In the 1920s the Holyoke became a gathering place for Seattle musicians and artists . The Robert Morris Social Club held regular dances in the building . The Seattle Musical Club gathered in the building and suites on the building 's second floor were used for practice runs and discussions . Among the musicians who gathered there were Vaughn Arthur , violinist , Rose and Frank Egan , founders of the Egan School in Los Angeles , and Nellie Cornish , who later founded her own arts school in Seattle . Other social clubs opened up in the building including the Lonesome Club that advertised , " Strangers and lonely people welcome . " Over the years little had been done to alter the building 's facade . The storefronts were modernized and a fire escape was added to the north facade , all of which have since been undone . Likely as a result of the 1949 Olympia earthquake , most of the granite that originally finished the building 's brick cornice has been removed
1949 Olympia earthquake
1949 Olympia earthquake
Holyoke Building