- 100 Yesler Way
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47.601948, -122.333842 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Pioneer Square. Chief Seattle monument
- Inscription on the back of the bust
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Chief of the Suquamish
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Historical background
Pioneer square was once the heart of the city: Seattle's founders settled there in 1852, following a brief six-month settlement at Alki Point on the far side of Elliott Bay. The early structures in the neighborhood were mostly wooden, and nearly all burned in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. By the end of 1890, dozens of brick and stone buildings had been erected in their stead; to this day, the architectural character of the neighborhood derives from these late 19th century buildings.
In 1899, a group of businessmen stole a Tlingit totem pole (historically referred to the Chief-of-All-Women pole) and placed it in Pioneer Place Park. When an arsonist destroyed the pole in 1938, the city sent the pieces back to the Tlingit tribe who carved a new one and gave it to Seattle (after finally getting paid for the one that was originally stolen).
In addition to the totem pole, a wrought-iron Victorian pergola designed by Julian F. Everett, originally known as a comfort station and highly touted in tourism marketing, and a bust of Chief Seattle were added to the park in 1909.
Today, Pioneer Square is home to art galleries, internet companies, cafés, sports bars, nightclubs, bookstores, and a unit of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, the other unit of which is located in Skagway, Alaska.
Present in routes of categories Lion-Mini, Lion, Griffin
Passed by: 45/50 (90%).
By categories:
- Griffin: 4/4 (100%)
- Lion: 24/26 (92%)
- Lion-Mini: 17/20 (85%)