The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-13
BRICK UPON STONE.
ooop-sy TO "cANvAs-sAcks."
Consract Let for sehwabscher's Big
.sstats" Building Owsns' Brick
Two Fine Rssidsness.


Two Fine Rssidsness.
Building operations, despite the approach
Of winter, are every day becoming more
lively and new buildings are started every
day. Il has been little over fifteen
months since the Ere, and there has hardly
bsen day in all that time that there have
been more buildings under wav than q the
present time. And almost without excep-
ton the buildings going up now are inner
and better in every way than those started
= year ago. For . long time after the Are
each building owner wanted TO see what his
neighbor would build before he rebuilt, and
this fact even caused some delay in starting
buildings. But that is over now, or at least
the intending builders do not have 10 wait
to see what Seattle's buildings are to be
like. for many of them rise story upon
story, rivalling in size and worth those Of
any city in the country.
A little tent now standing on the south
side OF Yesler avenue. near South Fourth
street. is the only one left OF the many
hundreds erected in the burned district
Immediately after the fire. A year ago
stranger coming into the city by steamer
saw city Of white tents where today are
hundreds Of brick buildings. One year ago
today there were tents on nearly every lot
on both sides Of Second street between
Yesler avenue and Union street. The block
bounded by Yesler avenue and South Sec
ond, South Third and Washington streets
had tents all around, as many as twenty
five being pitched upon that one block.
i<.ot bat
Fourth. Washington and Main streets was
. beehive of tents, and thousands OF men
jostled each other along the rickety side
walks and joined the hacks in the muddy
streets. The owner of the last tent should
feel almost as proud Is the man who got
up the first brick building after the fire.
Cyrus Walker will commence work i'm
mediateiy upon . building which will per.
haps outshine in magnificence anything at
present built or in course of construction
in the city. The building will stand on the
southwest corner of Madison and Second
streets. Immediately adjoining Judge
Burke's building, and will cover
l20x108 feet OF ground. 1t
will be seven stories high and
will tower above the magnificent Burke
building. Owing to the fact that the build
ing will stand on . hill, the lower side will
be along one side three stories higher than
on Second street, making the structure q
ten-story build ng. 1t will be divided into
stores and Offices, and the fronts will be
constructed entirely Of stone. The esti-
mated cost OF the building is $3.50 900.
There have nos been many cases in the
rebuilding of Seattle in which the first
brick buildings put up since the fire have
been torn downsto make room for larger
ones, but this has actually happened in a
few places. A year ago two-story brick
was torn down near the corner of Second
ana Columbia streets, 70 make room for
the fye-story Hnkley building. and now
the one.story Clancy building on Washing
ton street, near South Second. is being
made into four-s,ory building. There
was time. and t. is less than year. ago.
when the Clancy building, built up on the
new grade, eight feet or more above the
old, looked quite imposing, but that day
has passed, and the building can hardly be
seen now as it nestles in among the sky.
scrapers around it.
What will be Without exception the fin
est residence in the city has Just been
started at the corner of Tenth and Madi-
son slreets by Otto Ranke. The house will
have twelve rooms and will be constructed
of pressed brick, with terra Gotta trim
mings and slate roof. Architect Fisher
in designing the building has, besides max.
ing very handsome exterior, planned for
. very rich effect on the interior. The
lower floor will be finished in hard woods,
cherry, oak and maple. The entrance will
be on the northwest corner. There will be
circular bay windows. with bent glass. aud
the vestibules and halls will have richly
stained windows. The house will be fitted
with gas and electric light appliances and
will be heated by steam. It will cost
$50, 900.
The contract was let yesterday to o.
Ranke for the construction of Schwabacher
Bros. & Co.'s new wholesale building on
the corner of South Second and Main
streets. The contract price is about $9l, 600,
and this does not include the iron work,
which will cost about $1,000 1t will be
l20x111 feet in size and four stories high
above the basement II will be known as
the Estate Building" and will be the only
exclusively wholesale brick building OF the
size in the city. There will be three ele-
vators, Of ;des the sidewalk hoists, and the
construction will be very massive and
strong. The exterior will be Of brick,
stone and plate glass. Architect Fisher
has completed the plans. and work will
commence in short time upon the con-
struction.
The Yesler building. on the west sidepf
the public square. in which the First Ma
tionas bank and the Washington National
bank will have quarters, is being pushed
rapidly forward. The six-foot walls of the
basement are well started and large
amount of stone is being gotten out to
complete the work. This is 10 be the hand
soonest and the most expensive building of
its size in the city. It's two fronts, six
stories high, will be built entirely of Salt
Lake red sandstone, the only thing of the
kind in the city. Contrary to report the
building will be built the entire six stories
at once.
H. j. Owens will commence at once the
erection OF building on the west side of
south Third street, near Yesler avenue
Architect Fisher had the plans complete
some weeks ago for building for Mr..
Owens at this point. but since that time
Mr.. Ovens has made trade with Mr. Yes
Ter. VINO owns the lots adjoining at the foot
of Second street, with the result that Mr..
Owens gets a four-cornered instead of
three-cornered lot. His building will be
30x110 feet in size and six stories high. and
will cost $4,000. The front will be nov.
city in Seattle. /: will be constructed of
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