1st/2nd Seattle Structure
January 18th, 2010 @ 12:17 am by Cliffe | Sorted Photo Exposure |
We’ve seen the
second oldest photo of Seattle and now how about the second oldest structure in Seattle. Or actually it’s the oldest if you exclude Denny Cabin on Alki. While our city isn’t all that old, we’ve certainly come a long way. Click for the high res.
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| The Yesler Cook House, Seattle, 1852-1853. Includes a group of men in front of the building. First building erected in Seattle proper — excluding Denny cabin at Alki. Image courtesy Washington State Digital Archives. |
This was built in the winter of 1952-1853 and was sited right about at today’s 103 1st Avenue S.
Not so certain about those posted dates though. Seem to vaguely recall it was razed by 1865. No?
FYI: A much better quality image is included on p.12 of my 2007 book, “Music In Washington.”
Is this a picture of a picture? There’s a twisted metal bar on the left side that seems to be casting a shadow on the picture. Strange.
It’s probably from the way it was scanned.
Please note the typo in my first message: meant to write 1852 — not, duh, 1952.
Thanks Pete. Corrected the date.
Cliffe
This might of been scanned from a bound album, hence the binding string. This may be the original photo or not.