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Summary for 4911 S GENESEE ST S / Parcel ID 4154304350 / Inv # 0

Historic Name: Common Name:
Style: Arts & Crafts Neighborhood: Columbia City
Built By: Year Built: 1925
 
Significance
The house at 4911 S Genesee Street is a single-family dwelling.
 
Appearance
The house at 4911 S Genesee Street is located in South Seattle. It is on the south side of the street and faces north. The structure was built in 1925 (according to the county assessor) in the Arts & Crafts style. The house has a rectangular plan and stands on an unknown foundation. The 1-story platform frame building has a cross gable roof clad in asphalt composition shingles. The wall cladding is wood clapboard. The plan, cladding and windows all appear intact.

Detail for 4911 S GENESEE ST S / Parcel ID 4154304350 / Inv # 0

Status:
Classication: Building District Status:
Cladding(s): Wood - Clapboard Foundation(s): Unknown
Roof Type(s): Gable Roof Material(s): Asphalt/Composition-Shingle
Building Type: Domestic - Single Family Plan: Rectangular
Structural System: Balloon Frame/Platform Frame No. of Stories: one
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 4911 S GENESEE ST S / Parcel ID 4154304350 / Inv # 0


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