The Final Piece of the Great Northern Depot
After paying $24,000 for a key parcel, the Great Northern Railway clears the path for its major downtown Seattle depot.
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The last purchase of land for the site of the Great Northern passenger depot on Jackson street was made yesterday. Chauncey W. Griggs of Tacoma has given J.J. Hill a deed to his undivided one-third of the block between First, Third, and South Fourth streets, along with the improvements, for the cancellation of which he is to compensate the lessee. The price paid was $24,000. Nothing now stands in the way of the beginning of work on the depot except a settlement with the tenants of the property. The total cost has been about $235,000, all of which was paid in cash.
“Nothing now stands in the way of the beginning of work on the depot.”
The Jackson Street depot project was a pivotal moment in solidifying Seattle as a rail hub, permanently shifting the city's commercial gravity. Today, the area remains a historic transit and industrial corridor, though the original station site has been transformed by over a century of urban regrades and redevelopment.
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