Medical Dental Building (Seattle)
The Medical Dental Building is a historic office building located in Downtown Seattle, near McGraw Square and adjacent to the Nordstrom Building.
Medical Dental Building | |
 The building's exterior in 2014 | |
| Location | 509 Olive Way, Seattle, Washington |
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| Coordinates | 47°36′45.9″N 122°20′11.9″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1925, 1950, 2005 |
| Built by | A.W. Quist Company |
| Architect | John Alfred Creutzer, Abraham H. Albertson (original); William Henry Fey (1950 addition) |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000371[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 2006 |
| Designated SEATL | December 11, 2006 |
Description and history
The original half 18-story building was designed in the Late Gothic Revival style and features terra cotta cladding on top of a concrete frame. A later addition in 1950, in the Moderne style, extended the structure eastward and renovated most of the original building.[2]
The construction of a medical and dental center in Seattle was proposed in 1921 by a group of businessmen in the respective industries. The $2 million building opened in May 1925 and was initially owned by the Bradner family, who subsequently owned The Bradner Building Company. It was designed by architect John Alfred Creutzer (1874–1929); architect Abraham H. Albertson (1872–1964) supervised its construction; A.W. Quist Company was the general contractor.[2]
At the time it opened, it was the third-tallest building in the world to exclusively use reinforced concrete construction.[3] The building continues to house medical and dental practices, as well as retail spaces.[4] As of 2019, it has 130 tenants occupying 300,000 square feet (28,000 m2) of office space.[5]
The building was renovated in 2005 by Goodman Real Estate after the firm bought the property for $38 million.[4] It was subsequently added to the National Register of Historic Places and declared a Seattle landmark.[1][6] The building was sold to Menashe Properties of Portland in 2019 for $113 million.[5]
See also
- List of Seattle landmarks
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Seattle, Washington
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Tanner Andrews, Mildred (October 10, 2005). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Medical Dental Building (Report). National Park Service. Retrieved November 16, 2016. with 27 photos
- "Medical and Dental Building, Westlake & Olive". The Seattle Times. May 24, 1925. p. 23.
- Boyer, Tom (August 3, 2005). "New owner to restore historic 1925 Medical Dental Building". The Seattle Times. p. C1. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- Bell, Jon (September 13, 2019). "Seattle's Medical Dental Building sells to Portland company". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
- "City of Seattle Ordinance No. 122316" (PDF). City Clerk of Seattle. December 11, 2006. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
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