Once the site of the world's fanciest flush. Photo: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images
On this day in 1909, Seattle opened what were believed then to be "the world's most luxurious underground toilets" in Pioneer Square, according to HistoryLink.
State of play: The public facilities, with marble stalls, brass fixtures, oak chairs, white-tiled walls, and terrazzo floors, were flushed between 5,000 and 8,000 times a day.
The ornate pergola above their original location at First Avenue and Yesler Way remains a historic landmark — although the toilets were closed and capped sometime after World War II.
