Architectural Flourishes: Seattle

This edition is a pictorial guide illustrates the features that capture the city’s architecture legacy. The distinctive pre-Modernist examples of the late nineteenth through early twentieth century are liberally disbursed throughout the downtown, Pioneer Square and Capitol Hill districts. Over 215 photographs concentrate on external ornamental detailing and design flourishes.

Seattle has economically followed patterns of historical affluence and stagnation. The city’s architecture is testame...