Seattle in the 1910s
William Howard Taft served until 1913 and Woodrow Wilson followed. The Panama Canal opened in 1914 and the country entered the First World War in 1917. The influenza pandemic killed several hundred thousand Americans in 1918. Congress passed the Eighteenth Amendment on prohibition and sent the Nineteenth Amendment on women's suffrage to the states. What Seattle kept from the decade leans to Beaux-Arts, the label the records put on 4 of these stops.
Every stop carries a construction date in the 1910s. The route covers 10 of them and runs 1.9 miles end to end.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.
Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Union Stables2200 Western Ave.Building · built 1910 · listed 2013start
- 2J. S. Graham Store119 Pine St.Building · built 1919 · listed 19890.3 mi from stop 1
- 3Us Immigration Building84 Union St.Building · built 1915 · listed 19870.2 mi from stop 2
- 4Ywca Building--Seattle1118 Fifth Ave.Building · built 1914 · listed 20060.3 mi from stop 3
- 5Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist1119 8th Ave.Building · built 1916 · listed 20130.1 mi from stop 4
- 6Arctic Building306 Cherry St.Building · built 1916 · listed 19780.4 mi from stop 5
- 7Rector Hotel619-621 Third Ave.Building · built 1912 · listed 2002247 ft from stop 6
- 8Hoge Building705 2nd Ave.Building · built 1911 · listed 1983359 ft from stop 7
- 9New Richmond Hotel308 4th Ave., S.Building · built 1911 · listed 20110.2 mi from stop 8
- 10Union Station4th, S. and S. Jackson Sts.Building · built 1911 · listed 19740.2 mi from stop 9
1.9 straight-line miles over 9 legs. Printed from registeratlas.com/tours/wa/seattle/era-1910s/
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 10 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in Seattle
- Beaux-Arts architecture in Seattle10 stops · 2.4 milesBeaux-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.
- Apartments and hotels in Seattle10 stops · 1.7 milesThe route links apartment buildings and hotels built between 1909 and 1926. Some still take guests and some have become housing.
- Houses and mansions in Seattle10 stops · 2.5 milesThe route links houses built between 1902 and 1907. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.
- Seattle in the 1920s13 stops · 1.8 milesEvery stop carries a construction date in the 1920s. Art Deco is the style recorded on more of them than any other.
- Seattle in the 1900s10 stops · 2.0 milesEvery stop carries a construction date in the 1900s. They are what Seattle holds on the register from that decade.