chronicle;-Yesler-Leary-Bldg.-then–WEB July 20, 2014 900 × 1372 Seattle Now & Then: The “Finest Fruit” The Yesler-Leary building at the northwest corner of Yesler and Front. Like the rest of the neighborhood, including the Yesler’s hanging trees, it was destroyed during the “Great Fire” of 1889.