Ivar Haglund of Ivar's restaurant fame bought the tower for $1.8 million in 1976. Make your way to the top of the tower for an amazing vantage point from the Observatory, including an open-air deck that will give you 360-degree views of Seattle and beyond.
Immerse yourself in exhibits that take you on a journey through the past one hundred years. Although Smith did not live to see it, the building was completed in 1914 to a height of 143 m (462 ft) from curbside to the top of the pyramid, with a pinnacle height of 149 m (489 feet). About Enjoy Smith Tower like you've never seen it before. His son, Burns Lyman Smith, convinced him to build instead a much taller skyscraper to steal the crown from rival city Tacoma's National Real Estate Building as the tallest west of the Mississippi. In 1909, Smith planned to build a 14-story building in Seattle. The building is a designated Seattle landmark. It remained the tallest building on the West Coast until the Space Needle overtook it in 1962. Containing 38 floors, it was the tallest office building west of the Mississippi River until the Kansas City Power & Light Building was built in 1931. Completed in 1914, the tower is named after its builder, firearm and typewriter magnate Lyman Cornelius Smith. The Smith Tower, located in Pioneer Square, is the oldest skyscraper in Seattle, Washington, USA. Youll have to travel 35 floors up to the observation deck of the citys oldest skyscraper, Smith Tower, to get to this dignified, 1920s-inspired speakeasy.
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