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Summary for 9231 39TH AVE / Parcel ID 0603000820 / Inv # 0

Historic Name: Common Name:
Style: Vernacular Neighborhood: Beacon Hill
Built By: Year Built: 1928
 
Significance

The house at 9231 39th Avenue S is a single-family dwelling.

 
Appearance

The house at 9231 39th Avenue S is located in South Seattle. It is on the west side of the street and faces east. 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-story platform frame building has a front gable roof clad in asphalt composition shingles. The wall cladding is wood. The plan, cladding and windows all appear intact. There are changes to the garage.

Detail for 9231 39TH AVE / Parcel ID 0603000820 / Inv # 0

Status:
Classication: Building District Status:
Cladding(s): Wood Foundation(s): Concrete - Poured
Roof Type(s): Gable - Clipped 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
Other: Intact
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 9231 39TH AVE / Parcel ID 0603000820 / Inv # 0


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