Globe Building, Beebe Building and Hotel Cecil
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The Globe Building, Beebe Building and the Hotel Cecil are a trio of historic office/hotel buildings located in Downtown Seattle, Washington, United States. The buildings occupy the entire west side of the 1000 block of 1st Avenue between Madison and Spring streets. The three buildings were constructed from late 1900 to 1901 for Syracuse-based investors Clifford Beebe and William Nottingham by the Clise Investment Company, headed by businessman James Clise (1855–1938), as a result of the Alaska Gold Rush which fueled the construction of many such buildings in downtown Seattle.[3]
Globe Building & Beebe Building | |
Location | 1001–1031 1st Ave., Seattle, Washington |
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Coordinates | 47°36′17.58″N 122°20′12.89″W |
Built | 1900–1901 |
Architect | Umbrecht, Max |
Architectural style | Italian Renaissance Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 82004235[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 29, 1982 |
Designated SEATL | March 21, 1983[2] |
All three buildings were designed in Italian Renaissance Style for Clise by Max Umbrecht (1872–1955), a mostly residential architect who came to Seattle around 1900 from Syracuse, New York where he had worked briefly in the firm of Jeffery & Umbrecht. The two Northern buildings, both known at times as the Beebe buildings were built by Clise for owner Clifford D. Beebe, also of Syracuse while the Globe Building was built by Clise for William Nottingham's Globe Navigation Company.
This group of buildings consist of the last contiguous block of 1900s buildings on 1st Avenue between the Pioneer Square district and the Pike Place Market. Following a major restoration in early 1982, the buildings were listed together on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1983, the buildings were collectively listed as Seattle City Landmarks under the title "First Avenue Groups/Waterfront Center".[4]
Since September 10,[citation needed] 1982, the buildings have been operated as the Alexis Hotel,[5] operated as of December 2020[update] by Sonesta Hotels.[citation needed]