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Puget Power Building

{{Short description|Building in Bellevue, Washington State (1956–2006)}}

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| name = Puget Power Building

| status = Demolished

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| architectural_style = Modernist

| owner = Puget Sound Power and Light (Puget Power)

| address = 10607 NE 4th

| location_town = Bellevue, Washington

| location_country = United States

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| start_date = 1955

| completion_date = 1956

| demolition_date = February–March 2006

| height = {{convert|52|ft|m}}

| floor_count = 4

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| architecture_firm = Harmon, Pray and Detrich

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| designations = Most Endangered Historic Properties (Wash. Trust for Historic Pres.)

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The Puget Power Building was a four story tall building in Bellevue, Washington. When it was built in 1956 as the corporate headquarters for Puget Sound Power and Light (popularly known as Puget Power), it was the tallest building in Bellevue and on the Eastside. It was described by conservationists as "the best example of the International Style on the Eastside".

The property was sold to a developer by Puget Sound Energy, the successor to Puget Power. The same day the sale was recorded, the building appeared on the annual list of most endangered historic properties compiled by Washington Trust for Historic Preservation.

The building was demolished in 2006 to make way for a new high-rise development that was to become Bellevue Towers, one of which shared the title of highest building in Bellevue.

References

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{{citation|title=Group wants to save old Puget Power Building|date=June 16, 2005 |work=King County Journal|publisher=via eCultural Resources|url=http://www.eculturalresources.com/news/599.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060115061239/http://www.eculturalresources.com/news/599.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 15, 2006}}

{{citation|publisher=Documentation and Conservation of the Modernist Movement, Western Washington|url=http://docomomo-wewa.org/endangered_detail.php?id=4|title=Puget Power Building}}

{{citation|url=http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/10256/|title=Puget Power Building|work=Pacific coast architecture database|publisher=University of Washington digital collections}}

{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/pugetpowerbuilding-bellevue-wa-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307030436/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/pugetpowerbuilding-bellevue-wa-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=Puget Power Building |work=Emporis}}

{{citation|title=Most Endangered Historic Properties List—Past sites|publisher=Washington Trust for Historic Preservation|url=http://preservewa.org/Past-Sites.aspx}}

{{citation|author= Kurt Clark |work=Bellevue city news blog|title=106th Ave and NE 4th Street – Back In The Day|date=January 19, 2011|publisher=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/bellevue-pi/2011/01/19/106th-ave-and-ne-4th-street-back-in-the-day/|quote= ... the Puget Power building – Bellevue’s first ‘skyscraper’ built in 1956 ...}}

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Further reading

  • {{citation|title=In Bellevue, few protections exist for older buildings|author=Natalie Singer|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=December 12, 2005|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20051212/bellhist12e/in-bellevue-few-protections-exist-for-older-buildings|access-date=2015-07-09}}

External links

  • [http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/imlseastside&CISOPTR=344 Image (elevated)], from UW Digital Collections, circa 1969
  • [https://archive.today/20130626185032/http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/imlseastside&CISOPTR=585 Image (ground level)], from UW Digital Collections, circa 1969

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Category:Buildings and structures in Bellevue, Washington

Category:Puget Sound Energy

Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 2006

Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Washington (state)