3. Corner of Yesler Way and 1st Avenue S
The dark stone Yesler Building on the southwest corner was designed by Elmer Fisher and completed in 1890. President Benjamin Harrison addressed Seattle from its balcony a year later. The building stands on the site of Yesler's Hall, Seattle's first social center. The northwest corner was originally occupied by the cookhouse for Yesler's Mill, built in 1852. It is now filled by the Mutual Life Building, begun by Elmer Fisher in 1890 and completed by Robert L. Robertson and James E. Blackwell seven years later.
The newer building on the southeast corner was built in 1985 to replace the original Olympic Block, which collapsed during restoration in 1972.
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