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 in Seattle
Location in Washington (state)
Location in United States
Location509 Olive Way, Seattle, Washington
Coordinates47°36′45.9″N 122°20′11.9″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1925, 1950, 2005
Built byA.W. Quist Company
ArchitectJohn Alfred Creutzer, Abraham H. Albertson (original); William Henry Fey (1950 addition)
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.06000371[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 11, 2006
Designated SEATLDecember 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

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 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
  3. "Medical and Dental Building, Westlake & Olive". The Seattle Times. May 24, 1925. p. 23.
  4. Boyer, Tom (August 3, 2005). "New owner to restore historic 1925 Medical Dental Building". The Seattle Times. p. C1. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  5. Bell, Jon (September 13, 2019). "Seattle's Medical Dental Building sells to Portland company". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  6. "City of Seattle Ordinance No. 122316" (PDF). City Clerk of Seattle. December 11, 2006. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
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