The Alaska Building

The Alaska Building is a 15 storey building in Seattle, Washington completed in 1904 to designs by St. Louis architects Eames and Young. At the time of its completion, it was the tallest building in the state of Washington—and remained so until 1910. The building was the first steel frame building of any height in the Northwest and Seattle's first skyscraper. It remained Seattle's tallest building for ten years after it was built. It was designed using terra cotta and in a style inspired by the Beaux Arts. The building dates from a period of economic and industrial growth, 1900-1910, in the heart of Seattle and in the city as a whole.