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Puget Power Building 10607 NE 4th Street
Completed in 1956, the Puget Power Building is a good example of Eisenhower era architecture, reflecting elements common to that architecture. These elements include monumentality, artistic purity, and disregard for historical association. In addition to predating most of the other downtown buildings in Bellevue, it illustrates the late emergence of the idea of placing buildings in park-like setting, which was popular in the 1920s. The Puget Power Building relates to the study unit themes of commerce and development. It helped set the tone for downtown Bellevue's evolution as a high-rise community. In addition, the building represents the decision by a privately owned utility (Stone and Webster) to develop a customer base on the Eastside and leave the Seattle area to the publicly owned Seattle City Light. |