The Collins Building or Collins Block is a brick building in

Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region ...

, USA, constructed between 1893 and 1894 by John Collins. Designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by Arthur Bishop Chamberlin, the five-story Collins Building is built on a hilly slope at the corner of Second Avenue and James Street. It is sited on land once occupied by John Collins' personal residence, which was destroyed in the

Great Seattle Fire The Great Seattle Fire was a fire that destroyed the entire central business district of Seattle, Washington on June 6, 1889. The conflagration lasted for less than a day, burning through the afternoon and into the night, and during the same sum ...

. As of 2016, the building was owned by the Samis Foundation.

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1890s architecture in the United States Office buildings in Seattle Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Washington (state) 1894 establishments in Washington (state) Buildings and structures completed in 1894 {{Washington-struct-stub