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The Pioneer Square Pergola is a cast iron and glass pergola in Pioneer Square, a park in Downtown Seattle, Washington, United States. It was built in 1909 to shelter passengers waiting for cable cars on the James Street and Yesler Way lines. The pergola is located at the intersection of 1st Avenue and Yesler Way, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977 alongside the adjacent Pioneer Building and totem pole.[1]
Description and history
[edit]The Victorian-style, triangular structure was designed by Julian F. Everett, a local architect, and originally functioned as a comfort station. It measures 60 feet (18 m) long and 16 feet (4.9 m) high, supported by a series of iron columns.[2] It featured ornate iron decorations, a glass roof, and an underground public bathroom that opened on September 23, 1909, at a cost of $24,000.[1][3] The bathroom, one of the first underground facilities of its kind for Seattle, featured terrazzo floors, brass and nickel fixtures, and white Alaskan marble stalls. It had sixteen stalls for men and nine for women, and was described as the best and most lavish public restroom west of the Mississippi.[4] Its inclusion was controversial at the time, having been deemed an unsightly addition to the park by The Seattle Times and community groups.[5][6] As cable car service was cancelled and the area declined, the pergola deteriorated and was stripped for materials by the late 1940s.[7] The bathroom itself was closed in 1948 in lieu of renovations.[8]
- ^ a b "Iron Pergola and Totem Pole". Seattle: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary. National Park Service. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ "Truck destroys Seattle landmark". Reno Gazette-Journal. Associated Press. January 16, 2001. p. A3. Retrieved February 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Snel, Alan (August 24, 1999). "And the rest(room) is history". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. p. A1.
- ^ "90-year-old public toilet may open to tourists". The Columbian. Associated Press. August 27, 1999. p. B9.
- ^ Brooks Olsen, Hanna (October 1, 2018). "The historic, palatial bathroom that no one wanted". Curbed Seattle. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Times-Prizedwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Greece, Ronny (April 22, 1973). "The Pioneer Square pergola: a detailed reproduction". The Seattle Times. p. 4.
- ^ Scigliano, Eric (March 14, 2019). "Pioneer Square's underground 'comfort station' inspired a writer to go deeper". The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
