| Historic Name: |
Smith, Herbert & Ruth, House |
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| Style: |
Arts & Crafts - Craftsman |
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Queen Anne |
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Year Built: |
1907 |
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| Significance |
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In the opinion of the survey, this property appears to meet the criteria of the National Register of Historic Places. |
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In the opinion of the survey, this property appears to meet the criteria of the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Ordinance. |
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In the opinion of the survey, this property is located in a potential historic districe (National and/or local). |
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This is a good example of the Craftsman style, with an unusual second-floor porch. No information is available about the original owner or builder of this 1907 house, but in 1927 it was purchased by Herbert and Ruth Smith. Mr. Smith was a buyer for Frederick & Nelson and later became manager of the Sears Roebuck store. A second couple, John and Harriet Scanlon, appear to have been co-owners. Scanlon was a Milwaukee Road dispatcher and conductor. The two couples lived here together for decades; Ruth Smith died in 1970, and Harriet Scanlon in 1977. New owners then renovated the house. It was restored to its original appearance in 1999, with replacement siding and brackets. A rear deck and a new porch balustrade were also added.
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| Appearance |
| This house has such Craftsman characteristics as prominent brackets, half-timbering and a variety of cladding materials, combined with Queen Anne-influenced windows. The 2-1/2 story house has a prominent front gable with stickwork in the gable end and a hip-roof dormer on the east side. The deep eaves have prominent curved brackets. The projecting porch spans the entire front of the house, with a porch on top with square posts and a plain balustrade; earlier photos show a clapboard balustrade, but the current design may be original. The first floor porch has four fluted square columns, decorative curved brackets, and a balustrade with an X-shaped design. Cladding is clapboard on the first floor, wood shingles on the second and half-timbered stucco on the third; a wide wood belt course separates the second and third stories. The front door has an oval window and is flanked with leaded glass sidelights. Most windows have leaded glass in a lozenge pattern; two are on the second floor porch and a large one and small one on the first floor. The third floor gable end has a group of four leaded windows with curved brackets below. The west elevation has a shallow shed-roof bay with leaded windows. |
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