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Colman Automotive Building

Coordinates: 47°36′54″N 122°19′35″W / 47.61500°N 122.32639°W / 47.61500; -122.32639
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Colman Automotive Building
The building's exterior in 2013
Colman Automotive Building is located in Washington (state)
Colman Automotive Building
Location401 E. Pine St., Seattle, Washington
Coordinates47°36′54″N 122°19′35″W / 47.61500°N 122.32639°W / 47.61500; -122.32639
Arealess than one acre
Built1916
Built byPederson, Hans
ArchitectWebster & Ford
Architectural styleEarly Commercial
NRHP reference No.13000017[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 13, 2013

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.[1]

Description and history

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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.[2]

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).[2]

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."[2]

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.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Colman Automotive Building". National Park Service. Retrieved August 30, 2018. With accompanying pictures