Historic Name: |
McGeough, Leo & Cathy, House |
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Style: |
Colonial - Colonial Revival |
Neighborhood: |
Queen Anne |
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Year Built: |
1925 |
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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 is a good and intact example of a Colonial Revival house, with typical characteristics such as a hipped roof, a symmetrical façade and multipaned windows. The original owner of the 1925 house is not known, but it was purchased in 1936 by J. Leo McGeough, the grand recorder of a fraternal organization, the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He and his wife Cathy lived here until 1963. In the 1970s it was purchased by Fred and Marjorie Laws, who remained here until 2000. It is currently the Seattle residence of Gary Locke, the governor of Washington from 1997-2005 and his wife Mona Lee.
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Appearance |
This is a classic three-bay Colonial Revival design, with a tall hipped roof with modillions, a symmetrical façade, clapboard cladding and leaded glass windows. The entry portico projects about five feet with an arched hood supported by a pair of fluted round columns. Flanking the entry are two groups of three windows, set into arched moldings reflecting the portico; the leaded eight-over-one center windows are flanked by four-over-one sash. Windows on the second floor and elsewhere are six-over-one double-hung sash with shutters. The single window over the portico is flanked by two pairs. The south elevation has a small enclosed gabled porch with a secondary entry. |
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