Novel Coworking Pioneer Building

Seattle's Pioneer Building, located at the northeast corner of 1st Avenue and James Street, was the first of three legacy buildings built by Seattle pioneer Henry Yesler (1810-1892) after the Great Seattle Fire of June 1889. Designed by Elmer H. Fisher (1840-1905), it embodies the transition between Victorian and Romanesque Revival styles that became the hallmark of commercial buildings in Seattle following the fire. The Pioneer Building fronts on Pioneer Square (formerly Pioneer Place) and was the icon of the historic restoration movement of the 1960s that resulted in creation of the Pioneer Square Historic District in 1970.