Summary for 5240 39TH AVE / Parcel ID 5649600405 / Inv # 0 |
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Common Name: |
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| Style: |
Vernacular |
Neighborhood: |
Beacon Hill |
| Built By: |
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Year Built: |
1909 |
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| Significance |
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The house at 5240 39th Avenue S is a single-family dwelling.
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| Appearance |
| The house at 5240 39th Avenue S is located in South Seattle. It is on the east side of the street and faces west. The structure was built in 1909 (according to the county assessor) in a vernacular single-family form. The house has a square plan and stands on an unknown foundation. The 1-story balloon frame building has a hip roof clad in asphalt composition shingles. The wall cladding is wood. There appear to be no alterations to the original plan. There is no discernable alteration to the original cladding. There appear to be slight alterations to the original windows. There are changes to the chimney. |
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Detail for 5240 39TH AVE / Parcel ID 5649600405 / Inv # 0 |
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| Classication: |
Building |
District Status: |
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| Cladding(s): |
Wood |
Foundation(s): |
Unknown |
| Roof Type(s): |
Hip |
Roof Material(s): |
Asphalt/Composition |
| Building Type: |
Domestic - Single Family |
Plan: |
Square |
| Structural System: |
Balloon Frame/Platform Frame |
No. of Stories: |
one |
| Unit Theme(s): |
Architecture/Landscape Architecture |
| Integrity |
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Changes to Plan: |
Intact |
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Changes to Windows: |
Slight |
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Changes to Original Cladding: |
Intact |
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Changes to Interior: |
Unknown |
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Other: |
Intact |
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| Major Bibliographic References |
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Shaping Seattle Architecture: A Historical Guide to the Architects. Jeffrey Karl Ochsner, ed. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994.
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Dorpat, Paul, “101 The Railroad Avenue Elevated,” Seattle, Now and Then, Seattle: Tartu Publications, 1984.
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Bagley, Clarence B. History of Seattle, Washington. Chicago: S.J. Clarke, 1916.
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Berner, Richard. Seattle 1921-1940: From Boom to Bust. Seattle: Charles Press, 1992.
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Photo collection for 5240 39TH AVE / Parcel ID 5649600405 / Inv # 0 |
Photo taken Oct 14, 2009
Photo taken Aug 31, 2009
Photo taken Aug 31, 2009
Photo taken Aug 31, 2009
Photo taken Aug 31, 2009
Photo taken Aug 31, 2009
Photo taken Aug 31, 2009
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