Butterworth Building - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Butterworth Building - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Butterworth BuildingHistoric Places in Washington , Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, October 1, 2008, p. 39. Accessed online 1 November 2009 or Butterworth BlockClarence B. Bagley, History of King County Washington, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago-Seattle, 1929, Volume III, pp. 781-785 at 1921 First Avenue in Seattle, Washington was originally built as the Butterworth & Sons mortuary, which moved into this location in 1903 and moved to larger quarters in 1923. Located on a steep hill, the building has only three stories on the First Avenue side, but five on Post Alley."The great firm of E. R. Butterworth & Sons", Seattle Mail and Herald, vol. 7, no. 40: 13 August 1904, pp. 4-5, 16. Accessed on microfilm at Seattle Public Library. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP); adjacent to Pike Place Market, it falls within the NRHP's Pike Place Public Market Historic District and the city's Place Market Historical District. Now owned by the McAleese Family since 2005. Read more on Wikipedia
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