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Mutual Life Building, 601-607 First Avenue, Seattle, King County, WA



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B&W Photos

HB1212593
East Front And South Side, General View
HB1212594
South Side And East Front, View From Yesler Street
HB1212595
East Front, Main Building Entrance
HB1212596
South Side, Entrance To First Floor

HB1212597
First Floor, East Entrance Lobby, View Of Stair And Corridor To Elevators
HB1212598
Basement, Southeast Room, View Of Stone Entry Stair Remnents
HB1212599
Second Floor, South Corridor, View Of Stairway
HB1212600
Second Floor, East Corridor, View Of Elevator And Stairway Grillwork

HB1212601
Second Floor, East Room, View Of Windows Above Main Entry
HB1212602
Second Floor, Southwest Room, Bank Vault Door
HB1212603
Third Floor, Main East Corridor, View Of Open Stair, Railing And Doorways To Office Spaces
HB1212604
Third Floor, Front Of Elevator Grillwork

HB1212605
Third Floor, Detail Of Stairway: Carriage, Newel Post And Railing
HB1212606
Third Floor, Southeast Room, View Of Arched Windows
HB1212607
Third Floor, Southwest Room, View Of Adjacent Office Spaces
HB1212608
Fourth Floor, View Into East Atrium, Showing Skylight To Third Floor

HB1212609
Fourth Floor, North Corridor
HB1212610
Fourth Floor, North Room, View To Light/airshaft And Adjacent Office Spaces
HB1212611
Fourth Floor, East Corridor
HB1212612
Fifth Floor, Stairway In East Corridor

HB1212613
Fifth Floor, Southeast Room
HB1212614
Fifth Floor, Southwest Room, View Of Arched Windows, Doorways And Adjacent Office Spaces
HB1212615
Fifth Floor, North Bathroom, View From Public Cooridor
HB1212616
Sixth Floor, Skylight Over Open Stair, East Corridor

HB1212617
Sixth Floor, North Corridor, View Of Skylit Airshaft
HB1212618
Sixth Floor, South Corridor


Data Pages


Photo Caption Pages


Item Title


Location
601-607 First Avenue, Seattle, WA

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.

Notes
Survey number HABS WA-42
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-31).
Significance: The Mutual Life Building is an example of Victorian Romanesque architecture typical of the buildings in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square. Designed to two prominent Seattle architects, Elmer Fisher and James E. Blackwell, it was constructed after the great Seattle fire of 1889. The site of the building is significant in Seattle's history as that of Henry Yesler's cookhouse, the city's first restaurant and public space. The building's location across from Pioneer Square and its pergola make it a prominent part of the historic fabric of the district.

Subjects
Food Industry
Banking
Business & Finance


Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Contents
Photograph caption(s): 
1. EAST FRONT AND SOUTH SIDE, GENERAL VIEW
2. SOUTH SIDE AND EAST FRONT, VIEW FROM YESLER STREET
3. EAST FRONT, MAIN BUILDING ENTRANCE
4. SOUTH SIDE, ENTRANCE TO FIRST FLOOR
5. FIRST FLOOR, EAST ENTRANCE LOBBY, VIEW OF STAIR AND CORRIDOR TO ELEVATORS
6. BASEMENT, SOUTHEAST ROOM, VIEW OF STONE ENTRY STAIR REMNENTS
7. SECOND FLOOR, SOUTH CORRIDOR, VIEW OF STAIRWAY
8. SECOND FLOOR, EAST CORRIDOR, VIEW OF ELEVATOR AND STAIRWAY GRILLWORK
9. SECOND FLOOR, EAST ROOM, VIEW OF WINDOWS ABOVE MAIN ENTRY
10. SECOND FLOOR, SOUTHWEST ROOM, BANK VAULT DOOR
11. THIRD FLOOR, MAIN EAST CORRIDOR, VIEW OF OPEN STAIR, RAILING AND DOORWAYS TO OFFICE SPACES
12. THIRD FLOOR, FRONT OF ELEVATOR GRILLWORK
13. THIRD FLOOR, DETAIL OF STAIRWAY: CARRIAGE, NEWEL POST AND RAILING
14. THIRD FLOOR, SOUTHEAST ROOM, VIEW OF ARCHED WINDOWS
15. THIRD FLOOR, SOUTHWEST ROOM, VIEW OF ADJACENT OFFICE SPACES
16. FOURTH FLOOR, VIEW INTO EAST ATRIUM, SHOWING SKYLIGHT TO THIRD FLOOR
17. FOURTH FLOOR, NORTH CORRIDOR
18. FOURTH FLOOR, NORTH ROOM, VIEW TO LIGHT/AIRSHAFT AND ADJACENT OFFICE SPACES
19. FOURTH FLOOR, EAST CORRIDOR
20. FIFTH FLOOR, STAIRWAY IN EAST CORRIDOR
21. FIFTH FLOOR, SOUTHEAST ROOM
22. FIFTH FLOOR, SOUTHWEST ROOM, VIEW OF ARCHED WINDOWS, DOORWAYS AND ADJACENT OFFICE SPACES
23. FIFTH FLOOR, NORTH BATHROOM, VIEW FROM PUBLIC COORIDOR
24. SIXTH FLOOR, SKYLIGHT OVER OPEN STAIR, EAST CORRIDOR
25. SIXTH FLOOR, NORTH CORRIDOR, VIEW OF SKYLIT AIRSHAFT
26. SIXTH FLOOR, SOUTH CORRIDOR


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