Camlin Hotel
- Architect
- Carl L. Linde
- Year
- 1926
- Style
- Tudor Revival
- City
- Seattle, WA
The Camlin Hotel opened October 31, 1926, as the Camlin Apartment Hotel, built to resemble an Italian castle by architect Carl L. Linde of Portland, a one-time brewery builder. It offered 94 apartments with the latest conveniences, shower baths, dinettes, and kitchenettes, with a penthouse occupying the entire 11th floor. The project was sponsored by Adolph Linden and Edmund W. Campbell.
the building
Penthouse floor. The building's 11th floor was given over entirely to a single penthouse, above 94 apartments equipped with then-modern shower baths, dinettes, and kitchenettes.
Contemporary reception. At its 1926 opening, the Seattle Times wrote that the Camlin's exterior made it 'stand out from all parts of the city,' and praised the views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains from its upper windows, calling the hotel 'a monument to Seattle's development.'
the style
The Camlin is classified as Tudor Revival, though architect Carl L. Linde built it to resemble an Italian castle, a design brief distinct from the more typical half-timbered Tudor mode.
More on Tudor Revivalthe architect
Carl L. Linde practiced out of Portland and had previously worked as a brewery builder before designing the Camlin.
significance
The Camlin Hotel is a Seattle City Landmark (#220) and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, both individual designations, with the NRHP listing dated May 17, 1999.
nearby
- Paramount Theatre and Building
- Coliseum Theater
- Shafer Building/6th and Pine Building
- Medical Dental Building
- Times Square Building
- Northern Bank and Trust/Seaboard Building