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Summary for 410 Wheeler ST / Parcel ID 352890-0030 / Inv #

Historic Name: McGeough, Leo & Cathy, House Common Name:
Style: Colonial - Colonial Revival Neighborhood: Queen Anne
Built By: Year Built: 1925
 
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).
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.
 
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.

Detail for 410 Wheeler ST / Parcel ID 352890-0030 / Inv #

Status: Yes - Inventory
Classication: Building District Status:
Cladding(s): Wood - Clapboard Foundation(s): Concrete - Poured
Roof Type(s): Hip Roof Material(s): Asphalt/Composition-Shingle
Building Type: Domestic - Single Family Plan: Rectangular
Structural System: Balloon Frame/Platform Frame No. of Stories: two
Unit Theme(s): Architecture/Landscape Architecture, Politics/Government/Law
Integrity
Changes to Original Cladding: Intact
Changes to Plan: Intact
Changes to Windows: Intact
Major Bibliographic References
King County Property Record Card (c. 1938-1972), Washington State Archives.
Polk's Seattle Directories, 1890-1996.

Photo collection for 410 Wheeler ST / Parcel ID 352890-0030 / Inv #


Photo taken Feb 27, 2004
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