The Maynard Building is a five-story office building in

Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in bo ...

. Constructed in 1892 on a

Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...

design by Albert Wickersham, the

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building was originally known as the Dexter Horton Building and housed Dexter Horton's nascent banking business, which eventually grew into

Seafirst Bank Seafirst Corporation was an American bank holding company based in Seattle, Washington. Its banking subsidiary, Seafirst Bank, was the largest bank in Washington, with 235 branches and 497 ATMs across the state. Formed in 1929 via the merger ...

. Located at 119 First Avenue South in the city's Pioneer Square neighborhood, the building took its current name in the 1920s in honor of

Doc Maynard David Swinson "Doc" Maynard (March 22, 1808March 13, 1873) was an American pioneer, doctor, and businessman. He was one of Seattle's primary founders. He was an effective civic booster and, compared to other white settlers, a relative advocate ...

. The Maynard Building underwent a major refurbishment between 1974 and 1975. The Maynard Building was constructed on the site of a previous building also known as the Dexter Horton Building. During the

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Governor Watson Squire's

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decree was read from the steps of that building to "yells and howls of defiance" from the assembled mob.

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* 1890s architecture in the United States Office buildings in Seattle Office buildings in Washington (state) Pioneer Square, Seattle 1892 establishments in Washington (state) Buildings and structures completed in 1892 {{Washington-struct-stub