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Summary for 6831 62ND AVE / Parcel ID 0225049064 / Inv # 0

Historic Name:

NAS Seattle Building 26 North - Bachelor Officer's Quarters (North Wing)

Common Name:

Style:

Colonial - Colonial Revival

Neighborhood:

Built By:

Year Built:

1939

Significance

Ground was broken for the original Bachelor Officers’ Quarters in August 1937, and construction was completed in 1938. The Naval Reserves were housed in the new building. The Commissioned Officers’ Club was also located in this building. The north and south wings were added between 1939 and 1944. On May 11, 1990, the original center section of the building, which mostly housed the Commissioned Officers’ Club, was destroyed by fire. The wings where the Junior Officers’ Quarters were located sustained smoke and water damage. Cause of the fire was attributed to a cigarette left on a couch on the third floor.

Appearance

This two-and-a-half story building occupies a rectangular footprint with an east to west orientation. Located north of an almost identical section of the same original building, these two now-independent buildings are what remains of the Bachelor Officers’ Quarters, between Sand Point Way NE and 62nd Avenue NE. There are main entrances on the west and east ends. A poured concrete foundation and structure support a gable roof with a parapet. Exterior walls are clad with brick veneer. A copper gutter supported with wood brackets lines the north and south eaves. The west gable end parapet and south cross-gable parapet both have copper coping. Alterations include the removal of the east gable parapet, the addition of a new fire escape, some new brick and replacement windows.