Alaska Trade Building

The Alaska Trade Building, also known as the Union Record Building and the Steele Building, is a historic building in Seattle, Washington located on First Avenue near the Pike Place Market. Built in 1909, it was one of the first reinforced steel, concrete and brick buildings in the area and was advertised as being completely fireproof. The building is historically associated with the country's only Union-owned daily newspaper, The Seattle Union Record and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Alaska Trade Building was built by contractor James Steele in 1909 replacing a two-story wooden building known as the 'Rose Block' that pre-dated the Great Seattle fire. It was designed by Seattle architect J.C. Taft in a very...