The Samis Foundation acquired the tower in 1996. Ivar Haglund of Ivar's restaurant fame bought the tower for $1.8 million in 1976. Although Smith did not live to see it, the building was completed in 1914 to a height of 143 m (462 ft) from curbside to the top of the pyramid, with a pinnacle height of 149 m (489 feet). His son, Burns Lyman Smith, convinced him to build instead a much taller skyscraper to steal the crown from rival city Tacoma's National Real Estate Building as the tallest west of the Mississippi. When it was completed in 1914, the 42-story Smith Tower was. In 1909, Smith planned to build a 14-story building in Seattle. Smith surprised the city when he announced plans for a 1.5 million office building on the corner of Second Avenue and Yesler Way. The 35th-floor observatory that was part of the original. The building is a designated Seattle landmark. Smith Tower is Seattles oldest skyscraper, and when it was built in 1914 it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River.
It remained the tallest building on the West Coast until the Space Needle overtook it in 1962. Containing 38 floors, it was the tallest office building west of the Mississippi River until the Kansas City Power & Light Building was built in 1931.
Completed in 1914, the tower is named after its builder, firearm and typewriter magnate Lyman Cornelius Smith. Houston Methodist Hospital - Smith Tower Hospital, Medical Center, and Doctors Office Medical Center, Houston Save Share Tips 12 8.3/ 10 51 ratings 'congenial abd the staff ' (3 Tips) 'They need employee parking for pick up and drop off.' (3 Tips) See what your friends are saying about Houston Methodist Hospital - Smith Tower. The Smith Tower, located in Pioneer Square, is the oldest skyscraper in Seattle, Washington, USA.
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