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Halvorsen, Alexia, House |
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Colonial, Queen Anne - Stick |
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Queen Anne |
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Year Built: |
1904 |
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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 elegant and highlydetailed Colonial Revival house was built in 1904 for Alexia Halvorson, by local builder John Lawrence. It may have been originally built as a single family house, but it became a legal duplex in 1905. It appears to have been used as a multifamily building since that time. It is notable for its extensive detailing, including large decorative brackets, two rounded bays, a porch in the third dormer, and leaded glass windows. The 1970s city-wide survey noted its Stick and Shingle-style characteristics. Permit records indicate that the second floor was remodeled in 1951 by owner Malcolm Fox. The house is now owned as a condominium with seven units.
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| Appearance |
| This is a good example of a Colonial Revival American Foursquare, a particularly popular house form on Queen Anne and other Seattle neighborhoods during the first quarter of the 20th century. It has a hipped roof with deep eaves and curved brackets. There is a large gabled dormer on the front and smaller gabled dormers on each side. Cladding is narrow clapboard, with a wide dentilled belt course between the first and second floors, a narrower course below the first floor windows, and a concrete block foundation. The projecting porch covers the south half of the west façade; it has an arched opening, two pairs of round columns and a clapboard balustrade. There is a porch above, with a balustrade with turned balusters. French doors open onto this upper porch. The second floor has a shallow rounded bay with three diamond pane leaded-glass windows. The large front dormer has a recessed porch as well, with turned balusters. The north elevation has a two-story three-sided bay with lozenge-patterned windows. |
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