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Robinson, Stella, House |
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Vernacular |
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Queen Anne |
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Year Built: |
1920 |
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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 house is a good example of a modest Workingman's Foursquare, a more traditional alternative to the fashionable bungalow or the more costly Foursquare. It has a hipped roof and dormers, clapboard cladding and a full-width recessed porch with scrolls on the square columns. It has been somewhat altered with addition of newer windows. However, the garage at the front of the lot appears to be intact, and is one of the most intact and best-maintained original detached garages on Queen Anne. Since the house was built in 1907, the garage is not original, but was probably added in the 1920s. It was during that decade that the automobile’s cost fell and its popularity increased as working people could afford to buy a vehicle. The house was purchased by Stella Robinson in 1918, and she may have added the garage. One of the reasons for the garage's survival may be the fact that it is sturdily built of early concrete block. This building material, popular in the first two decades of the century, was formed to look like quarried stone.
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| Appearance |
| This single-car garage is built of rock-faced concrete block with frame construction and clapboard cladding on the upper half. It has a hipped roof with deep open eaves. The original doors are intact (or restored), with three folding panels, each with a divided light window. |
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