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Summary for 4426 48TH AVE / Parcel ID 415303405 / Inv # 0

Historic Name: Common Name:
Style: Colonial - Dutch Colonial Neighborhood: Columbia City
Built By: Year Built: 1919
 
Significance
The house at 4426 48th Avenue S is a single-family dwelling.
 
Appearance
The house at 4426 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 1919 (according to the county assessor) in the Dutch Colonial style. The house has a rectangular plan and stands on a poured concrete foundation. The 1.5-story balloon frame building has a gambrel roof clad in asphalt composition shingles. The wall cladding is shingle (coursed). The plan, cladding and windows all appear intact. There are changes to the porch.

Detail for 4426 48TH AVE / Parcel ID 415303405 / Inv # 0

Status: Yes - Hold
Classication: Building District Status:
Cladding(s): Shingle Foundation(s): Concrete - Poured
Roof Type(s): Gambrel Roof Material(s): Asphalt/Composition-Shingle
Building Type: Domestic - Single Family Plan: Rectangular
Structural System: Balloon Frame/Platform Frame No. of Stories: one & ½
Unit Theme(s): Architecture/Landscape Architecture
Integrity
Changes to Plan: Intact
Changes to Windows: Intact
Changes to Original Cladding: Intact
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 4426 48TH AVE / Parcel ID 415303405 / Inv # 0


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