Historic Name: |
McDonald, Donald, House |
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Style: |
American Foursquare |
Neighborhood: |
Queen Anne |
Built By: |
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Year Built: |
1905 |
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Significance |
In the opinion of the survey, this property appears to meet the criteria of the National Register of Historic Places. |
In the opinion of the survey, this property appears to meet the criteria of the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Ordinance. |
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 house is an American Foursquare or Classic Box, one of the most popular house forms built in Seattle from 1900 to 1910, a period which saw a tripling of the city’s population. It was built in 1905 by Thomas Procunier, a local contractor, probably from a pattern book design. The house was built for Donald V. McDonald, a railroad worker; his family apparently owned the house here until 1946. Later owners included C. Frederick Stabbert, owner of Stabbert’s Roofing Supply (1950s), and his wife Roberta, and Melvin Cox, a Boeing employee, and his wife Ilorena (1960s). In 1966 it was purchased by Donald W. Smith, a Seattle Public Schools administrator; he and his wife Caroline remained here until the 1980s.
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Appearance |
This American Foursquare has the typical hip-roof form with hip-roofed dormers on the front and the south side. It has deep open eaves with curved brackets. The projecting porch at the center of the façade has a hip roof supported by two square paneled columns. The oak door has a wide wood surround with leaded sidelights. Most windows are double-hung with a lattice-like decorative pattern (wood) in the upper sash There is a large window east of the porch, and smaller ones in the dormers. Above the porch is a group of three similar windows, with groups of smaller ones flanking the porch. The second floor has two projecting corner bays, a feature often found in Box houses in Seattle. Each has two large windows. Cladding is narrow clapboard with a wide belt course at the level of the second floor windows. The south elevation has a hip-roofed bay with lattice windows. Windows elsewhere are one-over-one double hung sash. To the east, slightly below the level of the house, is a garage with a deck on top. |
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