Cobb Building
- Architect
- Howells & Stokes
- Style
- Beaux-Arts
- City
- Seattle, WA
- Collection
- beaux-arts downtown
The Cobb Building rose at the corner of 4th Avenue and University Street in 1909-1910, the third structure built in Seattle's Metropolitan Tract and the only one of that original ten-acre development still standing. Architects Howells & Stokes designed the eleven-story building and sent Albert H. Albertson to Seattle to supervise construction, which opened as an early example of a high-rise medical office center.
the building
Cornice ornament. The ninth and tenth floor cornice carries sculpted Native American-themed ornament attributed to Victor G. Schneider, an unusual decorative choice among the commercial towers of the Metropolitan Tract.
the style
Howells & Stokes designed the Cobb Building in the Beaux-Arts style.
More on Beaux-Artsthe architect
Howells & Stokes was the architecture firm behind the design; the firm sent Albert H. Albertson to Seattle to supervise the building's 1909-1910 construction.
significance
The Cobb Building later became general commercial office space and was recently renovated into apartments; it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the only survivor of the original Metropolitan Tract buildings.
nearby
- Fairmont Olympic Hotel
- Seattle Tower
- Rainier Tower
- 1411 Fourth Avenue Building
- IBM Building
- Grand Pacific Hotel