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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWGJ_union-station_Seattle-WA.html
Restored and rededicated by Sound Transit on October 16, 1999 to link the past and future of public transportation and serve the Central Puget Sound community. Union Station served as the Seattle passenger terminal for the Oregon - Washington Rail…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWGI_great-northern-tunnel_Seattle-WA.html
Completed in 1905, this one mile long railroad tunnel provided access to the new passenger depot and the expanded freight yards south of King Street. The tunnel was built at the suggestion of City Engineer R.H. Thomson to relieve growing street co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWGG_ups-celebrating-100-years-of-service_Seattle-WA.html
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of UPS, employees gathered here at the company's birthplace to honor, celebrate and reaffirm UPS's commitment to serving communities around the world.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWGF_site-of-the-smaller-fort_Seattle-WA.html
Site of the smaller fort to protect the whites in the Indian War of 1855. A Stockade stretched from here to the main blockhouse at the foot of Cherry Street.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWGE_information-booth_Seattle-WA.html
Dedicated June 16, 1977, the Pioneer Square information booth was constructed from portions of an ornate elevator cab from the Maynard Building. Idle for years, the cab was donated by Strand, Inc., and now continues in service to visitor's to Pion…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWFF_schwabachers-store_Seattle-WA.html
This 1890 building once housed Schwabacher's Store, a leading mercantile outfitter for prospectors passing through Seattle en route to the Klondike Gold Rush. The firm was managed by Bailey Gatzert, who married into the Schwabacher family, becomin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWFE_maynard-building_Seattle-WA.html
Solid grey brick and stone, and fully restored interior paneling mark this romanesque revival building as one of Pioneer Square's most handsome. Site of Seattle's first bank, operated by pioneer merchant Dexter Horton. This building was restored i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWFD_grand-central-hotel_Seattle-WA.html
Originally known as the Squire-Latimer Building, this structure served as office space until 1897. At that time the influx of miners on their way to the Klondike Gold Rush brought about its conversion to the Grand Central Hotel. After years of dec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWFB_smith-and-squire-buildings_Seattle-WA.html
Smith and Squire Buildings, designed by Max Umbrecht and C.H. Webb, were built in 1900, and combined in a later renovation. The Steinberg Clothing Company occupied the original premises, which were redesigned as residential lofts in 1982 by Hewitt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWFA_kings-st-coal-wharf-skinner-eddy-shipyards-site-of-hooverville_Seattle-WA.html
A coal wharf was located at the waterfront during the late 19th century. Coal was transported here by railroad from Newcastle and Renton. Abandoned in the early 1900's, the wharf soon became the Skinner & Eddy Shipyard.
During World War I, the …