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Summary for 3939 S MORGAN ST S / Parcel ID 3333000665 / Inv # 0

Historic Name: Common Name:
Style: Vernacular Neighborhood: Columbia City
Built By: Year Built: 1923
 
Significance
The house at 3939 S Morgan Street is a single-family dwelling.
 
Appearance
The house at 3939 S Morgan Street is located in South Seattle. It is on the south side of the street and faces north. The structure was built in 1923 (according to the county assessor) in a vernacular single-family form. The house has a rectangular plan and stands on a brick foundation. The 2-story platform frame building has a jerkinhead roof clad in asphalt composition shingles. The wall cladding is wood. The plan, cladding and windows all appear intact. There are changes to the porch.

Detail for 3939 S MORGAN ST S / Parcel ID 3333000665 / Inv # 0

Status:
Classication: Building District Status:
Cladding(s): Wood Foundation(s): Brick
Roof Type(s): Gable - Clipped Roof Material(s): Asphalt/Composition
Building Type: Domestic - Single Family Plan: Rectangular
Structural System: Balloon Frame/Platform Frame No. of Stories: two
Unit Theme(s):
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 3939 S MORGAN ST S / Parcel ID 3333000665 / Inv # 0


Photo taken Aug 06, 2009

Photo taken Aug 06, 2009

Photo taken Aug 06, 2009

Photo taken Aug 06, 2009

Photo taken Sep 23, 2009
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