Alaska Building is a hotel in Seattle, the United States.[1] Wikidata describes it as “former office building, now hotel, in Seattle”. It opened in 1904. It is operated by Marriott International. The building has 15 floors. It stands about 0.3 km from the centre of Seattle.[3]
Overview
The Alaska Building, which now houses the Courtyard Seattle Downtown/Pioneer Square hotel, is a 15-floor 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 the 1910 completion of Spokane's Old National Bank Building.
From “Alaska Building” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
The hotel opened in 1904. The building has 15 floors. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 0.3 km from the centre of Seattle. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is King County International Airport - Boeing Field (BFI), about 9 km from the centre of Seattle.[4]
It is one of 51 hotels in and around Seattle recorded in Wikidata, 24 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 13 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Seattle Hotel, opened in 1890. See Hotels in Seattle.
Other hotels within 1.5 km:
- Butler Hotel — 0.1 km
- The Arctic Club Seattle, a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel — 0.1 km
- Seattle Hotel — 0.1 km, opened 1890
- Hotel 1000, LXR Hotels & Resorts — 0.3 km
- The Alexis Royal Sonesta Hotel Seattle — 0.3 km
- Globe Building, Beebe Building and Hotel Cecil — 0.4 km
- Kimpton Hotel Monaco Seattle — 0.5 km
- Renaissance Seattle Hotel — 0.5 km
- Executive Pacific Plaza Hotel — 0.5 km
- Colonial Hotel — 0.5 km
See also
- Hotels in Seattle
- Hotels in the United States
- Marriott International
- List of hotels opened in the 1900s
References
- ^ Alaska Building (Q4708507). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Alaska Building. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-10-02.
- ^ Seattle (Q5083). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in Seattle. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.
External links
- Alaska Building on Wikipedia
- Alaska Building on Wikidata
- Alaska Building on Wikimedia Commons — photographs