Seattle Tower Explained

Seattle Tower

Groundbreaking Date:

February 17, 1928^[1]

Former Name:

Northern Life Tower

Opened Date:

March 1929

Building Type:

office

Location:

1218 Third Avenue, Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Coordinates:

47.6077°N -122.3355°W

Map Type:

Seattle WA Downtown

Roof:

105.7m (346.8feet)

Antenna Spire:

106.6m (349.7feet)

Floor Count:

Architect:

Albertson, Wilson & Richardson

References:

Northern Life Tower
Embed:	yes
Designated Other1:	Seattle Landmark
Coordinates:	47.6081°N -122.3342°W
Built:	1928
Architect:	Abraham H. Albertson
Architecture:	Art Deco, Modernistic
Added:	May 30, 1975
Refnum:	75001857

The Seattle Tower, originally known as the Northern Life Tower, is a 27-story skyscraper in downtown Seattle, Washington. The building is located on 1218 Third Avenue and is known as Seattle's first art-deco tower.^[2] Its distinctive, ziggurat exterior is clad in 33 shades of brick designed to effect a gradient which lightens from the bottom to the top of the building. This is said to have been inspired by local rock formations.^[2]

According to the US National Park Service website:

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975^[3] and is also a designated city landmark.^[4]

External links

Seattle Tower, middle 20 minutes of a one-hour broadcast from KUOW, Seattle. An audio tour of the building and its history.

Notes and References

Web site: Northern Life/Seattle Tower (Seattle) . . Dotty . DeCoster . December 2, 2010.
Web site: Emporis.com page. https://web.archive.org/web/20070224111716/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=seattletower-seattle-wa-usa. dead. February 24, 2007.
Web site: National Register of Historic Places Website entry, Building - #75001857.
https://www.cityofseattle.gov/neighborhoods/preservation/s.htm Landmarks Alphabetical Listing for S