Seattle Historical Sites

Summary for 3104 S COLLEGE ST S / Parcel ID 6745700090 / Inv #

Historic Name: Common Name: Style: Colonial - Colonial Revival Neighborhood: Mount Baker Built By: Year Built: 1914   Significance In the opinion of the survey, this property appears to meet the criteria of the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Ordinance. Built in 1914, this building was purchased by Irving T. and Lucille M. Morgan in October of 1932. The Morgan’s resided previously at 2722 Thirty-First Avenue South. Mr. Morgan was vice-president of the Northern Life Insurance Company. The Morgan’s remained in the building through 1955. Donald E. McDonald bought the residence in October of 1957 for $19,500 and remained through 1965. The Mount Baker neighborhood comprises two north-south tending ridges located southeast of downtown Seattle along Lake Washington. Initial development of the area occurred relatively late, post-1900, following the construction of the Rainier Avenue Electric Street Railway in the 1890s. York Station on Rainier Avenue and the Dose Addition were developed earlier than the Mount Baker Park Addition, platted in 1907 by the Hunter Tract Improvement Company. The Mount Baker Park Addition represents the core of the neighborhood and is its primary character-defining feature. Mount Baker Park is one of Seattle’s earliest planned residential communities that successfully integrated the natural environment and a relatively exclusive residential neighborhood in its layout of lots, streets, boulevards, and parks. The houses, primarily built between 1905 and 1929, reflect a variety of eclectic and Northwest-based architectural styles, and include designs by many prominent local architects. Other important influences were the streetcar connection with downtown Seattle, the integration of local parks and boulevards into the Olmsted system, the construction of Franklin High School in 1912, and the building of the Mount Baker tunnel and Lacey V. Murrow Floating Bridge to Mercer Island in 1940. Today this middle-to-upper income neighborhood remains predominantly residential, is home to an ethnically diverse population, and retains much of its planned character.   Appearance

Detail for 3104 S COLLEGE ST S / Parcel ID 6745700090 / Inv #

Status: Yes - Hold Classication: Building District Status: Cladding(s): Wood - Clapboard Foundation(s): Concrete - Poured Roof Type(s): Gable Roof Material(s): Asphalt/Composition Building Type: Domestic - Single Family Plan: Rectangular Structural System: Balloon Frame/Platform Frame No. of Stories: two Unit Theme(s): Integrity Changes to Original Cladding: Intact Changes to Plan: Intact Changes to Windows: Intact Major Bibliographic References City of Seattle DCLU Microfilm Records. King County Property Record Card (c. 1938-1972), Washington State Archives. Polk's Seattle Directories, 1890-1996. City of Seattle. Survey of City-Owned Historic Resources. Prepared by Cathy Wickwire, Seattle, 2001. Forms for Ravenna Park structures. Historic Seattle Preservation and Development Authority. "Mount Baker: An Inventory of Buildings and Urban Design Resources." Mount Baker Community Club. Flowers We All Love Best in Mount Baker Park, (reprint of 1915 ed.) Tobin, Caroline. (2004) "Mount Baker Historic Context Statement."

Photo collection for 3104 S COLLEGE ST S / Parcel ID 6745700090 / Inv #

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