Hotel Seattle , also known as Seattle Hotel , was located in Pioneer Square in a triangular block bound by James Street to the north , Yesler Way to the south , and 2nd Avenue to the east , just steps away from the Pioneer Building . It succeeded two prior hotels , a wooden and then a masonry Occidental Hotel . It was built in 1890 from the ashes of the Great Seattle Fire and served as a hotel until early in the 20th Century . By the time neighboring Smith Tower was completed in 1914 , the Seattle Hotel had become an office building . It was demolished in the early 1960s and the site is now home to the Sinking Ship , a multistorey car park
Great Seattle Fire
Great Seattle Fire
Hotel Seattle