| Historic Name: |
Schnebele, Edwin & Esther, House |
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| Style: |
Arts & Crafts - Craftsman |
Neighborhood: |
Queen Anne |
| Built By: |
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Year Built: |
1911 |
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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 large Craftsman house features extraordinary use of dark stone looking rather like clinker brick; this stone is used for a massive chimney, the porch, a retaining wall and the garage, giving an earthy, natural appearance to chimneys, walls and houses.
The house was built in 1911 by the Pacific Building & Improvement Company. The owner was a local contractor, David Foote, but it is not known if he lived there or was building the house for sale. In the mid-1920s it was purchased by Paul Mackie, president of Mackie and Barnes, a lumber exporting firm. He and his wife Nona lived here until 1948, when it was bought by Edwin Schnebele, a salesman for a frozen food distributor, and his wife Esther. They lived here into the 1970s.
The garage was added in 1922; a small rear addition was made in 1997.
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| Appearance |
| This 1-1/2 story Craftsman house has a front gable roof with clapboard and shingle cladding below and half-timbered stucco above. Virtually all the windows have leaded glass, primarily six-over-six. The half-width recessed porch is on the south side of the main (east) elevation, with large stone pillars. The gables have curved bargeboard ends and prominent knee brackets. A deep cornice extends across the bottom of the front gable end; above this is a three-part window (with leaded transoms) supported by large straight brackets and with another cornice above. The window is flanked by two small casement windows. The north elevation has a hipped roof bay with two one-over-one windows and a shed dormer with six leaded glass windows and wide bargeboards; similar windows are below the dormer. The dormer is pierced by the massive external stone chimney. A similar but smaller dormer is on the south elevation. The rear (west) has a small two-story flat-roofed section with newer but compatible windows. A retaining wall of dark random-laid stone surrounds much of the front yard, with a garage of similar material on the north side. |
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| Status: |
Yes - Inventory |
| Classication: |
Building |
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| Cladding(s): |
Shingle, Stone, Stucco |
Foundation(s): |
Concrete - Poured |
| Roof Type(s): |
Gable |
Roof Material(s): |
Asphalt/Composition-Shingle |
| Building Type: |
Domestic - Single Family |
Plan: |
Rectangular |
| Structural System: |
Balloon Frame/Platform Frame |
No. of Stories: |
two |
| Unit Theme(s): |
Architecture/Landscape Architecture |
| Integrity |
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Changes to Plan: |
Intact |
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Changes to Original Cladding: |
Intact |
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Changes to Windows: |
Intact |
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| Major Bibliographic References |
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City of Seattle DCLU Microfilm Records.
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King County Property Record Card (c. 1938-1972), Washington State Archives.
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Polk's Seattle Directories, 1890-1996.
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Sears, Roebuck Catalog of Houses, 1926.
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