The Commerce Building is a building located in
Everett, Washington
Everett is the county seat and largest city of Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is north of Seattle and is one of the main cities in the metropolitan area and the Puget Sound region. Everett is the seventh-largest city in the ...
, listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
and included in the
Hewitt Avenue Historic District
The Hewitt Avenue Historic District is a section of downtown Everett in Washington, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
It includes the Labor Temple, at 2812 Lombard Avenue, an "eclectic" building built in 1930 ...
. The five-story structure was built in 1910 at a cost of $100,000. The building was designed by noted local architect Benjamin Franklin Turnbull who was responsible for several other commercial buildings in Everett as well as numerous residential structures. Turnbull's office was located in the building from 1910 until 1927, when his career in Everett drew to a close.
[ Office spaces predominated on the building's second through fourth floors, while the top floor was occupied by the Everett Business School. The building was vacant at the time of its nomination to the National Register in 1992.][ Beginning in 1993, it became an affordable housing community with 48 assisted studio rental units.][ It is managed by the non-profit organization Housing Hope.][
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Housing Hope
{{National Register of Historic Places
1910 establishments in Washington (state)
Buildings and structures completed in 1910
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)
National Register of Historic Places in Everett, Washington