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Summary for 3915 46TH AVE / Parcel ID 5249801910 / Inv # 0

Historic Name: Common Name:
Style: Ranch Neighborhood:
Built By: Year Built: 1956
 
Significance
The house at 3915 46th Avenue S is a single-family dwelling. This resource is significant locally under criteria C for the integrity of its architectural character.
 
Appearance
The house at 3915 46th Avenue S is located in South Seattle. It is on the west side of the street and faces east. The structure was built in 1956 (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 cross gable roof clad in asphalt composition shingles. The wall cladding is brick veneer and wood clapboard. The plan, cladding and windows all appear intact.

Detail for 3915 46TH AVE / Parcel ID 5249801910 / Inv # 0

Status:
Classication: District Status:
Cladding(s): Brick, Wood - Clapboard Foundation(s): Concrete - Poured
Roof Type(s): Gable Roof Material(s): Asphalt/Composition
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: 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 3915 46TH AVE / Parcel ID 5249801910 / Inv # 0


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