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Style: |
Queen Anne - Cottage |
Neighborhood: |
Central Area |
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Year Built: |
1893 |
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Significance |
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This is an especially interesting example of Queen Anne -- Cottage architecture exhibiting a high degree of integrity.
This is one of approximately 2,200 houses that are still extant out of more than 5,000 that were built by the end of 1906 in Seattleās Central Area, Eastlake, First Hill, Leschi, Madison Park, Madrona, and North Capitol Hill neighborhoods. The structure is located in a portion of the Central Area also known as the East Madison district.
A complete permit history, and a complete record of ownership and occupation have not yet been prepared for this property.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
King County GIS Center Property Report (http://www5.kingcounty.gov/kcgisreports/property_report.aspx; accessed August 19, 2008)
King County Property Record Card (c. 1938-1972) Washington State Archives
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Appearance |
This is a one story,
clapboard clad, wood frame single-family residence on a concrete
foundation, over a partial (37.5%) basement. The irregular, if
essentially rectangular, plan is capped by a hip roof with flared
eaves, moderate overhangs, and enclosed soffits with simple but closely
spaced brackets.
The complex hip roof is typical of Queen Anne design. The bracketing at the eaves gives the structure an Italianate
flavor. The roof at the
projecting front window bay suggests the octagonal hip roofs found on
the corner towers often connected to large scale Queen Anne
structures.
The windows and doors are characterized by patterns and details
customarily associated with Queen Anne work. The upper sash of the central cottage window at the street
elevation has a unique but characteristic Queen Anne muntin pattern.
The other front-facing windows feature muntin patterns commonly used by Queen Anne style builders. The turned post at the outside corner of the flat roofed porch and the
associated bracketing are typical of the spindlework often identified
with Queen Anne -- Cottage architecture, as is the low slope of the
roof.
This house was built in 1893 according to the King County Property
Record Card; however, the King County GIS Center Property Report
indicates the structure was completed in 1900 (it should be noted that the computer database from which the latter date is drawn cannot record a construction date earlier than 1900). According to the King County Property Record Card, the house was remodeled in 1928; although
the extent of the work undertaken at that time is not indicated, a
notation on the Card suggests that the basement was added at that time.
The structure appears to have been renovated fairly recently. Some of
the windows may have been refurbished; however, the original muntin
patterns in the character defining windows at the front of the house do not appear to have been altered or replaced. The porch entry stairs appear to have been rebuilt in an uncharacteristic L-shaped pattern. The spindlework stair rails may not be original. Although there
may have been some soffit modifications, the distinctive
detailing of the overhangs has been maintained. An extensive and unique, but stylistically complementary, wood fence was added to the site at some point since 1937. |
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