The Pioneer Square Pergola is a triangular canopy of cast iron and glass that sits at the intersection of First Avenue and Yesler Way. Designed by architect Julian F. Everett and completed in nineteen oh nine, the structure originally…
Seattle History
Walk through the defining eras of the Emerald City, from its brick-and-mortar beginnings in Pioneer Square to the futuristic vision of the 1962 World's Fair.
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1. Pioneer Square Pergola
2. Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
The Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park occupies the historic Cadillac Hotel, a brick structure in the Pioneer Square district built just after the Great Seattle Fire of eighteen eighty-nine. This building, with its resilient stone…
3. Smith Tower
The Smith Tower stands out for its gleaming white terra-cotta exterior, which rises into a distinctive pyramid-shaped cap above the surrounding neighborhood. When it opened in nineteen fourteen, this thirty-eight-story structure was the…
4. Wing Luke Museum
The Wing Luke Museum occupies the East Kong Yick Building, a historic structure built in nineteen ten by Chinese immigrants. You can identify the museum by the way its street-level facade is designed to resemble an old-time Chinatown…
5. Pike Place Fish Market
The Pike Place Fish Market is distinguished by the sight of fishmongers wearing orange rubber overalls and boots, who frequently toss whole fish across the sales area. Founded in nineteen thirty, the stall occupies a corner position within…
6. Space Needle
The Space Needle is defined by its slender, tripod-like steel legs that flare out toward a wide, flying saucer-shaped observation deck six hundred and five feet in the air. Built as the centerpiece for the nineteen sixty-two World's Fair,…
7. Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI)
The Museum of History & Industry occupies a historic Naval Reserve Armory building, a fifty-thousand-square-foot structure built in nineteen forty-two as a Works Progress Administration project. You can identify the site by its lakeside…