| Historic Name: |
413 Minor Avenue North |
Common Name: |
413 Minor Avenue North |
| Style: |
Vernacular |
Neighborhood: |
Cascade |
| Built By: |
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Year Built: |
1909 |
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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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The house dates from 1909. Based on photos from King County Records, the house has been untouched, down to the color change at the attic level, since 1958. Although the design is simple, the detailing of bargeboard and repeated brackets is distinctive. This building is one of the very few remnants of older single family housing in the Cascade neighborhood, in all of South Lake Union area and Downtown Seattle.
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| Appearance |
| Rectangular in plan, this house has a simple gable roof and is clad with composition shingles. It is two stories in height with an attic, as well as side dormers. Its main façade is simple: on the street level, a large wide window with a gabled entry porch to the right (north), two symmetrically placed windows on the second level and one window at the center of the façade at the attic level. A distinctive and repeated detail, with Craftsman overtones, is the slightly curved bargeboard end, which is then squared off and the manner in which the bargeboards are cut to fit around the square ends of the repeated brackets. Also distinctive is the change of color, in this case from dark green to brown, at the attic level. |
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| Status: |
Yes - Inventory |
| Classication: |
Building |
District Status: |
INV |
| Cladding(s): |
Shingle - Combination |
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): |
Other |
| Integrity |
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Changes to Windows: |
Intact |
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Changes to Original Cladding: |
Slight |
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Changes to Plan: |
Intact |
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| Major Bibliographic References |
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King County Property Record Card (c. 1938-1972), Washington State Archives.
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Baist, William, Baist’s Real Estate Atlas of Surveys of Seattle, Wash., Philadelphia: W. G. Baist, 1908 &1912, Section 7.
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