The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-04
YfslER's sIx-STORY BLOCK.
plans Drawn for q Magnificent
Structure.
v.s Architectural Appearance and
Interior Accommodations
Height and Dimensions.

The plans, submitted by the archi-
tects. Fisher 4 Clark, for the new H.
I. Yesler bull ing, to be located at the
corner OF Front aud James streets,
have been accepted. They will be
completed in about six weeks. A pic
ture of the elevation is now on exhibit
ton at Lowman's.
This six-story building is to he one
Of the finest in the country. IL will
he the largest north Of San Francisco,
standing on the ground lis by lis feet.
and to be lis feet high to the top of
the flagstaff In points of excellence
and accommodations il will excel con-
siderably many buildings which have
been erected in large Eastern cities for
the past few years. IL will be OF the
modern composite style OF architec-
ture. with tower, with an orioel
and with circular bay windows
10 the rosf. The exterior viii be
NJ brick-not pressed birthstone and
tara Gotta. The trimmings are to be
principally of terra Gotta. Experience
has taught that pressed brick will not
stand the salt air atmosphere of the
coast. The lower story viii be of blue
gray roek-faced ashlar, with magnffi-
cent French plate windows, and a large
arched entrance on Front street.
is feet wide by IS high. A
banking room and offices will
have the main entrance with a fight
of t:sht steps at the angle, corner
Front and James streets. An arched
entrance will also be on James street.
All the columns Of these three en-
frances. or TO put 1t more correctly,
the lambs. are TO be in half-reiief, in
grouped columns of gray granite. I'm
mediately over the main entrance is
10 be a group of four arched windows,
and above that an oriel will extend
for the next three stories All the
windows on the fifth story are TO be
arched after the Romanesque style.
On the sixth story the windows will
be square, with terra Gotta columns
between, and the roof cornice
above will be of terra Gotta and iron.
Five main pilastefs on Front street
will extend all the way up. The two
round -cornered pilasters running up
from the main entrance to the tower
will be of rock-faced stone. A circular
bay-window will hang over the csrner
bank entrance and extend up to the
roof, making the corner of the build
ing round, and similar bay window
will hang over the James street en-
trance.
Exclusive OF the stores in the first
story and the basement, there will be
1856 rooms in the building. The base
ment will be divided up to aecommo-
date the stores, while the apparatus
for the electric light plant, steam heat
ing and elevator machinery will be
located in the rear There will be
three store fronts on Front street and
two on James. The bank will have a
frontage on both streets. The French
plate glass TO be used will be the
largest in this city. Two elevators are
to be running to accommodate the
tenants and vi itors, and the building
will be lighted by it, own plant of in
candescent lights and heated from top
to bottom with steam. The low pres
sure gravity OF steam heating will be
used.
The building will stand % feet from
sidewalk TO top OF cornice. The tower
will be "a feet high, Following will be
the heights OF the respective stories:
First, Is feet; second, Is; third, IL;
fourth, fifth and sixth, each, II feet.
This will undoubtedly be one of the
best buildings in point OF arehitec-
tural beauty, genuine utility and ex-
cellence of accommodations north of
San Francisco, and the architects are
not limited for money. The interior
construction will he OF steel or iron. and
this fine corner block will be rs near
iireproof as can be.