page_title: 1st Avenue (Seattle)
section_title: Great Seattle Fire and Underground Seattle
hierarchical_section_title: 1st Avenue (Seattle) / History / Great Seattle Fire and Underground Seattle
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking southwest. Original photograph by John P. Soule [1]. Subjects (LCTGM): Fires--Washington (State)--Seattle Subjects (LCSH): Seattle (Wash.)--Fire, 1889
context_page_description: 1st Avenue is a major street in Seattle, Washington, United States. It traverses Downtown Seattle, including Pioneer Square and Belltown, as well as the adjacent neighborhoods of SoDo and Lower Queen Anne. Numerous landmarks including parks, museums, and historic buildings are located along the street, including Pike Place Market. The Great Seattle Fire of 1889 destroyed much of it and it had to be rebuilt. Parades have taken place on it before and after the fire.
context_section_description: 1st Avenue South in Pioneer Square is built over and adjacent to "areaways" comprising Underground Seattle, dating to rebuilding following the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. The fire began where the Federal Office Building (Seattle) now stands. Street level was lifted one story in most of Pioneer Square.
caption: View of 1st Avenue from Columbia Street after Seattle fire of June 6, 1889
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