Walking tours of Seattle
More of the dated building in Seattle went up in the 1910s than in any other decade. Art Deco is the style recorded most often on these buildings.
6 themed routes run through those listings. Of the routes below, one follows a single style, two follow one kind of building and three follow a single decade. A subject becomes a route only where the register holds enough of it close enough together to walk.
Every listing in Seattle → · 186 in all
The routes
- StyleBeaux-Arts architecture in Seattle10 stops · 2.4 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026Beaux-Arts is the grand classical manner taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, with paired columns, sculpted swags and monumental stairs. The Seattle examples on this route went up between 1907 and 1916.
- Building typeApartments and hotels in Seattle10 stops · 1.7 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026The route links apartment buildings and hotels built between 1909 and 1926. Some still take guests and some have become housing.
- Building typeHouses and mansions in Seattle10 stops · 2.5 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026The route links houses built between 1902 and 1907. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.
- Decade builtSeattle in the 1920s13 stops · 1.8 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026Every stop carries a construction date in the 1920s. Art Deco is the style recorded on more of them than any other.
- Decade builtSeattle in the 1910s10 stops · 1.9 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026Every stop carries a construction date in the 1910s. Beaux-Arts is the style recorded on more of them than any other.
- Decade builtSeattle in the 1900s10 stops · 2.0 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026Every stop carries a construction date in the 1900s. They are what Seattle holds on the register from that decade.
Every route holds at least ten stops and stays under two and a half miles. Routes are computed from the coordinates in the National Park Service National Register spatial data, and the distances are straight lines between stops. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.