The Flemington

The Flemington Built for pioneer grocer Joseph Fleming in 1924 by contractor A.F. Fleming sold his landmark apartment home to White and Ballard Inc.

Mowat and designed by architect Howard Riley, The Flemington's imposing five stories of 52 apartments clad with red brick and a decorative balustrade dominated the Broadway roof-line for nearly a century. circa 1945 after which it frequently changed hands and was renamed "The Winters Building." The current owner Franklin Tseng purchased it in 1991 and renamed it "The Capitol Building." This page s

erves as a hub for the history of the building, the original owner, those closely associated with him, and general Seattle history at that time.

*Neither the current owner nor management is affiliated with this page, which is purely for entertainment purposes."

Joseph Fleming at his nephew's home in Tacoma, WA Dec. 6 1971. From the Museum of History and Industry's Seattle PI pho...
07/25/2015

Joseph Fleming at his nephew's home in Tacoma, WA Dec. 6 1971. From the Museum of History and Industry's Seattle PI photo collection.

Found this excellent article in the P.I. from Dec 6, 1971 when they interviewed Joseph Fleming after he returned from hi...
06/29/2015

Found this excellent article in the P.I. from Dec 6, 1971 when they interviewed Joseph Fleming after he returned from his world travels at the age of 91.

Research day at the state capitol. New project with a new topic. Stay tuned...
05/01/2015

Research day at the state capitol. New project with a new topic. Stay tuned...

An awful camera phone photo, but here it is: the mechanical tv is finally on display at tavern law. Stop by and check i...
04/07/2015

An awful camera phone photo, but here it is: the mechanical tv is finally on display at tavern law. Stop by and check it out. Also look out for a possible official screening later this month...

03/03/2015

Sad news this evening... I just received word that Gordon Fleming passed away of a heart attack on Friday. My deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. May he rest in peace...

02/27/2015

The full official story of Joseph Fleming and his apartment building published yesterday in The Capitol Hill Times. Special thanks to Gordon Fleming for contributing to this article.

Crime wave hits The Flemington! Manning's Coffee, one of The Flemington's storefront tenants, was robbed at least six t...
02/26/2015

Crime wave hits The Flemington! Manning's Coffee, one of The Flemington's storefront tenants, was robbed at least six times over the course of nearly 2 years. It was comically almost a matter of routine for the manager there who said she longer feared having a gun pointed at her by the third time she'd been held up.

02/24/2015

Just finished up an hour and a half interview with Gordon Fleming. It was a real trip and we both learned a lot. Stay tuned for more...

Here they are, the original complaint filed against Joseph Fleming and Robert Moore and their subsequent court summons f...
02/24/2015

Here they are, the original complaint filed against Joseph Fleming and Robert Moore and their subsequent court summons from March 10th &20th, 1923 digitally recreated from the heavily distorted microfilm scans.

02/21/2015

Here's another recording from the TV; I found a way to compensate for the frame-rate flicker. This is Eddie Cantor performing "Yes, Yes." from 1931.

02/20/2015

HALT THE PRESSES. I have Gordon Fleming (Joseph's grand nephew) on the line! More details to come!

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