Smith Tower

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historic building office building skyscraper tourist attraction

Smith Tower is a historic early-20th-century skyscraper in downtown Seattle, once one of the tallest buildings in the United States and a prominent feature of the city's skyline.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic building ⓘ
office building ⓘ
skyscraper ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
addedToRegister Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board list ⓘ
architect Charles Bebb ⓘ
Gaggin & Gaggin ⓘ
architecturalStyle neoclassical architecture ⓘ
completionDate 1914 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1911 ⓘ
coordinates 47.6017° N, 122.3317° W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developer L.C. Smith Estate ⓘ
elevatorCount 6 ⓘ
floorCountIncludingBasement 42 ⓘ
hasObservationDeck yes ⓘ
hasPart Chinese Room ⓘ
elevator lobby ⓘ
observation deck ⓘ
pyramid-shaped roof ⓘ
hasRenovation 1999 renovation ⓘ
2012–2016 renovation ⓘ
hasUse bar ⓘ
event space ⓘ
observation deck ⓘ
office space ⓘ
height 148 meters ⓘ
484 feet ⓘ
heritageStatus Seattle landmark ⓘ
inception 1914 ⓘ
isPartOf Seattle skyline ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity downtown Seattle ⓘ
surface form: Downtown Seattle
location Seattle ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
mapFeature landmark of downtown Seattle ⓘ
materialUsed steel ⓘ
terra cotta ⓘ
namedAfter Lyman Cornelius Smith ⓘ
neighborhood Pioneer Square ⓘ
numberOfFloorsAboveGround 38 ⓘ
openingDate 1914 ⓘ
owner Unico Properties ⓘ
publicTransitAccess Pioneer Square Station ⓘ
surface form: Pioneer Square station
streetAddress 506 2nd Avenue ⓘ
wasOneOfTallestBuildingsIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
wasTallestBuildingIn Seattle ⓘ
West Coast of the United States ⓘ
wasTallestBuildingUntil 1962 ⓘ

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downtown Seattle → contains → Smith Tower ⓘ
subject surface form: Downtown Seattle
Pioneer Square → hasLandmark → Smith Tower ⓘ
subject surface form: Seattle