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Summary for 4406 48TH AVE / Parcel ID 415303320 / Inv # 0

Historic Name: Common Name:
Style: Ranch Neighborhood: Columbia City
Built By: Year Built: 1940
 
Significance
The house at 4406 48th Avenue S is a single-family dwelling.
 
Appearance
The house at 4406 48th Avenue S is located in South Seattle. It is on the east side of the street and faces west. The structure was built in 1940 (according to the county assessor) in the Ranch style. The house has an L-shaped plan and stands on a poured concrete foundation. The 1-story platform frame building has a side gable roof clad in asphalt composition shingles. The wall cladding is metal. There appear to be no alterations to the original plan. There appear to be unknown alterations to the original cladding. There appear to be extensive alterations to the original windows.

Detail for 4406 48TH AVE / Parcel ID 415303320 / Inv # 0

Status: No - Altered
Classication: Building District Status:
Cladding(s): Metal Foundation(s): Concrete - Poured
Roof Type(s): Gable Roof Material(s): Asphalt/Composition-Shingle
Building Type: Domestic - Single Family Plan: L-Shape
Structural System: Balloon Frame/Platform Frame No. of Stories: one
Unit Theme(s): Architecture/Landscape Architecture
Integrity
Changes to Plan: Intact
Changes to Windows: Extensive
Changes to Original Cladding: Unknown
Changes to Interior: Unknown
Major Bibliographic References
Shaping Seattle Architecture: A Historical Guide to the Architects. Jeffrey Karl Ochsner, ed. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994.
Dorpat, Paul, “101 The Railroad Avenue Elevated,” Seattle, Now and Then, Seattle: Tartu Publications, 1984.
Bagley, Clarence B. History of Seattle, Washington. Chicago: S.J. Clarke, 1916.
Berner, Richard. Seattle 1921-1940: From Boom to Bust. Seattle: Charles Press, 1992.

Photo collection for 4406 48TH AVE / Parcel ID 415303320 / Inv # 0


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