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Summary for 1525 35TH AVE / Parcel ID 4141800040 / Inv # 0

Historic Name: Common Name:
Style: Queen Anne - Shingle Neighborhood: Madrona
Built By: Year Built: 1894
 
Significance
This is an interesting example of Shingle style architecture that exhibits a high degree of design integrity despite some minor alterations.

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 Seattleā€™s Central Area, Eastlake, First Hill, Leschi, Madison Park, Madrona, and North Capitol Hill neighborhoods.

A complete permit history, and a complete record of ownership and occupation have not yet been prepared for this property; however, the house appears to have been owned by Rosa Labe from about 1914 until at least 1937. The structure was purchased by Bernadine Ungersma in 1960. James L. and Julie S. Mirel bought the property from Charles R. and Nancy S. Clark in 1987. The current owner, Donna M. Thornes, acquired the house in 2006.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

King County GIS Center Property Report (http://www5.kingcounty.gov/kcgisreports/property_report.aspx; accessed August 18, 2008)

King County Property Record Card (c. 1938-1972) Washington State Archives


 
Appearance
This is a two story, clapboard, shingle and drop siding clad, wood frame single-family residence on a concrete foundation, over a full basement. The porch is apparently built on a post and beam foundation.

The bulk of the irregular plan is capped by a gable roof with almost no overhangs. The tower at the southeast corner of the structure is topped by a flared pyramidal roof with deep overhangs and enclosed soffits. The single-story entry porch has a flat roof with deep eaves decorated with box modillions.

The windows and doors are characterized by patterns and details customarily associated with Queen Anne work. The copious use of shingles at the upper level and the undulating shingle surfaces in the north facing gable are characteristic of the Shingle style. The fluted piers supporting the porch roof and the clapboard clad solid rails on which they bear are features often associated with both Queen Anne - Free Classic work and Shingle style houses.

This house was built in 1894 according to the King County Property Record Card (1901 according to
the King County GIS Center Property Report (accessed August 18, 2008). A notation on the King County Property Record Card suggests that the structure was converted to a duplex at some point after 1937; however, the structure presently appears to be in single-family use.

Although temporary use as a duplex may have resulted in some internal alterations to this structure, changes to the plan have nor resulted in significant changes to the structure's facades or footprint. A simple balustrade that once surmounted the porch roof has been removed, and the original porch stair railings have been replaced with simpler railings. A modillion is missing.

Detail for 1525 35TH AVE / Parcel ID 4141800040 / Inv # 0

Status: Yes - Hold
Classication: Building District Status:
Cladding(s): Shingle, Wood, Wood - Clapboard, Wood - Drop siding Foundation(s): Concrete - Poured, Post & Pier
Roof Type(s): Barrel Vault, Flat with Eaves, Gable, Pyramidal Roof Material(s): Asphalt/Composition-Shingle
Building Type: Domestic - Single Family Plan: Irregular
Structural System: Balloon Frame/Platform Frame No. of Stories: two
Unit Theme(s): Architecture/Landscape Architecture
Integrity
Changes to Plan: Slight
Changes to Interior: Unknown
Changes to Windows: Intact
Changes to Original Cladding: Slight
Major Bibliographic References

Photo collection for 1525 35TH AVE / Parcel ID 4141800040 / Inv # 0


Photo taken May 19, 2008
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