Image: Seattle - 117 Yale Ave N detail 01

Description: Tilework detail, 117 Yale Ave N, Seattle, Washington, now Feathered Friends (outdoor equipment store). The building has quite a history, which is gone into at some length at Summary for 117 Yale AVE / Parcel ID 6849700075, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. Originally (1927) it was the Rodgers Tile Company warehouse and shop. It is one of the rare examples of a Spanish eclectic warehouse/storefront building in Seattle. It was later the home and studio of artists Nicolai Kuvshinoff and Bertha Horne Kuvshinoff. Nicolai Kuvshinoff "appears to have painted" religious murals in the nearby St. Spiridon Orthodox Cathedral, where his father Reverend Vasily Kuvshinoff officiated. As an artist, Nicolai Kuvshinoff had some international renown. Other tenants have included Kelly Floor Coverings, the Hall Scott Motor Car Company, the Matt Talbot Center and the New Hope Center, and the 911 Contemporary Arts Center.
Title: Seattle - 117 Yale Ave N detail 01
Credit: Photo by Joe Mabel
Author: Joe Mabel
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