Location: 1155 ELK STREET (State) Description: [[Herald Building]] Era: 1926/2026 Style: 6 B-story MASONRY ___ Dates and Addresses from [[Downtown Bellingham Historic District, 2012 form]] Construction duration: Feb 2, 1925 to June 26, 1926. Building construction began Feb 2, 1925 “Herald's new building was a wonder," (retrospective in The Bellingham Herald, March 25, 1990, pg 97) Opened on June 26, 1926 (“Our New Home," The Bellingham Herald, June 26, 1925, pg 6.) [[Sanborn 1930]]: [[Herald Building]] construction started 1925 (1145-1157) [[DAYLIGHT PROPERTIES PROJECT]] ([[2014 NRHP Registration form “Downtown Bellingham Historic District”]]: 1155 N. State St. was built in 1926 in the Gothic Revival style as applied to a newspaper office. A rectangular plan stands on an unknown foundation. The building has a six-story section and also a single-story section. The steel structure supports a flat roof with a parapet. The walls are clad in terra cotta and stucco veneer. The original plan is intact. There are slight changes to the original cladding and front entryway. There appear to have been moderate alterations to the original windows. Cultural: The Bellingham [[Herald Building]] is individually listed on the Washington Heritage Register and the National Register of Historic Places under Criteria A and C, as of 2013. The Gothic Revival style Bellingham [[Herald Building]] was constructed of steel and faced in terra cotta and stone. The Herald newspaper evolved from the former Fairhaven Herald, which dated back to 1890s, with "Bellingham" being added after the city consolidated in 1904. Promoters originally wanted to call it the “Metropolitan Building,” indicative of their view of the city during the prosperous 1920s. With the addition of the new six-story [[Herald Building]], the corridor was considered so important to downtown that 50 merchants on Elk Street petitioned the City Council to change the street‟s name to the more metropolitan “State” Street, which was accomplished on April 13, 1926.)