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Common Name: |
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| Style: |
American Foursquare |
Neighborhood: |
Beacon Hill |
| Built By: |
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Year Built: |
1902 |
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| Significance |
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Built in 1902, this building was occupied by Patrick and Florence Tammany from ca 1916 through 1936, according to the Polk directory. Mr. Tammany worked as a city attorney in 1919, followed work as manager of the Fire Insurance Department in 1925, and employment with Henry Broederick, Inc. in 1929. By 1936, Mr. Tammany was the deputy prosecuting attorney, and by 1937 the deputy district attorney. By 1937, the property was used for a church and Sunday school. By 1941, Lester M. Ball resided in the building with the Bernard Sunday School conducted from the house. First Presbyterian Church purchased the building in November of 1943 for $1,040. Oscar H. Noll bought the property in August of 1948 for $6,000. Mr. Noll and J. C. Brown resided in the building in 1949. Mr. Noll remained through 1955. In July of 1957, Kuro Fukeda purchased the property for $16,000. Mr. Fukeda lived in the building from 1959 through 1970.
Beacon Hill is a long north-south tending ridge located southeast of downtown Seattle and stands 350 feet at its highest point. The hill’s steep topography deterred substantial Euro-American settlement through the early 1880s. Then, development of the area was stimulated by the introduction of streetcar lines in the 1890s, its proximity to Seattle’s main industrial area to the west, and the regrading of the hill’s north end in the early 1900s.
Originally acquired by the City in 1898, Jefferson Park was integrated into Seattle’s Olmsted system of parks, and the Olmsted Brothers prepared a plan for the park in 1912. The first public golf course west of the Mississippi opened at Jefferson Park in 1915. Jefferson Park has exerted a profound positive influence on the development of the Beacon Hill neighborhood.
Because of its proximity to the International District, Japanese and Chinese families moved to Beacon Hill starting in the 1920s. World War I and II stimulated a surge in housing development associated with wartime industry. The construction of Interstate 5 in the 1960s and Interstate 90 in the 1980s sliced through the neighborhoods and contributed to Beacon Hill’s relative isolation. Today, Beacon Hill is an ethnically diverse working class community, which has a mixed Asian, Chicano, African American, and Caucasian population.
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| Appearance |
| Built in 1902, this massive, American Foursquare style, single-family dwelling stands on a rectangular lot. The building is oriented to Thirteenth Avenue South on a flat site elevated 3’ above street level. This 1088 square foot, two-and-a-half story house with a full daylight basement features an essentially square plan, measuring 34’ by 32’, with a 15’ by 8’ front porch with second story balcony. The railing on the second story balcony no longer remains. A brick and poured concrete foundation supports the wood frame, clapboard-clad superstructure. Asphalt composition roofing covers the pyramidal hip roof and gable roof dormers. Continuous overhanging eaves above a dentiled fascia wrap the building. Dormers feature eave returns. Vinyl windows provide day lighting for interior spaces. A direct flight of stairs leads up to the main entrance porch. Columns, two to a side, flank the porch entry. The columns carry the second story balcony. Additional back porches measuring approximately 9’ by 13’ each, with metal railings, project from either corner. An internal brick chimney services the building. |
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| Status: |
Yes - Inventory |
| Classication: |
Building |
District Status: |
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| Cladding(s): |
Wood - Clapboard |
Foundation(s): |
Concrete - Poured |
| Roof Type(s): |
Hip |
Roof Material(s): |
Asphalt/Composition |
| Building Type: |
Domestic - Single Family |
Plan: |
Square |
| Structural System: |
Balloon Frame/Platform Frame |
No. of Stories: |
two |
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| Integrity |
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Changes to Plan: |
Slight |
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Changes to Windows: |
Slight |
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Changes to Original Cladding: |
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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City of Seattle. Survey of City-Owned Historic Resources. Prepared by Cathy Wickwire, Seattle, 2001. Forms for Ravenna Park structures.
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Tobin, Caroline. (2004) "Beacon Hill Historic Context Statement."
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