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| A regrade relic, The Ross Shire Hotel at 6th & Marion. Photographed June 24, 1914; courtesy Seattle Municipal Archives. |
Ross Shire Hotel 1914
February 22nd, 2010 @ 12:01 am by Cliffe | Sorted Photo Exposure |
You know I love those regrade shots and here’s another classic. The 1914 snapshot shows the Ross Shire Hotel at 6th & Marion. Seattle Municipal Archives has a really nice slideshow called Reshaping The City showing some of the many engineering projects undertaken by civil engineers over the years in our city. Give it a look and click on the thumbnail for high res.
Great photo, Jess. Am I right that this house is the same one that you can partially see at the left edge of the photo in your much-argued-about post back in November?
http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/11/11/third-and-cherry/
It’s in the right spot and the windows all match, but there seems to be a captain’s walk added here. I think the other photo was around 1911, so can we imagine that the owners of this house added this rooftop feature in the intervening three years?
I do believe you’re correct.
It looks like they lowered the thing to street level soon after this photo. Hard to believe they could do it without destroying it.
Helpful write up, bookmarked the website in interest to see more information!