Lady Rainier

*Lady Rainier*
	The statue in 2009
Coordinates	47°34′36.5″N122°19′13.5″W / 47.576806°N 122.320417°W Coordinates: 47°34′36.5″N122°19′13.5″W / 47.576806°N 122.320417°W
Location	3100 Airport Way, Seattle, Washington, United States
Type	Statue
Material	Bronzed
Height	10 feet (3.0 m)
Completion date	1903

Last updated February 22, 2023

Lady Rainier is a public sculpture in Seattle, Washington, United States. The work, consisting of a bronzed statue of a woman holding a glass, was commissioned by the Seattle Brewing & Malting Company (the producers of Rainier Beer) and created in Germany in 1903. It was designed as part of a fountain, with water overflowing from the cup, resembling beer foam. Upon completion, it was placed in a courtyard outside of their facilities in the city's Georgetown neighborhood. Over the next several years, it was relocated multiple times and is today located outside of a former Rainier brewery in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood. In 2005, activists in Georgetown proposed relocating the statue to Oxbow Park and restoring it as an active fountain. As of 2019^[update], the relocation had not occurred.

Design

The bronzed statue stands 10 feet (3.0 m) tall and depicts a woman with an outstretched arm holding a glass.^[1]^[2] As a fountain, the water would have poured out from the cup, resembling beer foam spilling from a glass.^[1] The statue currently stands near the north entrance of the old Rainier brewery in SoDo, near Interstate 5 at 3100 Airport Way.^[3]^[4]

History

The statue was crafted in Germany and purchased by the Seattle Brewing & Malting Company, the manufacturers of Rainier Beer, who installed it as a fountain in a courtyard in front of their brewery in Georgetown in 1903.^[1] In 1904, the statue was featured in an article on the brewery by The Seattle Times ,^[2] with the newspaper saying that the art piece was "made especially for the Rainier Brewery and imported from Germany (and) is a work of art and would grace any of the city’s parks".^[5] In 1912, the brewery was expanded and a machine shop was built on the courtyard,^[2] with the company relocating the statue to the top of the building.^[1] Over the next several years, the statue was relocated several times,^[1]^[5] and in 1916, the fountain element was turned off as the company closed due to the enactment of Prohibition in Washington.^[5] In the 1930s, following the repeal of Prohibition, production of Rainier Beer resumed at a new location in SoDo.^[3] In 1954,^[6] the statue was also relocated to this new facility,^[1] located 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the old facility.^[6] In 1999, this facility was sold by the Stroh Brewery Company (which had acquired the Rainier brand), who donated the statue to the Museum of History & Industry.^[1] In the early 2000s, the facility ceased to be an active brewery and began to lease its space to other businesses,^[3] including Tully's Coffee, which uses the space as its headquarters.^[1]^[5] A similar situation occurred with the Georgetown facility, which is also no longer an active Rainier brewery.^[3]^[4]

In 2005, activists and members of the Georgetown Community Council announced plans to relocate the statue to Oxbow Park in Georgetown,^[1] near the Hat 'n' Boots,^[7] which was also relocated.^[1] The park had been dedicated earlier that year and was planned with the sculpture in mind, with a patch of land set aside to host the piece.^[1] Additionally, they planned to restore the piece as a working fountain, with the total cost estimated at $30,000.^[1] However the planned relocation has not come to fruition, with The Seattle Times reporting in 2019 that the sculpture was still standing near the old Rainier brewery.^[3]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Gilmore, Susan (November 21, 2005). "Lady Rainier may hoist her glass in new park". The Seattle Times . Archived from the original on January 20, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
1 2 3 Dorpat, Paul (February 14, 2014). "A frothy toast to Lady Rainier". The Seattle Times . Archived from the original on May 16, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
1 2 3 4 5 Campanario, Gabriel (October 11, 2019). "There's not one, but two 'old' Rainier Brewery sites in Seattle. Here's why". The Seattle Times . Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
1 2 "10 Cool Things About Seattle's SODO Neighborhood". Dockside Cannabis Museum . June 17, 2021. Archived from the original on October 2, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
1 2 3 4 Sherrard, Jean (February 15, 2014). "Seattle Now & Then: Lady Rainier". PaulDorpat.com . Archived from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
1 2 Stream, Kurt (2012). Brewing in Seattle. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7385-9523-8.
↑ Humphrey, Clark (2006). Vanishing Seattle. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-7385-4869-2. Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2023.

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Gilmore, Susan (November 21, 2005). "Lady Rainier may hoist her glass in new park". The Seattle Times . Archived from the original on January 20, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2023.

[:2-2] 1 2 3 Dorpat, Paul (February 14, 2014). "A frothy toast to Lady Rainier". The Seattle Times . Archived from the original on May 16, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2023.

[:4-3] 1 2 3 4 5 Campanario, Gabriel (October 11, 2019). "There's not one, but two 'old' Rainier Brewery sites in Seattle. Here's why". The Seattle Times . Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2023.

[:1-4] 1 2 "10 Cool Things About Seattle's SODO Neighborhood". Dockside Cannabis Museum . June 17, 2021. Archived from the original on October 2, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2023.

[:3-5] 1 2 3 4 Sherrard, Jean (February 15, 2014). "Seattle Now & Then: Lady Rainier". PaulDorpat.com . Archived from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2023.

[:5-6] 1 2 Stream, Kurt (2012). Brewing in Seattle. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7385-9523-8.

[7] Humphrey, Clark (2006). Vanishing Seattle. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-7385-4869-2. Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2023.

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