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Queen Anne |
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Eastlake |
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Year Built: |
1901 |
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| Significance |
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This is a good example of Queen Anne architecture possessing a high degree of design integrity, despite having been converted into a duplex.
This is one of approximately 2,200 houses that are still extant out of more than 5,000 that were built by the end of 1906 in Seattle’s Central Area, Eastlake, First Hill, Leschi, Madison Park, Madrona, and North Capitol Hill neighborhoods.
A complete permit history and record of ownership and occupation have not yet been prepared for this property.
Bibliography
King County Property Record Card (c. 1938-1972) Washington State Archives
King County Assessor Property Characteristics Report (http://www5.metrokc.gov/reports/property_report.asp; accessed October 1, 2007)
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| Appearance |
This is a one-and-a-half story, shingle and drop siding clad wood frame duplex on a brick foundation over a half basement with a porch borne by a post and beam foundation. The steeply sloped roof of the house itself, with overlapping, front facing gables and intersecting cross gables, the enclosed soffits, the hip roofed, wrap around porch with tuned posts, and the spindle work and lacy bracketing at the porch and at the apex of the gables, are all features customarily associated with the “spindlework” variant of Queen Anne design. The balcony cut into the porch roof over the entry is an original feature. The topography of the site and the landscaping make the house difficult to see.
The house was built in 1901 (King County Assessor Property Characteristics Report, accessed October 1, 2007, although the King County Property Record Card gives the date as 1910). The Assessor’s records suggest that the structure was converted from a single-family residence to a duplex at some point after 1937.
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