Article in the Seattle Tmes Sept. 14th, 1924 states that Seattles Largest Apartments Building the Biltmore Apartments is nearly ready for tenant occupancy at cost of 750,000 by Stephen Berg. There will be 300 rooms. In L.A.Martins order book for the Columbia Tera Cotta Company this was order #114 Glaze #151, 70 to 75 Tons.
Stephen Berg Builder and Owner. Architects Stuart and Wheatley. Besides the Biltmore Stephen Berg also built three even larger hotels in Seattle soon after this: The first was the Claremont (now Andra) completed in January of 1926 then the Continental (now called the Seattle) completed in December of 1926 which also dorns Columbia Terra Cotta (order# 170). Then the Bergonian completed in July of 1927 now known as the Mayflower Park Hotel. Across from the street in front of the Biltmore Hotel Berg also built and “Annex” for the hotel to house a grocery store and a large kitchen for event catering. The Columbia Terra Cotta contract for the Biltmore job was 550,000 dollars.
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