 2019 for $113 million.
See also
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References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Medical Dental Building (Seattle, Washington)}}
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Category:1920s architecture in the United States
Category:1925 establishments in Washington (state)
Category:Office buildings completed in 1925
Category:Gothic Revival architecture in Washington (state)
Category:Late Gothic Revival architecture
Category:Moderne architecture in the United States
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Seattle
Category:Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)