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{{Short description|Building in Seattle, Washington, U.S.}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name                   = Medical Dental Building
| nrhp_type              =
| image                  = Seattle - Medical Dental Building etc pano 01.jpg
| caption                = The building's exterior in 2014
| location               = 509 Olive Way, [[Seattle, Washington]]
| coordinates            = {{coord|47|36|45.9|N|122|20|11.9|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin               = Seattle WA Downtown#Washington#USA
| map_caption            = Location in [[Seattle]]##Location in [[Washington (state)]]##Location in United States
| built                  = 1925, 1950, 2005
| architect              = [[John Alfred Creutzer]], [[Abraham H. Albertson]] (original); William Henry Fey (1950 addition)
| architecture           = [[Late Gothic Revival architecture|Late Gothic Revival]]
| builder                = A.W. Quist Company
| added                  = May 11, 2006
| designated_other1      = Seattle Landmark
| designated_other1_date = December 11, 2006
| area                   = less than one acre
| refnum                 = 06000371<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
}}
The '''Medical Dental Building''' is a historic [[office building]] located in [[Downtown Seattle]], near [[McGraw Square]] and adjacent to the [[Nordstrom Downtown Seattle|Nordstrom Building]].
==Description and history==
The original half 18-story building was designed in the [[Late Gothic Revival architecture|Late Gothic Revival]] style and features [[terra cotta]] cladding on top of a [[concrete]] frame. A later addition in 1950, in the [[Moderne architecture|Moderne]] style, extended the structure eastward and renovated most of the original building.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite report |last=Tanner Andrews |first=Mildred |date=October 10, 2005 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Medical Dental Building |url={{NRHP url|id=06000371}} |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |accessdate=November 16, 2016}} with {{NRHP url|id=06000371|photos=y|title=27 photos}}</ref>
The construction of a medical and dental center in Seattle was proposed in 1921 by a group of businessmen in the respective industries. The $2&nbsp;million building opened in May 1925 and was initially owned by the [[Bradner family]], who subsequently owned [[The Bradner Building Company]]. It was designed by architect [[John Alfred Creutzer]] (1874–1929); architect [[Abraham H. Albertson]] (1872–1964) supervised its construction; A.W. Quist Company was the general contractor.<ref name=NRHP/>
At the time it opened, it was the third-tallest building in the world to exclusively use [[reinforced concrete]] construction.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 24, 1925 |title=Medical and Dental Building, Westlake & Olive |page=23 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The building continues to house medical and dental practices, as well as retail spaces.<ref name="Times-2005">{{cite news |last=Boyer |first=Tom |date=August 3, 2005 |title=New owner to restore historic 1925 Medical Dental Building |page=C1 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20050803/medical03/new-owner-to-restore-historic-1925-medical-dental-building |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=November 16, 2016}}</ref> {{As of|2019}}, it has 130 tenants occupying {{convert|300,000|sqft|sqm}} of office space.<ref name="PSBJ-2019">{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Jon |date=September 13, 2019 |title=Seattle's Medical Dental Building sells to Portland company |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2019/09/13/medical-dental-building-sold-menashe-properties.html |work=[[Puget Sound Business Journal]] |url-access=subscription |accessdate=September 13, 2019}}</ref>
The building was renovated in 2005 by Goodman Real Estate after the firm bought the property for $38 million.<ref name="Times-2005"/> It was subsequently added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] and declared a [[List of Seattle landmarks|Seattle landmark]].<ref name="nris"/><ref>{{cite web |date=December 11, 2006 |title=City of Seattle Ordinance No. 122316 |url=http://clerk.seattle.gov/~legislativeItems/Ordinances/Ord_122316.pdf |publisher=City Clerk of Seattle |accessdate=November 16, 2016}}</ref> The building was sold to [[Menashe Properties]] of Portland in 2019 for $113 million.<ref name="PSBJ-2019"/>
==See also==
{{Portal|Architecture|United States}}
* [[List of Seattle landmarks]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Seattle, Washington]]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Medical Dental Building (Seattle, Washington)}}
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[[Category:1920s architecture in the United States]]
[[Category:1925 establishments in Washington (state)]]
[[Category:Office buildings completed in 1925]]
[[Category:Gothic Revival architecture in Washington (state)]]
[[Category:Late Gothic Revival architecture]]
[[Category:Moderne architecture in the United States]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Seattle]]
[[Category:Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)]]