Colman Automotive Building
National Register of Historic Places

Colman Automotive Building

Seattle, King County, Washington
Listed
February 13, 2013
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
13000017

About this property

The Colman Automotive Building is a building located at 401 E. Pine Street in Seattle, Washington. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. The building was designed by Seattle architects Webster & Ford and built during 1915-16 and is about 107 by 92 feet (33 m × 28 m) in plan. It was used as a car dealership and also for car repair. In 1917 it included a dealership for Stanley Steamer cars and one for United Motors (distributors for Reo, Dart, Cole and Roamer Motor Cars, Indiana, Reo & Duplex Motor Trucks). It was deemed notable as "one of the last surviving buildings from the early period of Seattle's Pike-Pine "Auto Row" district that has not been significantly altered." It also served as a gas station by 1937, having a drive-through gas pump area in its northwest corner at East Pine Street and Bellevue Avenue. National Register of Historic Places listings in Seattle, Washington

Location

401 E. Pine St.
Seattle, King County, Washington
47.61485, -122.32646

Categories

COMMERCEARCHITECTURE
Sources

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When was Colman Automotive Building listed on the National Register?

Colman Automotive Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 13, 2013.

What type of historic resource is Colman Automotive Building?

Colman Automotive Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Colman Automotive Building is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1910.

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