List of buildings in Seattle
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Seattle buildings
The City of Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board maintains an official list of Seattle City Landmarks. In addition, the National Register of Historic PlacesNational Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
(NRHP) maintains a national list that includes over a hundred Registered Historic Places in Seattle. The two lists have some overlap, but are independent of one another. For example, the Space Needle
Space Needle
The Space Needle is a tower in Seattle, Washington and is a major landmark of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and a symbol of Seattle. Located at the Seattle Center, it was built for the 1962 World's Fair, during which time nearly 20,000 people a day used the elevators, with over...
is on the city list, but not the NRHP; conversely, the 5th Avenue Theatre
5th Avenue Theatre
The 5th Avenue Theatre is a landmark theater building located in Seattle, Washington, USA. It has hosted a variety of theatre productions and motion pictures since it opened in 1926. The building and land is owned by the University of Washington and was once part of the original campus...
is on the NRHP, but is not a city landmark. Also, many buildings are on these lists under different names, or even in different combinations; for example, William Parsons House on the NRHP is the same building as Harvard House in the city's listing, and the NRHP lists a single Guiry and Schillestad Building, while the city's listing overtly recognizes its origin as two separate buildings and separately lists the Guiry Hotel and the Schillestad Building.
Some notable Seattle buildings are neither nationally registered nor do they have landmark status. These include:
- 1000 Second Avenue1000 Second Avenue1000 Second Avenue is a skyscraper in Seattle, Washington. It was completed in 1987 and has 43 floors. Originally known as Key Tower, it is the fourteenth tallest building in Seattle....
- 1001 Fourth Avenue Plaza1001 Fourth Avenue PlazaSafeco Plaza, previously 1001 Fourth Avenue Plaza, and the Seattle-First National Bank Building, is a 50-floor building in downtown Seattle, Washington. Locals nicknamed it "The Box the Space Needle Came In"...
- Bank of America Fifth Avenue PlazaBank of America Fifth Avenue PlazaBank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza is a skyscraper in Seattle, Washington. It was constructed from 1979 to 1981 and has 42 floors. It is the 9th tallest building in Seattle and as designed by 3D/International. The building has been able to retain a minimum of 98% occupancy since it was...
- Butler HotelButler HotelThe Butler Hotel or Hotel Butler in Seattle, Washington was one of Seattle's leading hotels in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was located in what is now the Pioneer Square-Skid Road National Historic District. During the Prohibition era, its Rose Room was repeatedly cited for flouting...
(now Butler Garage) - Columbia CenterColumbia CenterColumbia Center is the tallest skyscraper in the downtown Seattle skyline, as well as the tallest building in the State of Washington, and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It occupies most of the block bounded by Fourth and Fifth Avenues and Cherry and Columbia Streets...
- Exchange Building (Seattle, Washington)Exchange Building (Seattle, Washington)The Exchange Building is a 22-story art deco office building located in the central business district of Seattle, Washington. It was designed by John Graham & Associates and completed in 1930....
- Experience Music ProjectExperience Music ProjectThe EMP Museum is a museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction located in Seattle, Washington...
- Fisher Plaza
- Henry M. Jackson Federal BuildingHenry M. Jackson Federal BuildingThe Henry M. Jackson Federal Building is a 37-story United States Federal Government skyscraper in downtown Seattle, Washington. Located on the block bounded by Marion and Madison Streets and First and Second Avenues, the building was completed in 1974 and won the Honor Award of the American...
- Fourth and Madison BuildingFourth and Madison BuildingThe Fourth and Madison Building is a 40-story skyscraper in downtown Seattle, Washington. The building is located at 925 Fourth Avenue, at the intersection with Madison Street. Upon its completion in 2002, the late-modernist highrise was Seattle's first building to exceed 500 feet in over a...
- Key Arena
- One Union Square
- Puget Sound PlazaPuget Sound PlazaPuget Sound Plaza is a 21-story skyscraper in the Metropolitan Tract of Seattle, Washington. The building is located on 1325 Fourth Avenue. It contains a parking garage with 334 parking stalls. The building has 271,000 rentable square feet. The lower two stories were remodeled in...
- Qwest FieldQwest FieldCenturyLink Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Seattle, Washington, United States. It serves as the home field for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League and Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer...
- Qwest PlazaQwest PlazaQwest Plaza is a 33-floor skyscraper in Seattle, Washington, completed in 1976, the 13th tallest building in Seattle, and designed by John Graham & Company. It was originally known as the Pacific Northwest Bell Building, and has also been called 1600 Bell Plaza, and US West Communications....
- Rainier TowerRainier TowerRainier Tower is a 31-storey skyscraper in the Metropolitan Tract of Seattle, Washington, at 1301 Fifth Avenue. It was designed by Minoru Yamasaki, who designed the World Trade Center in New York City as well as the IBM Building, which is on the corner across the street from Rainier Tower to the...
- Safeco FieldSafeco FieldSafeco Field is a retractable roof baseball stadium located in Seattle, Washington. The stadium, owned and operated by the Washington-King County Stadium Authority, is the home stadium of the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball and has a seating capacity of 47,878 for baseball...
- Seattle Central LibrarySeattle Central LibraryThe Seattle Public Library's Central Library is the flagship library of The Seattle Public Library system. The 11-story glass and steel building in downtown Seattle, Washington was opened to the public on Sunday, May 23, 2004...
- Seattle City HallSeattle City HallSeattle City Hall is located in downtown Seattle, Washington, between 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue. The building houses the offices of the Seattle City Council and the Mayor of Seattle. Most city departments are located in the nearby Seattle Municipal Tower...
- Seattle Municipal TowerSeattle Municipal TowerSeattle Municipal Tower is a 62-story skyscraper located at 700 5th Avenue at the corner of 5th Avenue and Columbia Street in downtown Seattle, Washington. Rising to , it is the fourth tallest high-rise building in Seattle...
(Seattle Civic Center) - Starbucks CenterStarbucks CenterThe Starbucks Center, world headquarters for Starbucks, is the largest multi-tenant building by floor space in Seattle, Washington, with over . It is located in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood, which makes up a part of the city's large industrial district...
- Two Union Square (Union Square)
- Union Bank of California CenterUnion Bank of California Center901 Fifth Avenue is a skyscraper in Seattle, Washington. It was completed in 1973 and has 42 floors. It is the 11th tallest building in Seattle, and was designed by John Graham and Associates. The building was opened as the Bank of California Building. Flood lights illuminate all sides of the...
- US Bank CentreUS Bank CentreUS Bank Centre is a skyscraper in Seattle, Washington. It was constructed from 1987 to 1989 and has 44 floors. It is the eighth tallest building in Seattle and was designed by Callison Architecture. It opened as Pacific First Centre and has of office space....
- UW TowerUW TowerUniversity of Washington Plaza is a skyscraper complex completed in 1975 in the University District of Seattle, Washington. The , 22-storey tower, designed by NBBJ, is the tallest building outside of Downtown Seattle area. The tower was originally constructed as Safeco Plaza to serve as Safeco...
- WaMu Center
- Washington Mutual Tower
- Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences BuildingWarren G. Magnuson Health Sciences BuildingThe Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Building is part of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington and the world's largest single university building with a total floor area of . Although the building is made up of over 20 wings built over more than 50 years, the interior hallways are...
- Wells Fargo CenterWells Fargo Center (Seattle)Wells Fargo Center is a skyscraper in Seattle, Washington. Formerly named First Interstate Center when completed in 1983, the 47 storey, tower is now the ninth tallest building in the city, and has 24 elevators. of rentable space...
- Pacific Medical CenterPacific Medical CenterThe Pacific Medical Center is a 16-story building on Beacon Hill in Seattle, Washington. It is located at 1200 12th Avenue South. The building is of a Art Deco style. It was completed in 1932 and opened in 1933 as a hospital for the Marines. It continues to function as a medical center...
Places of worship
Eastern Orthodox
- St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church (Seattle)St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church (Seattle)Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church is a church in Seattle, Washington. It is part of the Greek Orthodox metropolis or diocese of San Francisco, within the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. It is Seattle's oldest Greek Orthodox congregation....
(no formal landmark recognition) - St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral
- St. Spiridon Russian Orthodox Cathedral
Roman Catholic
- Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Priory, and School
- Immaculate Conception Church
- St. James Cathedral, Rectory and Site (St. James Cathedral)
- St. Joseph's Church
Protestant
- Beacon Hill First Baptist Church
- Bethany Presbyterian ChurchBethany Presbyterian ChurchBethany Presbyterian Church is a historic church in Centreville, Mississippi.It was built in 1855 and added to the National Register in 2003....
- Capitol Hill United Methodist Church (now an office space)
- Fauntleroy Community Church and YMCA
- First African Methodist Episcopal Church
- First Church of Christ ScientistFirst Church of Christ, Scientist (Seattle, Washington)The former First Church of Christ, Scientist is an historic Christian Science church building located at 1519 East Denny Way / 1841 16th Avenue on the corner of East Denny Way and 16th Avenue in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Designed in the Classical Revival style, it was...
(undergoing conversion to condominium apartments as of 2007) - Immanuel Lutheran Church
- New Age Christian Church
- St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral (no formal landmark recognition for the cathedral itself, although there several buildings in its complex have formal recognition)
- Seattle First Baptist Church
- Trinity Parish Episcopal Church
- University Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage
- University Presbyterian Church
LDS
- Seattle Washington TempleSeattle Washington TempleThe Seattle Washington Temple is the 21st constructed and 19th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Located in the city of Bellevue, Washington it has a modern single-spire design...
(in the suburb of Bellevue, WashingtonBellevue, WashingtonBellevue is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb or satellite city of Seattle, it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb. The population was 122,363 at the 2010 census.Downtown Bellevue is...
, not in Seattle proper.)
Jewish
- Temple de Hirsch-Sinai
- Bikur Cholim Synagogue, now Langston Hughes Performing Arts CenterLangston Hughes Performing Arts CenterThe Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center is an arts venue in Seattle, Washington, USA, operated by Seattle Parks and Recreation and named after African American writer Langston Hughes. The building has Seattle landmark status. Dating from 1915, it was originally a synagogue, designed by B...