Meet the Doric Sixth Avenue Motor Hotel, built 1958.
It’s fairly unusual to find a motel like this smack dab in the middle of downtown Seattle.
It was designed by Bellevue architectural firm Lindahl and Bacon and when constructed replaced a parking lot, car dealership, and a gas station. The building is still around and still in use as a motel (now the
Sixth Avenue Inn) — the most obvious differences being the blue color and mansard style roof. Check out the Department of Neighborhoods
listing for the modern day shot. One last thing… it had a “drive-in lobby” — that’s rad.
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| Doric 6th Avenue Motor Hotel. 2000 6th Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101. 175 Modern Units — TV’s, Radios, Drive-In Lobby and ample covered parking. Automatic Elevators, 24 hour desk service, automatic dial phones, heated swimming pool, ROD & REEL Restaurant and Lounge. 2 blocks from Downtown shopping center and Monorail Terminal. Seattle’ s mo st conveniently located downtown Motor Hotel. |
I love seeing casual photos in which the Space Needle is still orange! Also, I can see my old work building in this photo, which at that time was still the Seattle P-I building.
Good Lord! This looks suspiciously like the apartment building my son lives in! Not in Seattle, however.
I like the fact that it has automatic elevators! You don’t have to hoist yourself up a floor using large ropes and a complicated pully system!
Truly this particular manual is actually outstanding it truly helped me and also my family, many thanks!