[Rarebooks] The Washington Hotel, Seattle--unrecorded? 1903 booklet

[Bob Petrilla]

Washington, Seattle . THE SCENIC HOTEL OF THE WORLD--THE WASHINGTON,
SEATTLE: Overlooking Harbor, Puget Sound, Lakes, Mountains and all Seattle.
Owned by James A. Moore. Managed by De L. Harbaugh. Seattle: Washington
Hotel, (1903). First Edition. (18)pp; illustrated throughout from
photographs. Pictorial white wrappers. 6.75" x 10.25" Very Good. Pictorial
Paper Covers.
"Situated on the brow of Seattle, the acknowledged gateway to the Orient,"
the Washington Hotel featured extravagant woodwork, Victorian decor, a
noted chef, President Roosevelt's Private Dining Room, and a stuffed elk in
the rotunda. According to historylink.org: "The Denny Hotel was conceived
and begun in 1889 by a group of developers including Seattle founding
father Arthur Denny (1822-1899). The Panic of 1893 halted the proceedings
with interiors incomplete, and the turreted shell hung over Seattle for a
decade. James A. Moore (1861-1929) bought it and it flourished as the
Washington Hotel for one or two summers before the Denny Hill regrade
regraded it out of existence." This brochure is an historic record of the
short-lived Washington Hotel.  [Not recorded by WorldCat.  Not seen in UW
online catalog.]   $150.00

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