Eclipse Building /The (Old) IBM Building / Icon Building 1923 1929-33 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA King County #0659000430 Heirs of Sarah A. Bell, 2nd Addition, Block 9 Lot 7 (STR_NE 31 25 4) Heirs of Sarah A. Bell, 9 7 2nd Addition Mixed Use G4 CAPITAL SEA HOLDINGS LLC Office 14 Skillman Street, Roslyn, New York 11576 Alvin Investment Company Office Schack, Young & Myers, Architects Standard Construction Company Jonathan Fair for G4 CAPITAL SEA HOLDINGS LLC Douglaston Development: 42-09 235th Street, Douglaston, NY 11363 January 2015 Old IBM Building Landmark Nomination Report 1929-33 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, Washington December 2014 Prepared by: The Johnson Partnership 1212 NE 65th Street Seattle, WA 98115-6724 206-523-1618, www.tjp.us (Old) IBM Building Landmark Nomination Report December 2014 p. i TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Methodology ............................................................................................................. 2 2. PROPERTY DATA ............................................................................................................................... 3 3. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................ 4 3.1 Location .................................................................................................................... 4 3.2 Neighborhood Character ........................................................................................... 4 3.3 Site ............................................................................................................................ 4 3.4 Building Structure and Exterior Features ................................................................... 4 3.5 Plan and Interior Features ......................................................................................... 5 3.6 Documented Building Alterations ............................................................................. 5 4. SIGNIFICANCE ................................................................................................................................... 7 4.1 Historical Site Context .............................................................................................. 7 4.1.1 Development of the Denny Regrade District ................................................ 7 4.2 Historical Cultural Context ....................................................................................... 9 4.2.1 Building Developer/Owner ........................................................................... 9 4.2.2 (Old) IBM Building ...................................................................................... 9 4.2.3 IBM Corporation ........................................................................................ 10 4.3 Historical Architectural Context .............................................................................. 12 4.3.1 Eclectic Commercial Architecture and Classical Revival Styles .................... 12 4.3.2 Original Building Architect: Schack, Young & Myers ................................. 13 4.3.3 Remodel Architect: Alfred F. Simonson ...................................................... 14 4.3.4 Building Contractor: Unknown .................................................................. 14 5. BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................................ 15 APPENDIX 1—FIGURES ........................................................................................................................... A-1 APPENDIX 2—LIST OF EXTANT BUILDINGS IN SEATTLE BY SCHACK, YOUNG & MEYERS ..................... A-2 APPENDIX 3—ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS ........................................................................................... A-3 (Old) IBM Building Landmark Nomination Report December 2014 p. ii LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 • Location Map ............................................................................................................ A-1 Figure 2 • Vicinity Map ............................................................................................................. A-2 Figure 3 • Aerial View ................................................................................................................ A-3 Figure 4 • View A, viewing northeast along Virginia Street ........................................................ A-4 Figure 5 • View B, viewing southwest on Virginia Street ............................................................ A-4 Figure 6 • View C, viewing northwest on Fifth Avenue .............................................................. A-5 Figure 7 • View D, viewing southeast on Fifth Avenue ............................................................... A-5 Figure 8 • View E, Hotel Ändra, corner of Fourth Avenue & Virginia Street ............................. A-6 Figure 9 • View F, Medical Dental Building, corner of Fifth Ave & Olive Street ....................... A-6 Figure 10 • View G, viewing southeast on Fifth Avenue ............................................................. A-7 Figure 11 • View H, viewing northeast on Stewart Street .......................................................... A-7 Figure 12 • Site Plan .................................................................................................................. A-8 Figure 13 • Old IBM Building, northern corner ....................................................................... A-9 Figure 14 • Northeastern façade ................................................................................................ A-9 Figure 15 • Upper floor windows with pilaster and lintel details ............................................... A-10 Figure 16 • Detail of central bay and parapet ........................................................................... A-10 Figure 17 • Primary entrance, northeastern façade .................................................................. A-11 Figure 18 • First floor windows, northeastern façade ................................................................ A-11 Figure 19 • Northwestern façade along Virginia Street ............................................................. A-12 Figure 20 • Lintel panel detail, northwestern façade ................................................................. A-12 Figure 21 • Upper floor windows, northwestern façade ............................................................ A-13 Figure 22 • Southwestern façade .............................................................................................. A-13 Figure 23 • Entryway, southwestern façade .............................................................................. A-14 Figure 24 • First floor interior .................................................................................................. A-14 Figure 25 • Second floor interior ............................................................................................. A-15 Figure 26 • Third floor interior ................................................................................................ A-15 Figure 27 • Third floor interior ................................................................................................ A-16 Figure 28 • Fifth Avenue, viewing north from Westlake Avenue & Olive Way ........................ A-16 Figure 29 • Denny Regrade, 1928-1931, Seattle, WA .............................................................. A-17 Figure 30 • Orpheum Theater, 1928 ........................................................................................ A-17 Figure 31 • Fifth Avenue N. from Stewart Street, March 18, 1929 ........................................ A-18 (Old) IBM Building Landmark Nomination Report December 2014 p. iii Figure 32 • Fifth Avenue and Virginia, 1957 ........................................................................... A-18 Figure 33 • Monorail Construction, Fifth Avenue, 1961 .......................................................... A-19 Figure 34 • Monorail Construction, Fifth Avenue, 1961 .......................................................... A-20 Figure 35 • New IBM Building, Seattle, WA. Built 1963 ......................................................... A-21 Figure 36 • Old IBM Building, eastern and northern façades, 1937 ......................................... A-22 Figure 37 • Old IBM Building, eastern and northern façades, 1948 ......................................... A-22 Figure 38 • Old IBM Building, eastern façade and partial northern façade, 1951 ..................... A-23 Figure 39 • Old IBM Building, eastern and northern façade, 1955 .......................................... A-23 Figure 40 • Alaska Building, 1908 ............................................................................................ A-24 Figure 41 • Bon Marche, 1900-02, Saunders & Lawton .......................................................... A-25 Figure 42 • Lumber Exchange Building, 1902-03, Saunders & Lawton ................................... A-25 Figure 43 • 2005 Fifth Avenue ................................................................................................. A-26 Figure 44 • 2003 Fourth Avenue .............................................................................................