Rector Hotel

Rector Hotel
Rector Hotel in 2007, with Lyon Building to the left
Rector Hotel is located in Seattle WA Downtown
Rector Hotel
Location619-621 Third Ave., Seattle, Washington
Coordinates47°36′12″N 122°19′51″W / 47.60333°N 122.33083°W / 47.60333; -122.33083 (Rector Hotel)
Arealess than one acre
Built1911-12
Built byHarry Brandt
ArchitectJohn Graham, Sr.
Architectural styleBeaux Arts
NRHP reference No.02000863[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 9, 2002

The Rector Hotel, later known as the St. Charles Hotel and during the 1930s the Governor Hotel, is a historic hotel building located at the Southwest corner of Third Avenue and Cherry Street in downtown Seattle, Washington. It was constructed in the latter half of 1911 by the estate of pioneer lumber baron Amos Brown. Designed by prominent Seattle architect John Graham, Sr., the original plans were for a twelve-story building that would be built in two phases but the top 6 floors were never added.[2] Originally a hotel serving the tourist trade, by the 1970s it was operating as a Single resident occupancy hotel. In 1986 it was renovated into low-income housing by the Plymouth Housing Group.[3] In 2002 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

It is located north of historic Pioneer Square, "in the shadow of" the Smith Tower, and adjacent to the former Grand Opera House and the 1910-built Chicago School-style Lyon Building, also designed by John Graham.[4]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Summary for 619 3rd AVE / Parcel ID 0939000085". Seattle Historical Sites. Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
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  4. ^ Phillip Seven Esser (March 15, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Rector Hotel / Hotel St. Charles / Governor Hotel / St. Charles Hotel". National Park Service. Retrieved February 7, 2021. With accompanying 20 photos: from c.1938, 1918, and 18 from 2002