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Historic Name: |
West Roy Apartments |
Common Name: |
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Style: |
Art Deco |
Neighborhood: |
Queen Anne |
Built By: |
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Year Built: |
1930 |
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Significance |
In the opinion of the survey, this property is located in a potential historic districe (National and/or local). |
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This 4-story brick clad apartment building was constructed in 1930, according to the 1937 King County Assessor property card, in the Uptown neighborhood. The building is known as the West Roy Apartments and features elements of the Art Deco style. It appears the building may have been designed by architect Max A. Van House (1887–1966). Van House received his architectural training through on-the-job training with architectural firms, working with George Bullard and Heath & Gove, both in Tacoma. He then spent time in Butte, Montana, in practice with Walter Arnold. He returned to Washington and received his architectural license in Washington in 1925. Van House opened his own firm in Seattle and worked on a range of projects in a variety of architectural styles. He designed several apartment buildings in Seattle, including the Iris Apartments (415 W Roy Street), Ellenbert Apartments (1928), and Bering Apartments (1930).
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Appearance |
Constructed in 1930, this reinforced concrete building is located on the southeast corner of W Roy Street and Fifth Avenue W. The site slopes down from north to south. The 4-story building has a rectangular footprint and stands on a poured concrete foundation with a parged finish. The building has a flat roof with parapet. The building’s man (north) elevation faces W Roy Street. The building’s base, with the parged finish, extends up from the daylight basement to above the first floor. The base steps up around the main entrance, centered on the north elevation, to highlight it. A beltcourse with stamped dentil pattern separates parged base from the combed brick veneer on the upper three floors. The front door is wood with a leaded glass lite flanked by sidelights and capped by a transom. Fluted pilasters frame the entrance. The building’s windows are primarily paired wood, 8:1 sashes with wood muntins and the windows are separated by wood mullions. The two bays that flank the center bay on the main elevation, feature windows grouped in three. These units feature a fixed, leaded glass sash with a stained glass shield flanked by 4:1 sash. All the windows feature stile extensions. Lug sills are present at the window openings. Brick soldier courses form the headers for the windows on the upper 3 floors. The lug sills on the fourth floor stretch beyond the window openings and form another belt course. The windows on the fourth floor feature a header that extends beyond the window openings and is cast concrete with Deco motifs. Quoins and decorative Art Deco panels further accent the building.
The building retains excellent integrity and is a good example of a brick-clad apartment building. |
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Status: |
Yes - Inventory |
Classication: |
Building |
District Status: |
NR |
Cladding(s): |
Brick, Stone - Cast |
Foundation(s): |
Concrete - Poured |
Roof Type(s): |
Flat with Parapet |
Roof Material(s): |
Unknown |
Building Type: |
Domestic - Multiple Family |
Plan: |
Rectangular |
Structural System: |
Concrete - Poured |
No. of Stories: |
four |
Unit Theme(s): |
Architecture/Landscape Architecture |
Integrity |
Changes to Plan: |
Intact |
Changes to Windows: |
Intact |
Changes to Original Cladding: |
Intact |
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Major Bibliographic References |
King County Property Record Card (c. 1938-1972), Washington State Archives.
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Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, ed. Shaping Seattle Architecture, A Historical Guide to the Architects. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994.
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City of Seattle DPD Microfilm Records.
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Photo taken Feb 26, 2018

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Photo taken Jan 01, 1900
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