Category:Gordon Hardware Company Building (Seattle)

The Gordon Hardware Company Building (627 First Avenue, Seattle) was built in 1889 in the aftermath of the Great Seattle Fire on a block that once contained some of Seattle's most architecturally elaborate office buildings. Designed by William E. Boone originally, the new version, credited to John Nestor, was an expanded replica of their original 1884 building that had been destroyed in the fire, but with two additional floors. After The Gordon Hardware Company left the building it was occupied by the Stewart & Holmes Drug Company until they built their own building in 1903. It underwent a major remodeling in 1904 that wiped away most of the italianate design where it briefly served as a museum of oddities. It and the neighboring Kline & Rosenberg Building were reduced to 2 floors after the 1949 earthquake and most of their elegant neighbors were replaced by a parking garage in 1969. It was most recently occupied by a 7-11 on the ground floor.