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Map of Pioneer Square National Historic District as part of Seattle Unit National Historic Park in Washington state. Blocks are squares of pale ochre with white roads, the park district outlined in grass green, buildings of interest colored charcoal gray within.

Extended Description

The Pioneer Square National Historic District Boundary is marked in grass green. The west boundary runs up Alaska Way, then stair-steps across the northside up Columbia, down an alley to Cherry, down an alley to James, down 3rd to Jefferson, and down 4th to Terrace. The east border runs as far east as 5th Avenue South, cutting in west to 3rd Avenue South between South Washington and South Jackson. The south border runs parallel along South King, just north of the “Seattle Football Stadium.” A jagged light blue cut in on the left side of the map is “Elliott Bay.”

Note at left near Elliott Bay: “Pier 52, Washington State Ferry to Bremerton and Bainbridge Island.”

Note at top left corner: “To Pier 59, (modern site of Seattle Aquarium Waterfront Park), SS Portland arrives with gold from the Klondike, July 17, 1897.”

Gray rectangles run along 1st Avenue South from Columbia to South Jackson on the west side. One just south of Yesler Way is labeled “Schwabacher Building (1890).”

A small green triangle labeled “Pioneer Place” site on the east side of 1st Ave South between Cherry and Yesler Way. Four gray rectangles sit within the block of Cherry, 2nd Avenue Extended, James, and Pioneer Place. One on the southwest corner is labeled “Pioneer Building (1892).” On the south side of James and Yesler Way are two small gray rectangles, one labeled “Merchants Cafe (1889).” To the east, on the corner of Yesler Way and 2nd Avenue Extended are three gray rectangles, one labeled “Metropole Building (1895).” On the east side of 2nd Avenue Extended are three gray rectangles, one light gray labeled “Smith Tower (1914).”

The gray rectangles run from Yesler Way to South Jackson on the east side. One, labeled “Grand Central Hotel (1889)” sits just north of South Main, west of a green rectangle labeled “Occidental Park.” To the east, on the southeast corner of the block at the intersection of 2nd Avenue South and South Main is a small green square labeled “Waterfall Garden.”

Across South Main from Occidental Park is a green rectangle with two gray rectangles on either side. On the southeast corner of the block at the intersection of 2nd Avenue South and South Jackson is a gray rectangle outlined in green labeled “Visitor Center.” Across South Jackson from the Visitor Center is a gray rectangle labeled “Historic Cadillac Hotel (1890).”

In the southeast pocket of the district are two light gray rectangles, south of South Jackson. One, between 2nd Avenue South and 2nd Avenue Extended, is “Amtrak, King Street Station.” The other, between 4th Avenue South and 5th Avenue South is “Union Station.”

Legend

A scale at the top right corner of the map measures distances of 100 meters and 100 and 500 feet.

The legend continues at the bottom left:

Charcoal-gray for Gold Rush-era buildings and

Ash-gray for Other historic buildings.