Seattle-Hotel-demolish-w-Smith-Tower-Gowey–June-8,-1961-then-mr May 16, 2015 1400 × 2099 Seattle Now & Then: The Sinking Ship THEN: In Lawton Gowey’s 1961 pairing, the Smith Tower (1914) was the tallest building in Seattle, and the Pioneer Square landmark Seattle Hotel (1890) had lost most of its top floor. (by Lawton Gowey)