Seattle Historical Sites

This brick apartment building was constructed in 1929 according to the  King County Assessor in the Uptown neighborhood. The building is known as the Lola Apartments.

Constructed in 1929, this poured concrete apartment building clad in brick veneer is located at the northeast corner of W Mercer Street and Fourth Avenue W. The building at 326 W Mercer Street is a 3-story apartment building with Tudor Revival details. The building has a flat roof with parapet. The L-shaped building stands on a poured concrete foundation and its brick veneer is laid in the stretcher bond. The southwest corner of the building is angled and houses the main entrance. The main entrance features a wood, one lite French doors with leaded glass sidelights and transom. Shield stained glass emblems are present in the sidelights. The entrance is recessed and marked by a cast stone flat arch door surround. Parged cheek walls flank the tiled front steps with wrought iron rails. A decorative tile baseboard is present in the entry vestibule. Two extant wood, leased glass windows; center fixed pane flanked by two narrow fixed panels. Peacock emblem and shields in stained glass. Tudor Revival details on the building include cast stone panels and lug sills. All the building’s remaining windows have been changed to metal windows.

The building retains moderate integrity with many extant Tudor Revival details and changes limited to the windows.