Liggett/4th and Pike Building
- Year
- 1927
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- Seattle, WA
The Liggett Building went up in 1927 at 1424 4th Avenue, built by the Louis K. Liggett Company under lease from the estate of Seattle pioneer George Kinnear to house the first Seattle location of the national Liggett drugstore chain alongside leasable office and retail space. Architects Lawton & Moldenhour designed the ten-story tower in the Gothic Revival style, its facade clad entirely in locally manufactured terracotta.
the building
A short-lived lease. Liggett had signed a 99-year lease on the building but broke it only a few years in, after opening a second Seattle store just a block away proved financially unwise during the Great Depression. The building took its current name following a 1933 renovation.
the style
Lawton & Moldenhour designed the tower in the Gothic Revival style, with its ornament carried entirely in locally manufactured terracotta rather than carved stone.
More on Gothic Revivalsignificance
The Liggett Building is Seattle City Landmark #118 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 31, 2011.
nearby
- Grand Pacific Hotel
- Northern Bank and Trust/Seaboard Building
- 1411 Fourth Avenue Building
- Rainier Tower
- Cobb Building
- Shafer Building/6th and Pine Building