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Summary for 8429 BEACON AVE / Parcel ID 1673400020 / Inv # 0

Historic Name: Common Name:
Style: Colonial - Colonial Revival Neighborhood: Beacon Hill
Built By: Year Built: 1934
 
Significance
The house at 8429 Beacon Avenue S is a single-family dwelling.
 
Appearance
The house at 8429 Beacon Avenue S is located in South Seattle. It is on the west side of the street and faces east. The structure was built in 1934 (according to the county assessor) in the Colonial style. The house has a rectangular plan and stands on a poured concrete foundation. The 1-story platform frame building has a hip roof clad in asphalt composition shingles. The wall cladding is brick. The plan, cladding and windows all appear intact. There are changes to the detached garage.

Detail for 8429 BEACON AVE / Parcel ID 1673400020 / Inv # 0

Status:
Classication: Building District Status:
Cladding(s): Brick Foundation(s): Concrete - Poured
Roof Type(s): Hip 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 8429 BEACON AVE / Parcel ID 1673400020 / Inv # 0


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