King Street, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

King Street
From South Alaskan Way To Rainier Avenue

1st Ave. S. intersects
Occidental Ave. intersects
From Occidental Ave. to 3rd Ave. S -- North Side
none

From Occidental Ave. to 3rd Ave. S -- South Side
113 Schermerhorn Brothers Inc. cordage - D. L. Snellman Co. manufacturers agents
171 International Brokerage Co. food brokers - Snoboy Inc. frozen foods - Paul Bunyan Foods Inc. wholesale grocers - Mountain Foods Inc. wholesale grocers - Fine Foods Inc. produce - Pacific Fruit & Produce Co. - Pacific Gamble Robinson Co. wholesale produce
181 Northern Pacific Beneficial Association - Northern Pacific Railway Co. (offices)
201 Great Northern Railway Co. (offices) - Western Fruit Express Co. (office)

3rd Ave. S intersects
5th Ave. S intersects
From 5th Ave. S. to 6th Ave. S. -- North Side
500 Johnson Corner Tavern
500½ Red Front Tavern
504 International Pool Room
506 Vacant
508 Frank's Transfer Co. - Americano Joe Shoe Shine Parlor
510 Pablo C. Soria
512 King Street Barber Shop - Mrs. Masayo Jungugi
514 Victory Baths - Victory Barber Shop
518 Victory Laundry - Harry Chinn
520 American Hotel lodgings - Mrs. Yoneko Funamori
524 Rushmore Mutual Life Insurance Co. - Ferrera Sups wholesale grocers
526 Powder Box Beauty Salon

From 5th Ave. S. to 6th Ave. S. -- South Side
501 Publix Lunch & Tavern
505 Vacant

From 6th Ave. S. to Maynard Ave. -- North Side
614 Manila Recreation
616 Manila Cafe
616½ Beck Hotel (side entrance)
620 Beck Hotel lodgings - Saturo Kumasaka
620½ King Street Tavern (side entrance)
622 King Street Tavern

From 6th Ave. S. to Maynard Ave. -- South Side
605½ Six-O-Five Club
609 Nitta's Food Mart grocery
611 Vacant
613 Burgos Lodge No. 10 (CDA)
615 Sing Louie
617 Tao Insurance Agency
619 International Barber Shop
621 Hotel Alps lodgings - Tom Hamanishi
623 Fon H. Luke
625 Hi-Lite Amusements

From Maynard Ave. to Maynard Alley -- North Side
654 Gene Sing Eng Barber Shop
656 Merry Meat & Fish Co.
656½ Vacant
658 A. Mar. Young
660 Oriental Club
664 Little Three Grand Cafe restaurant - Gim Lee Gui

From Maynard Ave. to Maynard Alley -- South Side
651 Russell's Fair Market meats
655 Tai Tung Cafe [still here in 2009]
657 Rex Hotel lodgings - Catalino N. Espana
659 Tai Tung Cafe
661 Quong Wah Co. wholesale poultry
663 Wa Sang Grocery

From Maynard Alley to 7th Ave. S. -- North Side
666½ China Cab Co. Inc.
668 Vacant
668½ Milwaukee Hotel lodgings
670 Jimmie John Tailor Shop
672 Bow Wah Co. jewelers
674 Vacant
676 Vacant
704 Mar Society Club
704½ Vacant
706 King Chong Lung Co. importers & exporters
708 Dong's Association club
710 Vacant

From Maynard Alley to 7th Ave. S. -- South Side
665 Palace Pool Hall - Hong Nen Look
667 Hen Sen Chin
669 Wah Mee Club (side entrance) [site of infamous 1983 massacre, from alley entrance]
673 Chun Louie Wai
675-77 Kwan On Wing Co. (warehouse)
679 Kawn On Wing Co. exporters - Garman Toy

From 7th Ave. S. to Canton Alley -- North Side
704 Mar Society Club
704½ Vacant
706 Kie L. Chinn
708 Dong's Association club
710 Vacant


From 7th Ave. S. to Canton Alley -- South Side
701 Wong Soeck
701½ Vacant
703 Chong Quong Co. grocery
703½ Chinese Musical Club
705 Yick Fung & Co. importers
705½ Vacant
707 Chung Lung King Co. importers & exporters
707½ Vacant
709 Gom Hong Co. grocers
709½ Vacant
711 Kuo Min Tang (Chinese Nationalist Party)

From Canton Alley to 8th Ave. S. -- North Side
none

[Note: book does not mention 8th Ave. S. here, but there is a gap in the text, and the street definitely existed then; I'm assuming here it's a typographical error.]

From Canton Alley to 8th Ave. S. -- South Side
715 China Poultry Co. wholesale
715½ Kwong Chow Bow On Association social club - Ngoh Chow
717 Vacant
719 Sun Wah Co. oriental [sic] imports & gifts
719½ Freeman Hotel lodgings
721 Quong Tuck Co. social club
723 Vacant
725 Yee Goon

From 8th Ave. S. to 9th Ave. S. -- North Side
none

From 8th Ave. S. to 9th Ave. S. -- South Side
801 Tsue Chong Co. Inc. noodle manufacturers
803 Quan Lee
805 Pong Chinn
807 King Tu Yee
809 Yit T. Wong
811 Vacant
813 Nicholas P. Bartolome
813½ Manuel B. Ursua
815 Flores G. Cajita
815½ Teofilo Abad

From 9th Ave. S. to 10th Ave. S. -- North Side
920 State Transfer Co. Inc.

From 8th Ave. S. to 9th Ave. S. -- South Side
901 Coast Hotel - Mrs. Elbe Bell
903 Harlem Inn tavern
925 Chinese Baptist Church - Chinese Baptist Church Nursery day nursery

From 10th Ave. S. to 12th Ave. S. -- North Side
1010 Vacant
1010½ Vacant
1012 Vacant
1024 Acme Poultry Co. wholesale

From 10th Ave. S. to 12th Ave. S. -- South Side
1001 Western Gear Corp. (warehouse)
1013 Vacant
1017 Ray M. Stewart
1041 Systi-Matic Co. saw manufacturers
1041½ Systi-Matic Co. (shop)
1043 Vacant

From 12th Ave. S. to Rainier Ave. -- North Side
1212 Nisei Veterans Committee
1220 Kakichi Terada
1220½ Y. James Tsujita
1222 George M. Matsuno
1224 Wilson J. Daniels - Jerald F. Kertham
1234 Olite Smith - Danny L. Williams
1236 Mrs. Mary Dorsey - Alex StGerman - Richard Oshiro
1238 Jerry E. Desmond - Mrs. Ollie Wilbur - William L. Rice
1244 Apartments (four names)
1248 Eddie A. Toniguchi
1248½ Mrs. Tsuneyo Nobuyama
1252 Vacant
1256 Robert Ford
1264 George W. Raber & Co. leather goods cleaners
1306 Nikko Sukiyaki Restaurant [Run by Larry & Shirley Saiki, this was (possibly) Seattle's first sushi bar, featuring sushi master Shiro Kashiba, who started there in 1966; 2009 = Mikado Restaurant]

From 12th Ave. S. to Rainier Ave. -- South Side
1211 Friendship Baptist Church - Richard Washington
1221 N & S Tool & Die Co. Inc.
1223 Todd Chemical Inc. plant
1235 Kiyomi K. Hayashi - Frank K. Mihara
1239 El Johnson Food Specialties Inc.
1247 Koso Yagi
1251 Joseph V. Jainga
1261 Karoku Okada
1265 R S Auto Rebuild auto body repair
cor City Light Sub Station (now labeled 1269)

Rainier Ave. intersects