Prince-Rupert-Hotel-mr-THEN January 15, 2016 2000 × 1412 Seattle Now & Then: The Prince Rupert Hotel THEN: Built quickly in the winter of 1906-07, the Prince Rupert Hotel faced Boren Avenue from the third lot north of Pike Street. About fifty-five years later it was razed for the I-5 Freeway. (Courtesy Lawton Gowey)