MARQUEEN

This classic brick building is characteristic of the architectural beauty the Queen Anne neighborhood exhibits. Enter through the beveled glass doors to our European inspired lobby with Alaskan marble and terrazzo floors where then a grand staircase leads to your inviting room.Built in 1918 as the Seattle Engineering School, it was used to retrain blacksmiths to work at the Ford assembly plant on Lake Union. In 1920, the school opened the Kuay (say "Q.A") training garage (later named the MarQueen Garage, and currently 10 Mercer Restaurant) which was then considered the largest single garage in the city. The building operated as a school and a working garage for more than 50 years.Due to the emergence an the cultural impact of the automobile, blacksmiths and mechanics occupied important societal roles. Because automobile construction was a labor intensive process, mechanics were i