Seattle Historical Sites

Based on field work conducted in September 2014, this historic property retains its relationship to the streetscape, historic building form and a sufficient amount of exterior historic building fabric (design features, cladding and/or window sash/openings) to contribute to the distinct character of the Georgetown neighborhood.

This is an altered but relatively intact historic property that may possess some limited architectural and/or historic significance. This property exhibits some substantive changes to the exterior appearance since it was identified in the 1997 HRI project; all of the original character defining window sash members have been replaced with vinyl (multi-pane) sash units

(1997) This property is associated with an era of residential and commercial building between 1916 and 1942 which continued in Georgetown despite an acceleration of the trends toward the industrialization of the area. Significant changes came with prohibition and the closure of the brewery in 1916, the completion of the Duwamish Waterway in 1917, and the arrival of new businesses, such as the Boeing Airplane Company in 1916. In spite of the increasingly industrial nature of the area which had been zoned as such in 1923, residents of Georgetown continued to build new homes and businesses and to plan for a future in the neighborhood. This building was originally designed and constructed for the Raecolith Flooring Company as an office, showroom and warehouse for composition flooring materials. The site had previously been used by a blacksmith shop. The initial Raecolith Building (the northernmost portion) was expanded southward with a series of warehouse and manufacturing additions in 1941, 1943 and 1958. Jones & Stanley, Architects, designed the 1941 addition.