Colman Automotive Building Explained

Colman Automotive Building
Location:401 E. Pine St., Seattle, Washington
Built:1916
Architect:Webster & Ford
Builder:Pederson, Hans
Architecture:Early Commercial
Added:February 13, 2013
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:13000017

The Colman Automotive Building is a building located at 401 E. Pine Street in Seattle, Washington. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

Description and history

The building was designed by Seattle architects Webster & Ford and built during 1915-16 and is about NaNfeet in plan.

It was used as a car dealership and also for car repair. In 1917 it included a dealership for Stanley Steamer cars and one for United Motors (distributors for Reo, Dart, Cole and Roamer Motor Cars, Indiana, Reo & Duplex Motor Trucks).

It was deemed notable as "one of the last surviving buildings from the early period of Seattle's Pike-Pine "Auto Row" district that has not been significantly altered."

It also served as a gas station by 1937, having a drive-through gas pump area in its northwest corner at East Pine Street and Bellevue Avenue.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=13000017}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Colman Automotive Building ]. National Park Service. August 30, 2018. With