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Common Name: |
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| Style: |
Arts & Crafts - Craftsman, Queen Anne |
Neighborhood: |
Wallingford |
| Built By: |
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Year Built: |
1910 |
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| Significance |
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This house was erected 1910. It was designed and built by the apparently short-lived firm of Moore & Firstenberg, located at 140 W. Blewett (now N. 34th Street), according to the permit application completed by William J. Moore, a building contractor who lived at that address. The permit lists William O. B. Ludwick of 4071 2nd Avenue N. E. as the owner; however, the initial resident at 4233 Thackeray was Clyde E. Ludwick, an artist who worked for the Western Engraving Company and had lived at 4071 2nd Avenue the previous year. The relationship between the two Ludwicks is unclear.
Fire damage to the roof was repaired in 1914-15 for owner A. B. Ludwick. In 1916, Z. I. Simons repaired additional damage to the house for owner, W. E. Beach, who appears to have acquired the property that year. A few years later, in 1919, Beach hired B. J. Cummings to build an addition to the residence. The last of the initial string of improvements was completed in 1925 when Beach added a garage to the site.
The house was established as a duplex in 1965 by Carl Johnson of C. U. Johnson, Inc. Johnson’s firm appears to have acquired the property in 1964. Jack D. Brooks came into possession of the property in 1966; Dale E. Miller acquired it in 1969.
This structure is significant as a nearly intact example of early craftsman style housing built in the middle of Seattle’s first north end building boom.
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| Appearance |
| This is a 1-1/2 story, clapboard, shingle and stucco clad frame residence on a concrete foundation over a 3/4 basement. The wide bargeboards supported by triangular timber knee races, the unenclosed framing at the roof overhangs, the exposed rafter tails all are indicative of a craftsman style design. The relatively steep slope of the roof and the cross gable over the wall dormer at the middle of the north elevation are design elements held over from an earlier period when the Queen Anne style was popular.
The gable-roofed porch projects toward the street from the northern half of the front (east) elevation. The built-up trim element at the base of the stuccoed gable peaks slightly at the centerline of the structure, establishing a pattern for horizontal trim bands at various points around the house. The porch roof appears to be supported by built-up wood piers bearing on solid clapboard clad porch rails at its northeast and southeast corners. At the southeast corner of the house, a corner bay with front facing gable attempts to balance the larger porch enclosure. A large single double hung window with a peaked head casing is centered in each of the two faces of the bay. Each unit has a small upper sash divided into slender vertical lights by metal muntins over a larger undivided lower sash. Centered in the main gable above the bay and the porch is a pair of double hung windows. A small square single sash window is located under the roof overhang some distance either side of the central pair. The sills of all four windows are aligned. A peaked horizontal trim assembly runs across the gable directly above the head casing of the central window pair, separating the stucco above from the shingle siding covering most of the house below.
A gable roofed wall dormer at the middle of the north elevation forms a type of cross gable not uncommon in late Queen Anne style structures. A single double-hung window is centered in the gable. A peaked horizontal trim assembly runs across the gable directly above the head casing of the central window, separating the stucco at the top of the cross gable from the shingle siding below. The upper wall shingles flare out at approximately the second floor level, forming a horizontal line that stretches three quarters of the way across the north elevation, starting at the northeast corner of the house. At the east end of the north elevation is a fixed window set high in the wall near the front entry. Several feet to the west, a door is situated at the half level between the first floor and the basement, and a small double-hung window is more or less centered over the door at the half level between the first and second floors. This window spans the line formed by the flared shingles. To the west, centered under the wall dormer, is a pair of double-hung windows. Two tall casements, each divided into eight lights, are paired and located just east of the notch cut into the northwest corner of the structure for a back porch.
At the south wall, another gable roofed wall dormer doubles as the south face of a south facing cross gable. Two double-hung windows are paired and centered in the gable. A peaked horizontal trim assembly runs across the gable directly above the head casing of the central window pair, separating the stucco at the top of the cross gable from the shingle siding below. A shed roofed dormer with a pair of small double-hung windows projects to the west from the side of the cross gable (it is not clear if this element is original or an addition). A shed-roofed, main level bay situated west of the centerline of the wall dormer above and projects into the side yard. It features three double-hung windows, each with a small upper sash divided into several vertical lights by metal muntins over a larger undivided lower sash. To the west of the bay is another rectangular fixed window.
A large wood molding wraps the house a little below first floor level. Dividing the shingle siding at the body of the structure from the clapboard siding below.
The back (west) end of the house is not visible from the street. The entry door has been replaced and the entry stairs have been rebuilt with a new handrail and without the flanking sidewalls. No other significant modifications are apparent. |
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| Status: |
Yes - Inventory |
| Classication: |
Building |
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| Cladding(s): |
Shingle, Stucco, Wood, Wood - Clapboard |
Foundation(s): |
Concrete - Poured |
| Roof Type(s): |
Gable, Shed |
Roof Material(s): |
Asphalt/Composition-Shingle |
| Building Type: |
Domestic - Single Family |
Plan: |
Rectangular |
| Structural System: |
Balloon Frame/Platform Frame |
No. of Stories: |
one & ½ |
| Unit Theme(s): |
Architecture/Landscape Architecture, Community Planning/Development |
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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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