Exchange Building (Seattle)

Exchange Building
Exchange Building, seen from across the street to the north on the grounds of the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building.
Alternative names	United Exchange Building
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	821 Second Avenue Seattle, Washington
Coordinates	47°36′15″N 122°20′05″W / 47.604254°N 122.334814°WCoordinates: 47°36′15″N 122°20′05″W / 47.604254°N 122.334814°W
Completed	1930
Owner	Ashforth Pacific, Inc.
Height
Roof	83.82 m (275.0 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	23
Floor area	27,549 m^2 (296,530 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect	John Graham & Associates Mithun Architects
Main contractor	Turner Construction
Seattle Landmark
Designated	April 16, 1990[1]
References
[2][3][4]

The Exchange Building is a 22-story (275 ft) Art Deco office building located in the central business district of Seattle, Washington. It was designed by John Graham & Associates and completed in 1930.

John Graham, an English-born Architect, also designed many other landmark Seattle buildings, including the downtown Frederick & Nelson (now Nordstrom), the downtown Bon Marché (now a Macy's), and the Dexter Horton Building.^[5]

At the time of its completion, the Exchange Building was the second-tallest reinforced concrete skyscraper in the United States.^[6] In addition to many of Seattle’s commodity market exchanges, early tenants included General Electric, Standard Oil, Edison Lamp Works, and Underwriters Laboratories. Later tenants included Pacific Northwest Bell and King County Metro (formally Seattle Metro). As of 2011 major tenants include the King County Department of Transportation, Razorfish (a unit of the Publicis Groupe), Slalom Consulting, and Nuance Communications.

Landmark status was awarded April 20, 1990.^[6][7] The Exchange Building won the "Office Building of the Year" award from the Building Owners and Managers Association in 2002.^[6]

References

1. "Landmarks and Designation". City of Seattle. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
2. Exchange Building (Seattle) at Emporis
3. Exchange Building (Seattle) at SkyscraperPage
4. Exchange Building (Seattle) at Structurae
5. DLR Group, Top Projects of the Century in Washington State, The Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, December 9, 1999. Accessed 3 December 2007.
6. Exchange Building, Seattle, Emporis. Accessed 3 December 2007.
7. Council Bill Number: 107875, Ordinance Number: 115038, City of Seattle Legislative Information Service. Accessed 3 December 2007.