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New Richmond Laundry
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224 Pontius Avenue N
Architect: Max Umbrecht, 1917, with subsequent additions.
Commissioned by laundryman and former Seattle City Council member
William H. Weaver as the Metropolitan Laundry, this facility initially
specialized in family (rather than commercial, hotel, or hospital)
laundry. Two additions share the original building's brick facade.
Over the years the businesses operating from the New Richmond
Laundry building included the PRIM Laundry, Pantorium Laundry, and
Pantorium Dye Works.
Over time, operations included steam-powered laundry and dye works, a
gas-powered commercial laundry, a dry cleaning facility, and hospital
laundry for the University of Washington. On November 3, 1999, the New
Richmond Laundry was designated a City of Seattle Landmark. At that time
it was the sole working survivor among the South Lake Union/Cascade
neighborhood's once-numerous steam laundry facilities.
By Paula Becker, September 25, 2012
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