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Summary for 501 RAINIER AVE / Parcel ID 3320500045 / Inv # 0

Historic Name: Nakagawa Grocery Common Name: Linc's Fishing Tackle Shop
Style: Commercial Neighborhood: International District
Built By: Year Built: 1910
 
Significance
This building is an assemblage of a c. 1910 one-story wood post and beam structure on the north with a c. 1955 one-story wood frame addition, with steel I-beam roof supports, on the south. The older building was the Nakagawa Grocery in 1937. When an addition to this building was constructed on the west side in 1953 the building was in use as a fishing tackle shop. The business continued as Linc's Fishing Tackle shop in 1955, when the addition to the south was constructed. It has continued as Linc's Tackle Shop until the present.
 
Appearance

Detail for 501 RAINIER AVE / Parcel ID 3320500045 / Inv # 0

Status: No - Altered
Classication: Building District Status:
Cladding(s): Veneer- Vinyl Siding Foundation(s): Concrete - Block, Concrete - Poured
Roof Type(s): Flat with Eaves, Flat with Parapet Roof Material(s): Unknown
Building Type: Commercial/Trade - Business Plan: Rectangular
Structural System: Mixed No. of Stories: one
Unit Theme(s): Commerce, Ethnic Heritage
Integrity
Changes to Plan: Extensive
Changes to Original Cladding: Extensive
Storefront: Extensive
Changes to Windows: Extensive
Major Bibliographic References
King County Property Record Card (c. 1938-1972), Washington State Archives.
King County Assessor Property Characteristics Report, database at http://www5.metrokc.gov/ --parcel locator

Photo collection for 501 RAINIER AVE / Parcel ID 3320500045 / Inv # 0


Photo taken Mar 15, 2007
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