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Summary for 4714 48TH AVE / Parcel ID 5249803060 / Inv # 0

Historic Name: Common Name:
Style: Vernacular Neighborhood: Columbia City
Built By: Year Built: 1928
 
Significance
The house at 4714 48th Avenue S is a single-family dwelling.
 
Appearance
The house at 4714 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 1928 (according to the county assessor) in a vernacular single-family form. The house has a rectangular plan and stands on a poured concrete foundation. The 1.5-story platform frame building has a side gable roof clad in asphalt composition shingles. The wall cladding is wood.

Detail for 4714 48TH AVE / Parcel ID 5249803060 / Inv # 0

Status:
Classication: District Status:
Cladding(s): Wood Foundation(s): Concrete - Poured
Roof Type(s): Gable Roof Material(s): Asphalt/Composition
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 4714 48TH AVE / Parcel ID 5249803060 / Inv # 0


Photo taken Jul 09, 2009

Photo taken Jul 09, 2009

Photo taken Jul 09, 2009

Photo taken Jul 09, 2009
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