| Historic Name: |
Bob Murray's Dog House |
Common Name: |
Hurricane Café |
| Style: |
Commercial |
Neighborhood: |
Denny Triangle |
| Built By: |
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Year Built: |
1940 |
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| Significance |
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This simple masonry building was constructed in 1940, one of the earlier substantial buildings in the vicinity. The area of the last Denny Regrade (1929-30), east of Fifth Avenue, was promoted as “the city’s coming apartment zone,” but it was completed just as the Depression began and came to be occupied primarily by low-density uses such as auto dealerships. This building was originally a retail store, General Paints, but was altered for Clark's Restaurant in 1954. A few years later, in 1958, it became Bob Murray's Dog House, which moved a few blocks from Denny and Aurora. It became one of the Seattle's best-known and longest-lived casual restaurants, with the clock above the entry saying "time to eat" and the motto "All roads lead to the Dog House. The Dog House closed in 1994 and was replaced by the Hurricane Cafe.
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| Appearance |
| This building has unusual cladding, primarily Roman brick (painted) with corrugated metal above the windows. Pilasters on the front are covered with a mosaic of round ceramic tiles of random size, color and location. The itnerior retains many of its original 1950s features, including galss block. |
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