Norton Building
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{{Infobox building
| name = Norton Building
| status = Complete
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| location = 801 2nd Ave
Seattle, Washington, 98104
| coordinates = {{coord|47.604|-122.335|region:US-WA|display=inline,title}}
| map_type = Seattle WA Downtown
| map_caption = Location within downtown Seattle
| opened = October 30, 1959
| architect = Bindon & Wright, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
| owner = Northwest Building LLC
| cost = $12 million
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| floor_count = 17 (excluding 4 story base)
| references = {{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/119458 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307045633/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/119458 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 119458 |work=Emporis}}{{cite web |url = http://www.seattle.gov/Neighborhoods/preservation/lpbCurrentNom_NortonBldg.pdf |title = City of Seattle Landmark Nomination Application |last1 = Krafft |first1 = Katheryn |last2 = LaFever |first2 = Alison |publisher = City of Seattle |website = Historic Preservation - Department of Neighbourhoods |accessdate = August 29, 2013 }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| building_type = Office
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{{Designation list
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| designation1 = Seattle Landmark
| designation1_date = April 6, 2009{{cite web |date=April 15, 2009 |title=Seattle City Ordinance 122947 |url=http://clerk.seattle.gov/search/ordinances/122947 |publisher=Seattle City Clerk |accessdate=October 16, 2021}}
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The Norton Building is a post-World War II office building in the International Style, located in Seattle, Washington, United States. Built on a sloping lot with the foundation of a large granite base, the building rises 17 stories above the city.
It is notable as one of the first post-World War II private office buildings in the city and among the first in the country to use pre-stressed concrete construction.{{cite news |last=Enlow |first=Clair |date=April 24, 1997 |title=Lofty ambitions: Seattle's highrise builders |url=https://www.djc.com/special/const97/10023897.htm |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |accessdate=October 16, 2021}} Furthermore, its Modernism contrasts with the neighboring Exchange Building which is in the Art Deco style.
The Norton Building was constructed on the site of the Haller Building, which was built in 1889 and was demolished in 1957. The new tower opened on October 30, 1959.{{cite news |last=DeMay |first=Daniel |date=October 30, 2016 |title=Photos: Seattle's lost buildings |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/local/seattle-history/article/Seattle-s-lost-buildings-10421762.php |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |accessdate=October 16, 2021}}{{cite news |last=Dorpat |first=Paul |authorlink=Paul Dorpat |date=October 17, 2019 |title=In 1959, the glass was more than half-full on the Norton Building |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/in-1959-the-glass-was-more-than-half-full-on-the-norton-building/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=October 16, 2021}} The Norton Building was designated as a city landmark by the Seattle City Council in 2009.
Tenants
The Norton Building has housed multiple tenants including LMN Architects, the Puget Sound Business Journal,{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=July 21, 2021 |title=Norton Building, once Seattle's 'grandest display of modernity,' is for sale for first time |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2021/07/21/norton-building-for-sale-for-first-time.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |accessdate=October 16, 2021}} and Pacific Northern Airlines.{{cite web|author= |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1960/04/11/105190993.pdf |title=Line Marks 29th Year - Pacific Northern Notes Gains in Alaska Air Service |work=The New York Times |date=April 11, 1960 |accessdate=September 1, 2013}} The building's 17th floor was also home to the member-only Harbor Club, which peaked at 1,000 members in the 1990s and closed on December 31, 2015.{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=August 27, 2015 |title=End of an era: Seattle's venerable Harbor Club to close after 56 years |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/morning_call/2015/08/end-of-an-era-seattles-venerableharbor-club-to.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |accessdate=October 16, 2021}} The building has sweeping views of the city and Puget Sound region.
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