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The Pioneer Square totem pole, also referred to as the Seattle totem pole and historically as the Chief-of-All-Women pole, is a Tlingit totem pole located in Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle, Washington. The original totem pole was carved in 1790 and raised in the Tlingit village on Tongass Island, Alaska to honor the Tlingit woman Chief-of ...
Pioneer Square totem pole in 2008. In 1899, a group of businessmen stole a Tlingit totem pole and placed it in Pioneer Place Park. When an arsonist destroyed the pole in 1938, the city sent the pieces back to the Tlingit tribe who carved a new one and gave it to Seattle (after finally getting paid for the one that was originally stolen).
In 1977, the Pioneer Building was listed as a National Historic Landmark alongside two other elements of the city's post-fire rebuilding: a pergola that was built as a cable car waiting area in 1909 (Pioneer Square pergola), and the 1940 replica of a stolen Tlingit totem pole gifted to the city in 1899 (Pioneer Square totem pole). [6] [14 ...
The pergola is located at the intersection of 1st Avenue and Yesler Way, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977 alongside the adjacent Pioneer Building and totem pole. [3] The structure originally included an underground public bathroom that was closed after the end of cable car service in the 1940s. After decades of ...
The Pioneer Building is a Richardsonian Romanesque building built in 1892. The Pergola was formerly a cable car stop built in 1909, [15] and the Seattle Totem Pole, which was originally carved around 1790, was stolen from a Tlingit village, and presented to the city of Seattle by its Chamber of Commerce in 1899. [16] 18: Port Gamble Historic ...
In Seattle, Washington, a Tlingit funerary totem pole was raised in Pioneer Square in 1899, after being taken from an Alaskan village. [73] In addition, the totem pole collections in Vancouver's Stanley Park , Victoria's Thunderbird Park , and the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia were removed from their original ...
Pioneer Square totem pole; S. Saxman Totem Park; Seattle Center Totem; Soul Pole; The Stanford Legacy; Stratum (sculpture) T. Tikitotmoniki Totems; Totem (Paluzzi)
Location of Seattle in King County and Washington. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Seattle, Washington.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the city of Seattle, Washington, United States.