Built in 1906 and 1907, the Georgetown Steam Plant preserves early steam-turbine technology and the infrastructure that supported Seattle's electrification and industrial growth.
Opened in 1907, the Moore is Seattle's oldest operating theater and reflects touring performance, segregation, changing entertainment, preservation, and renovation.
Established in 1907 as a public market, Pike Place survived a major redevelopment threat through a 1971 public vote and has been managed by a public development authority since 1973.
Smith Tower opened on July 4, 1914, after several years of planning and construction, becoming a major early skyscraper and symbol of Seattle's commercial ambition.
Seattle developed on Coast Salish homelands, especially those of the Duwamish and other Lushootseed-speaking peoples, through settler colonization, maritime trade, timber, railroads, migration, labor, technology, and urban renewal.