4. S Jackson Street at Maynard Avenue S

The south side of the block is dominated by the Bush Hotel, designed by J. L. McCauley and completed in 1915. It was rehabilitated in 1981 by Arai/Jackson Architects for a new Bush-Asia Center and low-income apartments. The adjacent United Savings & Loan Bank was designed by Woo and Par Architects and opened in 1972 as the new home of the nation's first Asian American-owned thrift institution (established in 1960).

The north side of the block includes the Jackson Building (1910), still home of the family-owned Higo Variety Store, one of Seattle's first Japanese American retailers. The adjacent Havana Hotel was built in 1908 and remodeled as the Far East Building in 1984 under the guidance of architect Robert Kovalenko, who has guided many restoration projects in the International District.

Courtesy Walt Crowley

Courtesy Walt Crowley