The Old Sea Gull Coffee House. This coffee house is listed in the 1910 Polk’s Directory as 211 1/2 East Holly Street. It was located in the basement on the alley side of the Sunset Block on the northwest corner of Holly and Elk (now State) Streets. Next door to the coffee house is the W.D. McKenney Women’s Apparel and Furnishings store. The building also was home to the Commercial Hotel and other businesses.
Top two photos are from the Howard E. Buswell papers and photographs collection #1088.2 (middle photo is cropped and magnified from same)
Bottom photograph is from Galen Biery papers and photographs #3276.
Both collections are curated at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University.
