Skinner Building (Seattle)
[2][3] Part of the Metropolitan Tract,[4] the structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for the architecture of the interior theatre and of the rest of the building.[14] According to the National Register of Historic Places nomination form, "The building is faced with Wilkeson sandstone and displays excellent cut-stonework on three street front facades.posts on the staircase... Hipped parapets of red mission tile are visible on all roof surfaces from the ground and the projecting cornices of the seventh story are supported by handsome consoles.As an urban design element, this restrained, elegant building plays a strong role in the sophisticated, pedestrianized qualities of Fifth Avenue and creates an excellent street wall with its low key, block long unity.[16] An underground pedestrian passage stretching three blocks connect the Skinner Building, Hilton Seattle, and the Washington Athletic Club.An opening night program read:[21] The Skinner Building—in shops where are marketed together foreign wares and domestic merchandise; in offices, where are administered businesses with extensions over the Seven Seas; in the theater, where are combined the arts of Old World and the New to work a magic of delight—here in this stately edifice, the twain do meet.[23] Amid the uncertainty, Fred Bassetti and others proposed a new historic district be created, including the Skinner, White Henry Stuart, Olympic Hotel, and the Cobb Building.
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