<p>This image of the Dexter Horton Building in Seattle was taken during construction on April 16, 1924. When it opened the following year, the 15-story building at Second Avenue and Cherry Street, was one of the largest office buildings in the country at 328,000 square feet. A protected historic landmark since 1993, the building was named for Pioneer Dexter Horton (1825-1904), who arrived in Seattle in 1853 and founded the city's first bank in 1870. 
Visible on the right edge of the frame is a sign listing building financier S. W. Straus &amp; Co., architect and engineer John Graham, general contractors Puget Sound Bridge &amp; Dredging Co., and the sub-contractors and suppliers involved in the building. </p>
<p>Inscribed on recto: -4-16-24

Handwritten on verso: Work on the Second Ave. Unit of the 2 1/2 million dollar Dexter Horton Bldg. showing the completed Third Ave. Unit in the background
Stamped on verso: Walter P. Miller, Commercial Photographer</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Construction--Washington (State)--Seattle; Dexter Horton National Bank (Seattle, Wash.); Office buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle</li></ul>
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41783999" class="extiw" title="d:Q41783999"><span title="American photographer of the Pacific Northwest (1877-1938)">Walter P. Miller</span></a>
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Taken on 16 April 1924
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