Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Eighth Avenue South, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Eighth Avenue South
From Yesler Way to Charles Street

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - West Side
111 Apartments (Yesler Terrace)
  256 Fook F Locke
  257 Donald L. Hanson
  258 August E Miller jr
  259 Don M. Lund
  260 Timothy F Brennan
  261 Mrs. Bernice Hedgeman
  262 Michael Gasster
  263 Rafael Kimpo
119 Apartments (Yesler Terrace)
  288 Moris Barsion
  289 Robert H. Louie
  290 Mrs. Willie M. Mallory
  291 Mrs. Erna E. Munske
  292 Marvin L. Bourne
  293 Richard M. Gordon
  294 Chong L. Chin
  295 Mrs. Mary E. Hester

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - East Side
110 Apartments (Yesler Terrace)
  344 George F. Herold
  345 Mrs. Mildred Cooper
  346 Dennis C. Taylor
  347 Mrs. Winnie C. Fletcher
  348 Arch Robertson
  349 Mrs. Ethel L. Hockett
  350 Mrs. Alma C. Cain
  351 Mrs. Anna M. DeMars
  352 Mrs. Maude Williams
  353 Vacant
  354 Mrs. Louise White
  355 Mrs. Nettie Long
118 Apartments (Yesler Terrace)
  356 Frank W. Green
  357 Nils Toftoy
  358 Mrs. Bessie B. Gaza
  359 Walter J. Dickson
  360 Allen G. Church
  361 Mrs. Etna Olson
  362 Daniel Moorhead
  363 Ed Austin
  364 Naz Watson
  365 Ira M. Saltz
  366 Mrs. Ida A. Allen
  367 Mrs. Daisy G. Moore

From Washington St. to Jackson St. - West Side
209 Apartments (Yesler Terrace)
  317 Mrs. Betty Johnson
  318 John C. McCallum
  319 Lewis H. Oliver
  320 Hong Chin
  321 Mrs. Marge J. R. Green
217 Apartments (Yesler Terrace)
  322 Chong Sun Kim
  323 Ernest Foottit
  324 Mrs. Maxine C. Morse
  325 Frank W. Blasher
  326 Mrs. Anna Fagan
  327 Amanda Wrice
  328 Harry A. Kirwin interpreters [local history author & photographer]
  329 Lawrence J. Walsh

From Washington St. to Jackson St. - East Side
none

From Jackson St. to King St. - West Side
405 Safeway Stores Inc. (branch)
417 Lock Bow Gum Club

From Jackson St. to King St. - East Side
410 Western Hotel lodgings - Peter A. Shimuzu
412 Yee Benevolent Association
414 Bak Chin
416 Young Wah Co. importers - Glee M. Lee
420 Hip Wah Sing Club
420½ Pak Y. Lau
422 Hen Sen Chin herbs

From King St. to Weller St. - West Side
507 Mrs. OuShee Eng
509 Vacant
511 Frank Dong
515 Henry S. Luke physician
515½ Doe Jing Chin

From King St. to Weller St. - East Side
506-08 Chong Tsue Co. (side entrance)

From Weller St. to Lane St. - West Side
607 Golden Hotel lodgings
611 King Eng
615 Gardner-Denver Co. construction equipment
619 Cutler Hammer Inc. electric equipment manufacturers
623 Vickers Inc. pump manufacturers

From Weller St. to Lane St. - East Side
616 Seattle Art & Photo Supply Co. [2009 = Reprographics NW]

From Lane St. to Dearborn St. - West Side
707 Lynell Chapman
709 General L. Porter
711 Joe L. Arnold

From Lane St. to Dearborn St. - East Side
none

From Dearborn St. to Charles St. - West Side
807 Glen Hotel lodgings - Taniguchi & Taniguchi plumbers
809 Vacant
811 Vacant
813½ Vacant

From Dearborn St. to Charles St. - East Side
none

Charles Street intersects

[Mission Macaroni was on eighth just one block south of here, between Plummer and Norman, at 1016; this is under I-90 interchange now.]

Canton Alley, Seattle 1960

[Canton Alley is between 7th Ave. S. and 8th Ave. S. only. The alley continues but is not separately numbered outside of this one block.]

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Canton Alley
From King Street to Weller Street

West Side
1 Ben Tone Chinn
2 Mrs. Tio Wui Chinn
3 Sing Eng
4 Huie Watt
5 Chinn Song
6 Mrs. Toy Dong
[not sure why these are numbered this way, or if this is really the west side]

East Side
414 D. C. Jay
416½ Fong Dong

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Seventh Avenue South, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

SEventh Avenue South
From Yesler Way to Airport Way South

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - West Side
111 Apartments [I think these were part of Yesler Terrace; now demolished for I-5]
  272 Joseph Engelka
  273 Mrs. Maudry Johnson
  274 Charles Norgaard
  275 Mrs. Pauline Forcier

117 Apartments [I think these were part of Yesler Terrace; now demolished for I-5]
  276 Sun Ock Wong
  277 Mrs. Odella Johnston
  278 Mrs. Carol Noia
  279 Mrs. Alice W. Haynes

125 Apartments [I think these were part of Yesler Terrace; now demolished for I-5]
  296 L. C. White
  297 H. W. Woo
  298 LeRoy F. LaBelle
  299 Hiroomi J Takamura

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - East Side
110 Apartments [I think these were part of Yesler Terrace; now demolished for I-5]
  264 Willie White Jr.
  265 Vacant
  266 Vacant
  267 Norman Eatough
  268 Mrs. Mary K Knox
  269 Paul B. Tanasovich
  270 Douglas Smoot
  271 Mrs. Anna L. Renfrow

118 Apartments [I think these were part of Yesler Terrace; now demolished for I-5]
  280 Seow Tung Lock
  281 Vacant
  282 Joseph E. Cox
  283 Mrs. Rose C. Gin
  284 Henry G. Schriever
  285 Vacant
  286 Mrs. Helen M. Brooks
  287 Mrs. Lupe Perez

From Washington St. to Main St. - West Side
none

From Washington St. to Main St. - East Side
none

From Main St. to Jackson St. - West Side
none

From Main St. to Jackson St. - East Side
none

From Jackson St. to King St. - West Side
403 Detroit Garage auto repair
413 Herb's Repair Shop auto - Herb's Taxi Meter Sales & Service - Jerry's Frame Service auto
415 Daniel Investment Co. real estate
415½ Hop Yick Apartments - Leong Fong - Mrs. Louie Toy - L. H. Jung - George W. Toy
417 Bing Kong Association
419 Robert Wong insurance - Norman Mar bookkeeping service

From Jackson St. to King St. - East Side
406 Vacant
408 B & J Builders and Plumbers building contractors
410 Twin Dragons Cafe
412 Wong Ming Electric & Radio Shop repairs
414 Hing Lun Co. gifts - Jim Dea
416 Chew Lun Benevolent Association
416½ Yuen Lun Hotel lodgings - Yuen Lun
418 New American Hotel lodgings - Kaori Hagimori
420 Vacant
424 Linyen Cafe

From King St. to Weller St. - West Side
509 Don Ting Cafe
511 Vacant
515 Chinn's Electric contractors - Joe Chinn
517 Asia & Co. importers - Charles Y. Wash realtor - Gwing Foo Yee
519½ Gee How Oak Tin Association [2009 still there, at 519]

From King St. to Weller St. - East Side
506½ Vacant
508 No return
510 Vacant
510½ Vacant
512 Ngi Luck
516 Gim Ling Restaurant [2009 = China Gate restaurant]
522 Chong Wa Benevolent Association - Chinese Community Hall - Chong Wa Chinese School

From Weller St. to Lane St. - West Side
607 Vacant
609 Vacant
611 Vacant

From Weller St. to Lane St. - East Side
602 Wai Tuck Chin
604 Nan Woo
606 Vacant
606½ Vacant
610 Victor Wee
612 Under construction
622 Anthony McMullen

From Lane St. to Dearborn St. - West Side
701 B & M Cleaners
705 Vacant
717 Vacant
719 Vacant
723 Vacant

From Lane St. to Dearborn St. - East Side
none

From Dearborn St. to Charles St. - West Side
811 Ruby Chow's Frozen Chinese Foods Inc. [2009 = a parking lot; Run by Harry and Mary Pang. Mary was the sister of Ruby Chow (famous restaurateur and City Councilwoman). In 1995 the Pang's son set a fire here for the insurance that killed four Seattle firefighters (it was called Mary Pang's Food Products by then)]
815 Vacant

From Dearborn St. to Charles St. - West Side
806 Russell Hotel lodgings - Mrs. Ruth S. Hayatsu

Charles Street intersects

Maynard Alley, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Maynard Alley
From Jackson Street to King Street

Maynard Alley is now called Maynard Alley South. It exists as an alley outside of these blocks but not with street numbers or business entrances.

From Jackson St. to King St. - West Side
none

From Jackson St. to King St. - East Side
none

From King St. to Weller St. - West Side
506a Vacant
508a Vacant
510 Yau San Poon

From King St. to Weller St. - East Side
507 Wah Mee Club Inc. restaurant [and secret illegal gambling house; February 1983 scene of horrific murder of 13 people by three men intent on robbing the gamblers; it has been padlocked and un-entered since that night]
509 Vacant [2009 = Liem's Aquarium & Fish Shop]
513 Charles L. Chinn
515 Vacant

Weller Street intersects

Maynard Avenue, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Maynard Avenue
From Yesler Way to Dearborn Street

Maynard Avenue is now called Maynard Avenue South.

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - West Side
107 Mrs. Marian Deling
121 Aston Hotel lodgings - Henry S. Nakamura
123 Peter Lemeer
(all demolished for the freeway)

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - East Side
none

From Washington St. to Main St. - West Side
none (this block is all Danny Woo Gardens & Kobe Terrace park now)

From Washington St. to Main St. - East Side
none

From Main St. to Jackson St. - West Side
307 Vacant
309 Olympus Hotel lodgings - Mrs. Albina Pierce
311 Vacant
315 U. S. Hotel lodgings - Albert O'Daniels
315½ Vacant

From Main St. to Jackson St. - East Side
304 Smile's Dry Cleaners
306 Julius Reagan
306½ Isaac Adams
308 Elbert E. Jones
308½ Amos Johnson
316 Rainier Heat & Power Building (see also 654 Jackson)
;emsp; Rooms:
;emsp; 102 Sakahara Insurance Agency
;emsp; 103 Toru Sakahara lawyer
;emsp; 105 Toshipigo Uchido dentist
;emsp; 108 Clarence Aral lawyer

From Jackson St. to King St. - West Side
409 Vacant
413½ Great Wall Hotel lodgings - Tom Way
415 Asia Social Club
417 Maynard Cafe
419 Twentieth Century Insurance Agency

From Jackson St. to King St. - East Side
408 Pappy's Shine Parlor
410 Joe's Tavern
412 Atlas Theatre
414 Jimmy's Cafe
416 Frank's Laundry - Frank Chinn
416½ Cathay Post No. 186 American Legion
418 International Cabs - Oriental Cabs
420 Hotel Atlas lodgings - Masato Terada
422 D. & A. Barber Shop

From King St. to Weller St. - West Side
505 Re-New Cleaners clothing cleaners
507 Hong Kong Restaurant
511 Mar Hotel lodgings - Takashi Ishii
513 Hotel Adams lodgings - Leo Ohashi
513½ Bataan Barber Shop
515 North Coast Importing Co. wholesale grocers
515½ Filipino Social Improvement Club [sic "Fillipino"]
519 Grace Chapel Church of God in Christ

From King St. to Weller St. - East Side
424 Atlas Cafe [possibly placed on the wrong side of King St.]
506 Liberty Barber Shop
506½ Eastern Hotel lodgings - Teddy Janopol
508 Star-Lite Club
510 Nisei Recreation billiards
512 Sing Keong Society
514 Knock Chow Mah
516 Shai Hoo Gardens restaurant - Chin C. Poy [2009 = Honey Court Seafood Restaurant]

From Weller St. to Lane. St. - West Side
none

From Weller St. to Lane. St. - East Side
606 Vacant
608 New Hinode Cleaners
610 Weller Hand Laundry - Yutoka Kutayama
614 Bush Garden Sukiyaki restaurant - Roy Seko [2009 still there]
620 Atlas Equipment Co. Inc. pump manufacturers

From Lane. St. to Dearborn St. - West Side
none

From Lane. St. to Dearborn St. - East Side
none

Dearborn Street intersects

Sixth Avenue South, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Sixth Avenue South
From Yesler Way to Dearborn Street

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - West Side
none

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - East Side
none

From Washington St. to Main St. - West Side
-- Chevrolet Motor Division (GMC)

From Washington St. to Main St. - East Side
none

From Main St. to Jackson St. - West Side
307 Golden Pheasant Cafe
311 Governor Apartments
  201 J. Takejuro Shigemura
  202 Mrs. Sarah Ramsay
  203-06 Ernest F. Ching physician
  204 O. S. Lee
  207 Young B. Lee dentist
  208 Henry Wong
  209 Tokiyi Sato
  210 James Filinoff
  211 K Mayeda
  212 Bing Mar
  214 K. Y. Locke
  215 Henry Yamada
  216 Kim Mar
  217 Harry Lim
  218 Fay Chin
  219 Dan Mar
  220 Lum Woo
  221 Yook Chung Kwan

From Main St. to Jackson St. - East Side
302 Yu Hashidate Hand Laundry
304 Maneki Cafe [still there]
306 N. P. Hotel lodgings - Mirsaburo Hirano - Frank Sagiura
310 N. P. Hotel Cleaners - George Kawaoka
314 Toyojiro Uji barber
318 Jackson Building
  Rooms:
  101 Shuichi Watanabe interpreter
  102 Sheldon G. Hagen Co. real estate
  103 John S. Ogishima insurance
  106 Susumu Fuuda dentist
  107 Utaka F Fujujama insurance
  110 Mimbu & Wong lawyers
  114-15 Hajime Mitsumori dentist
  116 James M. Unosawa osteopath
  121 Edward K. Yip bookkeeper service
  122 Howard Sakura Realty Co. & Aloha Homes
  123 Vacant
  124 Vacant
  126 George M. Hori accountant

From Jackson St. to King St. - West Side
417 Star Barber Shop
419 King's Cafe

From Jackson St. to King St. - East Side
404 Welcome Annex Hotel (side entrance)
406 Vacant
408 Vacant
410 Vacant
414 U.S. Post Office - International Station

From King St. to Lane St. - West Side
519 Airport Machinery Co. Inc. - Piston Service Inc.

From King St. to Lane St. - East Side
500 Mikie's Tavern
502 Mariano L. Bolancio importer
504 Verna's Cafe restaurant
506 Jackson's Diner restaurant
514 Vacant
516 Vacant
518 No return
522 Mom's Box Lunch (warehouse)
524 Mom's Box Lunch

[Weller Street]
600-04 Kkeda Co. Inc. (warehouse)
602 Ikeda Co. Inc. wholesale grocer
604½ Pacific Hotel lodgings - Fred Y. Oakda
612 E. F. Bailey Co. industrial supplies
616 Vacant
620 Ted's Tavern
622 Lane Grocery

From Lane St. to Dearborn St. - West Side
705 John Y. Scott Saw Co. saw and knife sharpening
707 Fremont Hotel lodgings
711 Vacant

From Lane St. to Dearborn St. - West Side
712 Vacant
714 Vacant
716 Puget Sound Cafe
718 Puget Sound Hotel lodgings

Dearborn Street intersects

Fifth Avenue South, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Fifth Avenue South
From Yesler Way to Dearborn Street

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - West Side
[Note: Washington Street not indicated here but I know it intersected then.]
none

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - East Side
[Note: Washington Street not indicated here but I know it intersected then.]
110 Dojac Parking
114 Reno Hotel lodgings - Charles Madko
116 Mrs. Louise Patton
118 Vacant
120 Vacant
122 Vacant
124 Vacant

From Washington St. to Main St. - West Side
213 Dionicio C. Sabanal
213½ Vacant
215 North American Post Inc. newspapers
215½ New Troy Hotel lodgings - George Hikida
217 Alaska Fish Cannery Union

From Washington St. to Main St. - East Side
200 Bataan Recreation pool
204 Alki Hand Laundry - Hamada Kazue
204½ Alki Hotel lodgings - Tak Nakagawa
206 Golden Pheasant Noodle Co. manufacturers
208 Vacant
210 Vacant
212 Vacant
214 Cabelleras de Dimas (Evangelista Lodge No. 6)
216 Dimond Hotel lodgings [sic] - Fuji ["Friji" sic] Ogishima
216½ Vacant

From Main St. to Jackson St. - West Side
none

From Main St. to Jackson St. - East Side
308½ Bowling Hotel Annex lodgings - Eigi Fujitomi interpreter
310 Lee's Barber Shop - Lee's Manufacturing Co. cosmetics
320 McKales Corp. (branch) gas station

From Jackson St. to King St. - West Side
none

From Jackson St. to King St. - East Side
404 Ma's Cafe
406 Vacant
408 Vacant
410 Depot Garage auto repairs
414 Jim's Barber Shop
416 Mary's Cafe restaurant

From King St. to Weller St. - West Side
none

From King St. to Weller St. - West Side
504 Publix Hotel lodgings - Mrs. Yone Hoskiwara
506 Vacant
508 Diamond Expansion Bolt Co. Inc. - Murray Hendry Co. manufacturers agent
510 George Fong Eng
512 Rainier Heat & Power Co. (plant office)

From Weller St. to Lane St. - West Side
none

From Weller St. to Lane St. - East Side
600-622 General Motors Corp. - Truck & Coach Division

From Lane St. to Dearborn St. - West Side
none

From Lane St. to Dearborn St. - West Side
700 Big Bear Stores Inc. (Div. of Lucy Stores) (office) - Old Yankee Foods processors - Eugene D. Goddess & Associates consultants - Autodata Corp. bookkeeping service - Industrial Steel Co. manufacturers
708 The Allis Louis Co. electric motors - KMCS-FM (Market-Casters Inc.) radio station
720 K. S. Service gas station

Dearborn Street intersects
Airport Way intersects

Fourth Avenue South, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Fourth Avenue South
From Yesler Way to Airport Way

From Yesler Wy. to Prefontaine Pl. - West Side
101 Printing by Heath

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - East Side
100 Vacant
102½ Alcoholics Anonymous Seattle Rehabilitation Center - James P. Murphy
104 Vacant
106 Macapas Barber Shop - Thomas Macapas
108 Grand Union Hotel lodgings - William R. Nickey
112 Union Gospel Mission Bargain House used merchandise
112½ Garner Hotel lodgings - Hajime Tiyitomi
116 Jim V. George cabinetmaker
118 Wor Ezra Lodge No. 56 (AF & AM) [I think this means "Worshipful St. Ezra Lodge"; "AF & AM" is "Ancient Free & Accepted Masons]
120 BoLee Laundry - Mrs. Mary Dong
122 St. Vincent dePaul Salvage Bureau (branch)

From Washington St. to Airport Wy. - West Side
none [this is overlooking the rail lines and tunnel entrance]

From Washington St. to Airport Wy. - East Side
210 Diamond Parking Stations Inc. (branch) parking lot
212 Sound End Radio Service repairs - Ray Petz
214 Helen & Johnny's Information Tavern
216 Richard's Jewelry - Duncan M. Tsuneishi optometrist
222 Vacant

[Main Street]
300 New Richmond Supply Laundries Inc.
304 Vacant
308 New Richmond Hotel - Robert Ryan - New Orleans Room cocktail lounge
310 New Richmond Coffee Shop restaurant

[Jackson Street]

Airport Way intersects

Prefontaine Place South

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Prefontaine Place
From Yesler Way to Fourth Avenue South and Washington Street

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - West Side
101 Tashiro Hardware Co. outboard motors
103 Vacant
103½ Vacant
105 Courtesy Barber Shop
109 Tashiro Hardware Co. fishing tackle
119 Neehans Litho Press Works
121 Composing Center printers
123 Bob's Jewelry & Watch Repair
125 Deluxe Cleaners clothing
129 Kaplan Paper Co. (supply room)

From Yesler Wy. to 4th Ave. S. - East Side
100 Norris Safe & Lock Co.
104 Gordon Luther Co. electronic equipment - Blacklight Corp. lighting equipment
106 Printing By Heath
108 Hudnut Sales Co. cosmetics - Kelling Nut Co. edible nuts - Fred S. Saltz manufacturers agent
110 Prefontaine Building - Arnold Tiedeman
 Rooms:
  200 General Mechanical Products Co. wholesale hardware - George L. McLaren & Associates manufacturers agents
  202 Commercial Equipment Co. office equipment
  300 Archie J. Little typographer
  301 Decorative Designs by Leta
  302 Scientific Equipment Manufacturing Co.
  304 Vacant
  310 Walker & Whiteford Inc. map publishers [later Walker & Assoc. after partner Jay Whiteford left; company still in existence, part of Aero-metric Inc. http://www.aerometric.com/Offices/seattle.htm]
  402 Wo Hee Chinese Medicine (side entrance)
  405 Vacant
  5th Floor Seattle Curtain Manufacturing Co.
  600 Coast Uniform Cap Manufacturing Co.
  602 Vacant
  603 Moulton Printing Co.
  606 Vacant
  street continued
112 Major Cleaners clothing cleaners
114 Sapho Restaurant
116 Sapho Tavern
118 Prefontaine Barber Shop

Fourth Avenue South intersects
Washington Street intersects

Third Avenue South, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Third Avenue South
From Yesler Way to Connecticut Street

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - West Side
117 Frye Hotel Garage

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - East Side
110 Down Beat Tavern - Kahn & Salant Inc. tavern
114 Spring's Litho Printing
118 Evergreen Wholesale Furniture Co.

From Washington St. to Main St. - West Side
201 Vacant

From Washington St. to Main St. - East Side
200 Vacant
202 Vacant
204 Vacant
206 Dinner & Klein Inc. direct mailing [pioneers of direct mail; see http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/obituaries/2009520688_kleinobit23m.html]
208-10 Vacant
212-214 William A. Gore Co. industrial steel shelving - Hagen & Waters manufacturers agents
218 Alaska Wrangell Mills Inc. wholesale lumber
220 International Engineering & Construction building contractor - T. T. Corp. real estate owners - C. T. Takahashi & Co. Inc. exporters - Third & Main Building Corp. real estate owners

From Main St. to 2nd Ave. (Ext.) - West Side
none

From Main St. to 2nd Ave. (Ext.) - West Side
none

From 2nd Ave. (Ext.) to Jackson St. - West Side
307 Mottman Building - Robert E. Priebe Co. electrical equipment
309 Nicholson's Venetians C. blind manufacturers
311 Golden Gate Cafe & Tavern
315 Vacant
317 Vacant
319 Vacant

From 2nd Ave. (Ext.) to Jackson St. - East Side
none

From Jackson St. to King St. - West Side
none

From Jackson St. to King St. - East Side
none

From King St. to Connecticut St. - West Side
none

From King St. to Connecticut St. - East Side
520 Railway Express Agency Inc. (branch)

Connecticut St. intersects

[Connecticut Street is now Royal Brougham Way].

Second Avenue South, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Second Avenue South
From Yesler Way to Hanford Street
{This street ended at about the middle of where Qwest Field is today. The last number is 736, which is about where Dearborn (my boundary) would have intersected, but there are no intersections between there and Hanford St. over a mile to the south).

Note: See Second Avenue Extension article for the story of that confusing street.

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - West Side
none

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - East Side
none

From Washington St. to Main St. - West Side
207 Full Moon Tavern
207½ Castro's Barber Shop
211 Acme Amusement Co. vending machines
215 Ruggles Inc. office supplies - Globe Wernicke Co. office furniture - National Blank Book Co. - John C. Moore Co. stationery
219 Northwest Tavern
219½ Domenico's Barber Shop
221 Hop Lee Laundry - Mrs. Chin Tew Park Look
223 Brotherhood Dry Cleaners

From Washington St. to Main St. - East Side
220 E. Masin Furniture Co. Inc.

From Main St. to Jackson St. - West Side
301 City Fire Dept. (Headquarters)
315 Duncan & Sons Inc. shoe findings
319 Vacant
325 Phil's Coffee Shop restaurant

From Main St. to Jackson St. - East Side
300 Mary's Cafe
302 Owsey Lener used clothing
304 Regina Hotel lodgings - H. Yoshiichi Tanaka
310 Herman & Blumenthal Co. wholesale men's furnishings
312 Vacant
314 Vital Foods Distributors - Albert G. Abendroth
316 Vacant

From Jackson St. to King St. - West Side
419 Crane Supply Co. (branch) plumbing supplies

From Jackson St. to King St. - East Side
none

From King St. to Hanford St. - West Side
611 Woodhouse Beverages Inc. (garage)
617 Woodhouse Beverages Inc. beer distributors

From King St. to Hanford St. - East Side
700 Coast Carloading Co. forwarding agent
720 Tarte's Hudson Transport Expeditors purchasing agents
730 Pacific Forwarding Association (warehouse) - Transcontinental Freight Service forwarding agents - Universal Carloading & Distributing Co. forwarding agents - Universal Transcontinental Co. forwarding agents
736 International Forwarding Co.

Hanford St. intersects
(more than a mile south of here; was it rail yards, or open truck loading and parking? Was there a 2nd Ave. S. here? This was all demolished for the Kingdome in the early seventies.)

2nd Avenue (Extension), Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Second Avenue
From Jackson Street to Yesler Way
[I hope I haven't screwed this up. This street is listed in the book as "2D AV", but it's clear that it's the street that is today called "Second Avenue South Ext.", or "Extension" (sometimes seen as "Extended"), not the one called "Second Avenue South", which is also in the book.

[This street runs southeast to northeast, not north to south like the others. Today it starts at 4th Ave. S., but then it started at Jackson just a short ways north. Note also that the street appears to have been numbered from south to north, where it is now numbered from north to south in accordance with all other South streets. This means these street numbers will not agree with today's. I don't think.]

[If you're unfamiliar with Seattle geography, this confusion is caused by the change in direction of all the downtown streets at Yesler, an anomaly caused by disagreements among the early settlers as to how the city should be platted (a similar discontinuity can be found north of the central downtown section, at Denny Way). If I'm not mistaken, the south portion (Pioneer Square, etc., which I'm documenting here) was platted by Doc Maynard; the central section from Yesler to Denny by Henry Yesler, and the north section, north of Denny, by Arthur Denny.]

From Jackson St. to Main St. - West Side
221 International Longshoreman's & Warehousemen's Union Local No. 37 (rear entrance)
225 Julie's Tavern
From Jackson St. to Main St. - East Side
210 Nemco Electric Co. manufacturers
222 Seattle Lighting Fixture Co.

From Main St. to Washington St. - West Side
301 Betty's Coffee Shop
313 Northwest Hotel Supply Inc.
319 Vacant

From Main St. to Washington St. - East Side
312 Union Gospel Mission (coffee shop)
318 Union Gospel Mission - Union Gospel Mission Lodge lodging house

From Washington St. to Yesler Way - West Side
401 Barney's Jewelry & Loan Co. pawnbrokers
403 Barney's Jewelry & Loan Co. (warehouse)
407 Double Header Tavern
407b Four-O-Seven B Social Club
411 Bitt's Inc. restaurant
417 Busy Bee Cafe
419 G&G Cigar Co.
421 Second Avenue Clothing Exchange used clothes
423 Metropole Building - Metropole Hotel lodgings - Mrs. Shizue Kikuchi
427 G. O. Guy Drugs (br) [? Still don't know what "(br)" stands for]

From Washington St. to Yesler Way - East Side
400 Carlo's Corner restaurant
404 Second Avenue Cafe restaurant
408 Silver Dollar Tavern ["Dollard" here but "Dollar" in alphabetical listing]
410 Griff's Clothing Store men's clothing
412 Monterey Cafe - Standard Hotel lodgings - Kametaro Kawaguchi
416 The Salvation Army (Harbor Light) lodgings

Yesler Way intersects

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Occidental Avenue, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Occidental Avenue
From Yesler Way to Connecticut Street
[Dearborn St. does not and did not intersect Occidental. Connecticut St. is now Royal Brougham Way]

From Yesler Way S. to Washington St. - West Side
101 Vacant
107 White Rock Tavern
109 Safeway Stores Inc. (br) [bakery?] grocery
111 Hank's Cocktail Lounge
115-17 Hank's Inc. restaurant
119 Occidental Shoe Shop repair
121 Lahr's Chowder Corner restaurant

From Yesler Way S. to Washington St. - East Side
102 Irwin's Merchandise Liquidators - general merchandise
104 Oasis Tavern
106 Zion Mission
108 M. Wenkert Co. men's furnishings
110 Parcel Checkroom used books
112½ Occidental Hotel lodgings - Kemzo Kiyomizu
114 Logger's Labor Agency
116 F. & F. Cafe & Lounge tavern
118 Maiorano Shoe Repair
118½ VAcant
120 Billy's Barber Shop
120½ Mario's Cafe
122 Dan's Working Man's Store used clothing

From Washington St. to Main St. - West Side
201 California Tavern
203 Square Deal Lunch
205 Vacant
211 U Park System Inc. auto parking

From Washington St. to Main St. - East Side
206 ABC Junk Co. (storage)
208 ABC Junk Co.

From Main St. to Jackson St. - West Side
301 State Employee Security Division - Casual Labor Office
303 Vacant
307 M. D. Johnston Co. manufacturers agents
309 Vacant
311 Olive Branch Mission
311½ Vacant
313 Vacant

From Main St. to Jackson St. - East Side
300 Vacant
312 Shaffer & Nelson manufacturers agents
3145 Variety Merchandise Inc. wholesale
316 McCoy Grocery
318 Vacant
322 Vacant

From Jackson St. to King St. - West Side
419 McKesson & Robbins Inc. wholesale drugs

From Jackson St. to King St. - East Side
400 Harold's Cafe - Harold's Tavern
402 Vacant
406 Star Brass Works
408 C. E. Riggs Inc. wholesale electrical supplies
410 Vacant
416 Vacant

From King St. to Connecticut St. - West Side
none [there's an old building along here; perhaps it had a King St. address]

From King St. to Connecticut St. - East Side
500 Mike's Chevron Station
530 Vacant
532 Standard Warehouse & Transfer Company (warehouse)
558 Taylor-Edwards Warehouse & Transfer Co. Inc. (warehouse)
834 Pioneer Fruit Co. - Pure Gold Inc. wholesale fruit - Washington State Apple Commission [these buildings are now Qwest Field's north parking lot]
932 Frederick & Nelson (warehouse)
1021½ Mrs. Verla M. Welsh [approximately in Qwest Field] [may be a typo]

Connecticut St. [now Royal Brougham Way] intersects

First Avenue South, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

First Avenue South
From Yesler Way to Dearborn Street

From Yesler Way S. to Washington St. - West Side
101 Geneva Tavern
105 Vacant
107 Golden Sales Co. general merchandise
109 Allan S. Plotkin men's clothing
111 Vacant
111½ Jericho Inn Mission
113 Northern Hotel lodgings - John A. Coleman
115 Vacant
115½ South End Baths
117 Maynard Building
  Rooms:
  201 Vacant
  205 Standard Press printers
  3rd floor Vacant
  4th floor Vacant
119 Graphic Art Press printers - Der Reporter newspaper
123 Vacant

From Yesler Way S. to Washington St. - East Side
104 Moler Barber & Beauty School
106½ Curtis Hotel lodgings - Ray W. McAleer
108 M. Kind Novelty Co. wholesale
110 City Club Hotel lodgings
110½ Vacant
112 Bowery Tavern
114 Vacant
114½ Vacant
116 Vacant
118 Del Mar Hotel lodgings - Tadae Toyoji
120 Harbor Drug Co.

From Washington St. to Main St. - West Side
201 J & M Cafe tavern [closed 2009]
203 J & M Hotel lodgings
205 Kline's Beverage Store
207 Central Cafe tavern
207½ Skagit Hotel lodgings - George T. Yamaoka
209 Farwest Agencies manufacturers agents - Farwest Trading Co. electronic equipment - Fawest Manufacturing Division Inc. - electronic equipment
211 Vacant
211½ Vacant
213 Vacant
213½ Vacant
217 Alaska Hardware
219 New England Hotel lodgings - Frank Arase
221 Green Front restaurant

From Washington St. to Main St. - East Side
200 Seaport Tavern
204 Buttnick Manufacturing Co. men's clothing manufacturers
206 City Loan Office pawn brokers
208 Molin & Offer (store room)
212 State Tavern
214 Grand Central Hotel lodgings
220 Molin & Offer salvage

From Main St. to King St. - West Side
301 Bread of Life Mission
307 Selfpark auto parking
309 S. M. Stusser Textile Manufacturing Co. canvas goods
311 Seal Rock Hotel lodgings - Mrs. Kaku Yumada
313 Smith Printing Co. Brokers Inc.
313½ Lindy Hotel lodgings
317 Steinberg Brothers wholesale men's furnishings
319 Food Store Equipment Co. (warehouse)
321 Food Store Equipment Co. refrigeration
401 Schwabacher Hardware Co. wholesale
409 West Coast Wholesale Drug Co.
419 Hambach Building
  1st floor Trowbridge Desk Co. - Wholesale Office Equipment Co.
  2nd floor Vacant
  3rd floor Roffe Inc. uniform manufacturers
  4th floor Vacant
  5th floor Sunset Sportswear Inc. (factory)
  6th floor Sunset Sportswear Inc. (factory)
  7th floor Sunset Sportswear Inc. men's clothing manufacturers
425 Trowbridge Desk Co. (warehouse)

From Main St. to King St. - East Side
300 Globe Tavern
304 Abraham Pupko wholesale men's furnishings
310-16 Seattle Quilt Manufacturing Co. Inc.
312 Nord Hotel lodgings - John Davis
314 Vacant
322-24 Garrett & Shafer Engineering Works boilers manufacturers
414 Pacific Fruit & Produce Co. (warehouse) - Tempco Quilters Inc. jackets & sleeping bag manufacturers

From King St. to Dearborn St. - West Side
501 Seattle Hardware Co. wholesale
539 E. C. Griffin Co. manufacturers agents
541 Best Linemen's Supply Corp. electrical equipment
543 Badger Meter Manufacturing Co.
545 Auto Freight Barber Shop
547 Auto Freight Lunch
549 Vacant
551 Lou's Tavern

From King St. to Dearborn St. - East Side
500 M. & S. Coffee Shop restaurant
502-06 R. H. Brown Co. bicycles
508 Haughton Elevator Co. maintenance
510 J. E. Haseltine & Co. industrial supplies
512 Bailey's Transfer Co.
518 Greeway Aluminum Co. Inc. window and door frame manufacturers
518½ Allendale Food Products Co. packaging service
520 Adelman Machinery Co. - J. C. McDougall Co. manufacturers agents - Francis P. Rogers Co. manufacturers agents
522 Vacant
524 W. Montelius Price Co. electrical suppliers - John Perline Co. bolt manufacturers
524½ Seattle Security Building - Seattle Security Co. real estate owners - Glass Laminators Inc. plastic products manufacturers - Industrial Hardware Corp. wholesale - American Bag & Salvage Co. (storage) - Norfin Inc. designers
526 Ingersoll-Rand Co. air equipment machinery manufacturers
532 R. M. Wade & Co. pumps
534 Northwest Janitor Supply Co. - Edward A. Will manufacturers agents
536 Vacant
538 Stewart Electrical Co. electric motor repair
542 Mastercraft Furniture Manufacturing Inc. - Northwestern Furniture Sales Inc. (warehouse)
548 Central Refrigerating Corp. cold storage warehouse - Chef Canning Co. frozen foods - McGregor Seafoods Inc. packers - Pacific National Foods Inc. brokers
558 Liftruck & Equipment Co. manufacturers agents - Oakite Products cleaning compounds - Security Transfer & Storage Co. - E. A. Thompson Co. waterproofing materials
560 Traders Inc. purchasing agent
562 Vacant
566 Broadway Movers
568 Provident Building - Allenherb Inc. manufacturers agents - Charles-Alan Co. manufacturers agent - Modern Lounge Co. furniture manufacturers - M. Willner Co. Inc. department store
570 Artex-Green Corp. of Seattle - table pad manufacturers - US Van Lines - A to Z Electronic Service
590 Seattle Plumbing Supply Co. - Seattle Pipe Supply Co.

Dearborn Street intersects

Alaskan Way South, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Alaskan Way South
From Yesler Way to Dearborn Street

From Yesler Way S. to Washington St. - East Side
108 Buchanan Auto Freight
110 Draper Engineering Works Co. machinists
114 Norco Manufacturing Co. blinds - West Wind Corp. fan manufacturers - West Wind Manufacturing Co. Inc. fan manufacturers
116 Norco Manufacturing Co. (warehouse)

From Yesler Way S. to Washington St. - West Side
101 Pier 50 - Shoblad Lumber Co. wholesale - Waterfcton [sic] Fish & Oyster Co. wholesale - Evans Products Co. marine heating supply - North Pacific Marine Terminals

From Washington St. to Main St. - West Side
208 Peoples Supply Co. hardware
212 OK Hotel lodgings [famous 1990s indie rock club]
214 Western Hardware Co.
220½ Boston Hotel lodgings -- Satoshi Jinka

From Washington St. to Main St. - East Side
201a City Harbor Patrol Station No. 1

From Main St. to Jackson St. - West Side
none

From Main St. to Jackson St. - East Side
-- Pacific Coast Terminals - Modern Heating Supply Co. wholesale furnaces
-- Pier 48 - Matson Lines (dock office) - Matson Terminals Inc. stevedore co. - Pope & Talbot Lines steamship - System Transfer Co. (warehouse) - Weyerhauser Steamship Co.

From Jackson St. to King St. - West Side
304 Otto Sturham & Sons

From Jackson St. to King St. - East Side
-- Pier 47 - Crown Seafood Sales Inc. wholesale - Haines Oyster Co. wholesale
-- Pier 46 - Port of Seattle (dock) - US Customs

From King St. to Dearborn St. - West Side
none

From King St. to Dearborn St. - East Side
501 Pier 45
525 Pier 44 - Port of Seattle (general offices)
549 Pacific Lunch

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Dearborn Street, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Dearborn Street
From South Alaskan Way to Rainier Avenue

From S. Alaskan Way to 1st. Ave. S - North Side
90 E. F. Houghton & Co. manufacturers agents - Pacific Traffic Bureau - Western Cartage Inc.

From S. Alaskan Way to 1st Ave. S - South Side
none

From 1st Ave. S. to 4th Ave. S - North Side
none

From 1st Ave. S. to 4th Ave. S - South Side
none

From 4th Ave. S. to Airport Way - North Side
none

From 4th Ave. S. to Airport Way - South Side
none

From Airport Way to 6th Ave. S. - North Side
508 Schepper Litho-Plate Service
514 Dearborn Carter Service Center gas station

From Airport Way to 6th Ave. S. - South Side
511 Malone's Shell Service Center gas station

From 6th Ave. S. to Maynard Ave. - North Side
600-24 K C W Furniture Co. Inc.

From 6th Ave. S. to Maynard Ave. - South Side
617 Vacant

From Maynard Ave. to 7th Ave. S. - North Side
none

From Maynard Ave. to 7th Ave. S. - North Side
657 Crescent Mfg. Co. wholesale spices


From 7th Ave. S. to 8th Ave. S. - North Side
700 Gavosto & Moretto Co. sausage manufacturers
710 Charles Limbeson
714 Vacant
716 New Cascade Hoel
718 Park Avenue Catering Products Co.

From 7th Ave. S. to 8th Ave. S. - South Side
701 Dearborn Cafe
703 Fraser's Boiler Service Co.
711 George O. Rains
711½ Albert Luna
715 Willard R. Gulliford
715&frac; Masao Nakashima
717 Blanche Brooks
717½ Willis Holiman painter
719 Joseph Abeyta
721 Vacant
721½ Palmer Hotel lodgings - Bunpei Ikegami
725 Dearborn Cash Grocery

From 8th Ave. S. to 9th Ave. S. - North Side
802 Gray Line Sightseeing Co. - Avis Rent-A-Car of Washington Inc. - Gray Line Tours Inc.
816 Spic'n'Span Cleaners clothing cleaners

From 8th Ave. S. to 9th Ave. S. - South Side
805 Carl's Flying A Service
815 Terry's Auto Service gas station

From 9th Ave. S. to 10th Ave. S. - North Side
912 Ric's Transfer Co. Inc.
914 Twentieth Century Delivery Co.

From 9th Ave. S. to 10th Ave. S. - South Side
915 Bay City Market & Lockers
915 Family Provisioners of Washington Inc. freezer plan

From 10th Ave. S. to 12th Ave. S. - North Side
1004 Dearborn Lumber Co.

From 10th Ave. S. to 12th Ave. S. - South Side
1001 Richards Brush Co. manufacturers
1019 Dearborn Plumbing & Heating Supply

From 12th Ave. S. to Rainier Ave. - North Side
1300 George Heiser Body Co. Inc. truck body manufacturers
1320 Puget Sound Pattern Works - Sunglo Venetian Blind Manufacturing Co.
1326 Goodwill Industries (hardware storage)
1330 W. E. Stone & Co. Inc. refrigerating engineers
1350 Mayflower Donut Corp. (br) [bakery?]
1400 Seattle First National Bank (building management department)
1412 Bowling Distributors Co. - Washington State Bowling Proprietors Association
1416 Keystone Paper Box Co. Inc.
1426 Northwest Envelope Co. manufacturers
1590 Vacant

From 12th Ave. S. to Rainier Ave. - South Side
1403 Little Bohemia Tavern
1405 Eagle Cafe
1405½ Glen E. Clements
1407 Eagle Bottling Works
1421 George S. Schuster Co. Inc. wholesale building materials
1501 Columbia Sales Co. lawn sprinkling systems

Rainier Avenue intersects

Lane Street, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Lane Street
From Fifth Avenue South To Rainier Avenue

From 5th Ave. S. to 6th Ave. S -- North Side
none

From 5th Ave. S. to 6th Ave. S -- South Side
none

From 6th Ave. S. to Maynard Ave. -- North Side
none

From 5th Ave. S. to Maynard Ave. -- South Side
none

From Maynard Ave. to Maynard Alley -- North Side
none

From Maynard Ave. to Maynard Alley -- South Side
659 Mrs. Gertrude J. Meriweather

From Maynard Alley to 7th Ave. S. -- North Side
668 Morse Fairbanks & Co. (broker) scale manufacturers

From Maynard Alley to 7th Ave. S. -- South Side
665 Robert J. McElroy
667 Herbert Fletcher
667½ Thomas Monroe
673 Yale Apartments - Willie D. D. Davis

From 7th Ave. S. to 8th Ave. S. -- North Side
710 Omaha House lodgings - Sentaro Hashimoto

From 7th Ave. S. to 8th Ave. S. -- South Side
711 Green Hotel lodgings
715 Dennis McFarland
717 Mrs. RAchel K. Taylor
725 Edward Coleman

From 8th Ave. S. to 9th Ave. S. -- North Side
814 American Floor Machine Co. - Wilshire Power Sweeper Co. wholesale - Lincoln Floor Machinery Co. wholesale
822 Janco Supply Co. janitorial supplies

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

From 9th Ave. S. to 10th Ave. S. -- North Side
none

From 9th Ave. S. to 10th Ave. S. -- South Side
901 H. D. Fowler Co. water works supervisors
915 Joe C. Badua
919 William R. Brown
919½ Joe Demich
921 Vincent V. Johnny
921½ Dave R. Babcock

From 10th Ave. S. to 11th Ave. S. -- North Side
none

From 10th Ave. S. to 11th Ave. S. -- South Side
none

From 11th Ave. S. to 12th Ave. -- North Side
none

From 11th Ave. S. to 12th Ave. -- South Side
none

From 12th Ave. to Rainier Ave. -- North Side
1224 Earl R. Tillman
1400 Seattle Goodwill Industries

From 7th Ave. S. to 8th Ave. S. -- North Side
none

Rainier Avenue intersects

Weller Street, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Weller Street
From Fifth Avenue South To Rainier Avenue

From 5th Ave. S. to 6th Ave. S -- North Side
none

From 5th Ave. S. to 6th Ave. S -- South Side
none

From 6th Ave. S. to Maynard Ave. -- North Side
606 Far Eastt Brokerage importers - Yuki Commercial Photography - Yee H. King
608 Star Tofu Manufacturing Co. food products
610 Helser Industrial Tooling Co.
614 Gem Hotel lodgings
616 Vacant
618 Lillian's Tavern
618½ Ohio Hotel lodgings - Robert Furukawa
620 Weller Street Barber Shop
620½ Vacant
624 Fujii & Co. exporters - Washington Trading Co. exporters

From 6th Ave. S. to Maynard Ave. -- South Side
607 Vacant
609 Supreme Consistory Legionarios del Trabajo in America Inc. (Northern District) lodge [Philipino-American fraternal association founded in 1923]
  M. H. dePilar Wor Lodge No. 629
  A. R. Vevora Wor Lodge No. 537
  Maria Clara Wor Lodge No. 132
611 Crescent Cafe
613 Pacific Hotel (side entrance)
615 Puget Sound Fish Co. wholesale
617 New York Bakery (warehouse)
617½ K. K. Hotel lodgings
619 New Golden Shoe Repair - Koyo Kinok Akutsu
623 New York Bakery - New York Coffee Shop restaurant
623b New Lucky Hotel lodgings - Henry M. Hashimoto
625 Vacant

From Maynard Ave. to Maynard Alley -- North Side
none

From Maynard Ave. to Maynard Alley -- South Side
651 Vacant
653 New Central Tavern - Harry S. Fong
655 Jaffe Supply Co. salvage
657 New Central Hotel lodgings
659-63 Jaffe Supply Co. (warehouse)

From Maynard Alley to 7th Ave. S. -- North Side
664 No return
666 Goon W. Haye
668 Norn L. Woo
670 Eclipse Hotel lodgings
672 Chin T. Lew
674 Dick S. Dong


From Maynard Alley to 7th Ave. S. -- South Side
665 Sato Barber Shop
667 Hotel Presley lodgings - Harry Fujino
671 Salzberg Surplus & Salvage
673 Wing On Dry Cleaners - Hing Wong
675 American Noodle Manufacturing Co.

From 7th Ave. S. to Canton Alley -- North Side
710 Chong Wa Chinese School (side entrance)

From 7th Ave. S. to Canton Alley -- South Side
705 Mow C. Wong - Stephen Jue
711 Mrs. Inga Renshaw
711½ Henry Boley

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

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

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

From 8th Ave. S. to 9th Ave. S. -- South Side
815 Junge & Co. food processers
819 John Hendrickson
825 Rev. Kiyoshi Noji

From 9th Ave. S. to 10th Ave. S. -- North Side
none

From 9th Ave. S. to 10th Ave. S. -- South Side
909 Commercial Refrigerator & Store Fixtures
913 Cabbie's Grill Restaurant

From 10th Ave. S. to 12th Ave. S. -- North Side
1000 Railway Express Agency Inc. (garage) - (broker)
1042 Nichiren Buddhist Church

From 10th Ave. S. to 12th Ave. S. -- South Side
1001½ Nicola Furfaro
1003-05 City Produce Co. wholesale
1007 Vacant
1007½ Beacon Hotel lodgings - Albert G. Hikida
1009 Vacant

From 12th Ave. S. to Rainier Ave. -- North Side
1206 Shohichi Tsuji
1210 Fushio Abe gardener
1216 Blas G. Maza
1222 Henry Lee
1230 G. T. Nakamura
1232 Tomiichi Naito
1238 Vacant
1300 Gunpei Hirayama
1312 Tsuruhiko Yanagimoto

From 12th Ave. S. to Rainier Ave. -- North Side
1211 Henry Ellison
1213 Eddie M. Okamoto
1213½ Masataro J. Shibata
1223 Mrs. Berta M. Lundin
1227 Radio Systems Inc. electronics
1327 Arrow Iron & Machine Works

Rainier Avenue intersects

Friday, November 20, 2009

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

Jackson Street, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Jackson Street
From South Alaskan Way To Boren Way

From S. Alaskan Way To 1st Ave. S -- North Side
74 Transport Storage & Distr Co auto garage
88 Vacant
90 Security Printing & Lithograph Co.

S. Alaskan Way To 1st Ave. S -- South Side
none

1st Ave. S. to Occidental Ave. - North Side
108 Capitol Hotel lodgings - Kuro Nakano

1st Ave. S. to Occidental Ave. - South Side
101 Bowles Co. Inc. plumbing & heating suppliers
115 Rautman Plumbing & Heating Co. contractors
119 Henry S. Silver & Co. (warehouse) - S Reikes & Sons wholesale glassware - James Factors Inc. wholesale glassware
123 Steam Supply & Rubber Co. mill supplies

Occidental Ave. to 2nd Ave. S. - North Side
160 Sportscaster Co. (warehouse)
162 Washington Shoe Building
  2nd fl Washington Shoe Co. Inc.
  3rd fl Lasley Knitting Co. manufacturers
164 Vacant
168 Cadillac Hotel lodgings - Kaizo Chikamura

Occidental Ave. to 2nd Ave. S. - South Side
161 Vacant
171 North Coast Electric Co. wholesale electrical equipment

2nd Ave. S. to 3rd Ave. S. - North Side
206 Vic's Clothing used
208 Fred Rogers Co. men's clothes wholesale
208½ Merz Sheet Metal Works
210 Annex Tavern
220 Vacant

2nd Ave. S. to 3rd Ave. S. - South Side
none

3rd Ave. S. to 2nd Ave. S. (2nd Ave. S. Extension) - North Side
none

3rd Ave. S. to 2nd Ave. S. (2nd Ave. S. Extension) - South Side
303 King Street Passenger Station - King Street Passenger Station (baggage department - Great Northern Railway Co. (passenger station) - Northern Pacific Railway Co. (general manager office) - Northern Pacific Railway Co. (passenger station) - King Street Passenger Station (ticket office) - King Street Station Barber Shop - James H. Brown shoeshiner - King Street Station Chuck Wagon restaurant - M. J. Schiffer Newstand Inc. - Yellow Cab Co. (stand)
  Rooms
  200 Northern Pacific Railway Co. (purchasing department)
  201 Great Northern Railway Co. (mail baggage and express agent)
  205 Great Northern Railway Co. (car distrs office) - (chief dispatcher office)
  210 Great Northern Railway Co. (telegraph department)
  217 Great Northern Railway Co. (operating department)
  301 King Street Passenger Station (superintendent office)
  302 Great Northern Railway Co. (electrical department)
  305 King Street Passenger Station (aud dept)
  306 Great Northern Railway Co. (engineering department)
  309 Great Northern Railway Co. (engineering department) - King Street Terminal Credit Union
  326 Camas Prairie Railroad Co. (operating department)

2nd Ave. S. (2nd Ave. S. Extension) to 4th Ave. S. - North Side
none

2nd Ave. S. (2nd Ave. S. Extension) to 4th Ave. S. - South Side
none

4th Ave. S. to 5th Ave. S. - North Side
none

4th Ave. S. to 5th Ave. S. - South Side
409 Union Station lobby - Ernest E. Anderson barber - Barkalow Brothers Co. cigars - Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Rail Road Co. (passenger station) - Depot Lunch & Check Room restaurant - Union Pacific Rail Road Co. (passenger station ticket office)
  Rooms:
  118 Vacant
  201 Union Pacific Rail Road Co. (special agent office)
  204 Union Pacific Rail Road Co. (traffic department)
  208 Union Pacific Rail Road Co. (property department)
  209 Union Pacific Rail Road Co. (operating department)
  213 Union Pacific Rail Road Co. (roadmasters office)
  214 Pacific Fruit Express Co.
  215 Union Pacific Rail Road Co. (traffic analysis committee)
  216 The Pullman Co. sleeping car service
  218 Union Pacific Rail Road Co. (telegraph department)
  304 Railway Express Agency Inc. (office)
  307 Trans-Continental Freight Bureau inspection bureau
  311 Freight Agents Association
  315 North Pacific Coast Freight Bureau
  318 Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Rail Road Co. (police department)

5th Ave. S. to 6th Ave. S. - North Side
514 Vacant
518 Takano Studio photographer
520 Chihara Jewelry & Appliance
526 Vacant

5th Ave. S. to 6th Ave. S. - South Side
501 Angelo's Cafe - Angelo's Tavern
503 Angelo's Barber Shop
503½ Vet's Pool Hall
505 Idaho Hotel lodgings - Mrs. Bertha Johnson
507 Edith's Barber Shop
511 Main Cafe
525 Seattle-First National Bank (international branch)

6th Ave. S. to Maynard Ave. - North Side
600 Jackson Loan Office pawn brokers
602 Higo Variety Store
610 Jackson Cafe
612 Vacant
614 Vacant
616 Peace Shoe Repair
616½ Crockett's Trade Shop
618 Cago Cigar Store - Liberato B. Cago
618½ Leyte Hotel lodgings - Kogo Yamaguchi
620 Mary's Market grocery
622 Charles G. Adams tailor
624 Downtown Bendix Laundreteria

6th Ave. S. to Maynard Ave. - South Side
601 Togo Clothes men's
603 Vacant
607 Jackson Clothing Store men's
609 Sammy's Tailors
611 Gilt Edge Cleaners
613 Joe's Cafe
613½ Welcome Annex Hotel lodgings - Mrs. Mae Roletto
615 George Kashiwagi's Store men's clothing
617 Frank's Jewelry
621 Bush Hotel lodgings - Mooney Lew
623 Vincent's Barber Shop
625 Robert Chinn & Associates insurance
627 United Savings & Loan Association

Maynard Ave. to Maynard Alley - North Side
650 Jackson Furniture Co.
652 Vacant
654 Rainier Heat & Power Building (see also 316 Maynard Avenue) - Kovar Insurance Agency - Rainier Heat & Power Co. real estate department
656 Gosho Drug Co.
658 Vacant
662 Serv-Self Laundry
662½ Filipino Fraternity Hall

Maynard Ave. to Maynard Alley - South Side
651 Eastern Cafe restaurant
653 Anner Finkel hardware
655 Pastime Pool
655½ Evergreen Hotel lodgings
657 The House of Beauty beauty shop
659 Vacant
659a International Realty Co.
661 Acme Beverage Store

Maynard Alley to 7th Ave. S. - North Side
664 W. Nakamura Co. jewelers
666 Vacant
668 Vacant
670 Jackson Hotel lodgings - Mrs. Agnes C. Hattori
672 Vacant
676 Terrance M. Toda optometrist

Maynard Alley to 7th Ave. S. - South Side
667 Welcome Corner tavern
669 Jasper's Barber Shop
671 Roma Hotel lodgings - Mrs. Birdie Allison
671½ Sea Gull Tavern & Pool Hall
677 Victory Flowers

7th Ave. S. to 8th Ave. S. - North Side
700 Baroh Wholesale Grocery
708 Seventh Avenue Body Service repairs

7th Ave. S. to 8th Ave. S. - South Side
701 Seventh Avenue Service gas station
707 Jackson Beverage Store

8th Ave. S. to 9th Ave. S. - North Side
818-20 Hikida Furniture & Appliance Co.
822 Tacoma Hotel
824 Vacant
826 Jackson Street Community Council

8th Ave. S. to 9th Ave. S. - South Side
805 China Super Service gas station
813 Art Louie's Sporting Goods
817 Chinn's Grocery
819 Gong's Aquarium - Toy J. Gong
821 Kenneth S. Louie dentist

9th Ave. S. to 10th Ave. S. - North Side
none

9th Ave. S. to 10th Ave. S. - South Side
909 James Brinkley Co. (office)
923 Tenth Avenue Service gas station

10th Ave. S. to 12th Ave. S. - North Side
1032 Connor Sales Inc. household appliances
1038 Dumas Recreation tavern
1040 Smith's Cafe restaurant
1042 Vacant
1044 Vacant
1044½a Vacant
1044½b Mrs. Ardelia Brown
1060 Vacant

10th Ave. S. to 12th Ave. S. - South Side
1001 McCulloch Sales & Service Co. Inc. chain saws - Pacific Equipment Inc. chain saw manufacturers
1017 Mrs. Julia Gasser - Seiichi Higashida dentist
1017½ Vacant
1919 Garland Florists
1023 Vacant
1029 Vacant
1035 American Plumbing Co.
1037½ Cloteil's Hair Design
1039 Jun's Barber Shop
1043 A-1 Auto Rebuild auto painting
1125 Jackson Street Service gas station

12th Ave. S. to Boren Way - North Side
1200 Sanders Louisiana Kitchen restaurant
1204 Meter Maid Laundromat - Willie Hill
1212-1218 Lloyd Heating Co. (warehouse)
1220½ Vacant
1222 Silver Top Barber Shop - Bernard C. Young
1222½ Vacant
1224 State Liquor Control Board No. 38
1228 M & L Co. beverages
1236 Night & Day Fuel & Salvage
1236½ Dennis Abraham
1240 Mrs. Margarett Webb
1314 Frank Hattori realtor

12th Ave. S. to Boren Way - South Side
1201 Ark Ten Cent Store
1203 Raindrop Inn tavern
1207 Mint Beverage Store
1207½ Harvey Riley
1209 Jack's Cafe - Jack Kamimura
1211 Summerrise of Seattle phonograph & record dealers [R&B record shop run by KQDE DJ Bob Summerrise; hangout of Jimi Hendrix in high school; this is a remnant of the Jackson St. jazz & R&B scene]
1213 Lloyd Heating Co. coal & wood - Lloyd's Second Hand Sales furniture & appliances
1221 Vacant
1223 Vacant
1223½ Vacant
1225 Square Deal Barber Shop - Hollis Scott
1225½ Vacant
1229 Vacant
1233 Ingram's Janitorial Service
1235 Washington Cleaners
1237 Banquet Cafe & Tavern
1239 Acacia Florist
1305 Pacific Market grocery
1307 Jackson Fruit Produce
1311 Seafood Products Co. food packers

Boren Way intersects
Fourteenth Avenue South intersects
Rainier Avenue intersects