Its glazed terracotta exterior motif features a blending of Art Nouveau and Native American designs.

[7] Atiyeh Brothers, a rug and carpet retailer, occupied a large space in the ground floor of the Governor Hotel for 38 years, from 1935 to 1973.

[8] A stained-glass dome hung from the ceiling in the ground-floor corner area that was occupied after 1934 by the office of George and Aziz Atiyeh.

[8] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, as the Seward Hotel,[3] the name it carried between 1909 and 1931.

In 1994, McCormick & Schmick's opened Jake's Grill in space next to the hotel entrance and lobby, on 10th Avenue.