Seattle Lighting Closes Everett Location

The closure of the Everett store this month follows the shuttering of its flagship in Seattle’s Pioneer Square area in February, where it had operated for over 100 years.

Seattle Lighting’s Everett, Washington showroom has closed as of this month. According to an article in the local newspaper, The Daily Herald, the Hewitt Avenue showroom’s last day in business was July 14.

Herald writer Jenna Millikan broke the news and asked store manager Julie Frisbee the reason for the closure. According to Millikan’s article, Frisbee said, “It’s hard to do business when people are being strapped so harshly for money.”

According to its website, Seattle Lighting still operates showrooms in Bellevue and Tacoma, Washington, plus has a “showroom & clearance outlet” in Seattle as well as a location for commercial sales in that city. At one time (in the early 2000s), the company had 16 showrooms — 8 under the Seattle Lighting name and 8 under Globe Lighting.

Seattle Lighting was founded in 1917 by Walter Funsinn and Joseph Schomer, who originally named their business the Seattle Lighting Fixture Company. Seattle Lighting also operates Globe Lighting (founded in 1978) which has four showrooms and a clearance outlet in Oregon as well as a showroom in Vancouver, Washington. In addition, Globe Lighting is the parent company to Meletio Lighting in Dallas. Seattle Lighting also operates Builders Lighting Boise in Idaho as well as the etailers BuildersLighting.com and DestinationLighting.com.