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Summary for 1855 24TH AVE / Parcel ID 8722101315 / Inv # 0

Historic Name: Common Name: 49 Hilliard Residence
Style: Colonial - Dutch Colonial Neighborhood: Montlake
Built By: Year Built: 1914
 
Significance
This residence is a good and generally intact example of the Dutch Colonial Revival style. Built in 1914, is associated with the early development in the Montlake area and is a contributing resource to the Montlake NRHP Historic District. The earliest known owners of this house, in 1928, were Lewis T. Griswold, a manager for Atlas Fuel Co Inc.,and his wife, Sylvia. Their ownership continued through at least 1958.

Montlake is generally described as extending from the Washington Park Arboretum west to Portage Bay/15th Avenue E., and from the Montlake Cut on the north to Interlaken Park. The area is a significant and cohesive collection of residential architecture typical of early 20th century Seattle and is eligible as a NRHP historic district under Criterion C.  Construction occurred primarily between 1910 and 1940, with a variety of Craftsman and  revival styles ranging from modest cottages and builder's houses to high-style architect-designed residences, impressive institutional buildings, and notable parks and natural features.  There are few intrusions of newer buildings.  In the early 1960s, construction of SR 520 and the unfinished R.H. Thomson Expressway bisected Montlake, but the neighborhood retains its basic integrity as a pre-World War II Seattle neighborhood.  

Montlake was incorporated into the City of Seattle in 1891.  Although the first  plats (Union City 1st and 2nd additions) were filed by Harvey Pike in 1869-1871, development did not really begin until plats were filed by John Boyer (Interlaken, 1905) and H. S. Turner (1907). Montlake Park (north of SR 520) was platted in 1909 by the developers James Corner and Calvin and William Hagan.  With the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition came a streetcar line on 24th Avenue E. and an impetus for development. In 1916, the Lake Washington Ship Canal was completed and the Montlake Bridge linked the neighborhood to the university area in 1925. A small commercial district grew along the car line.

The 1903 Olmsted Parks and Boulevards Plan of 1903 surrounded Montlake with parks.  Montlake Boulevard (then call University Boulevard) connected Lake Washington Boulevard to the A-Y-P grounds.  Washington Park, the eastern boundary, was acquired by the City in 1900 and developed as an arboretum in 1936-41. At the southern edge is steep, forested Interlaken Park and boulevard.

By 1915, the neighborhood had developed enough to require a temporary school building; the permanent structure opened in 1924.Soon afterwards came a playfield and shelter house (1933-36) and a library (1944, replaced 2006). Other noteworthy structures include the Seattle Yacht Club (1920), the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Center (1931), the Museum of History and Industry (1952) and St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church (1962).

Major Bibliographic References:

King County Tax Assessor Records, 1937-2014.  

Becker, Paula.  Seattle Neighborhoods: Montlake--Thumbnail History.  HistoryLink File # 10170, accessed 12/2/2013.

Gould, James W. Montlake History. http://www.scn.org/neighbors/montlake/mcc_history.Jim_Gould.html

Polk Directory of Seattle, 1938-1958.

Smith, Eugene. Montlake: An Urban Eden, A History of the Montlake Community in Seattle. La Grande OR: Oak Street Press, 2004.

    



  

 
Appearance
This two-story clapboard-clad Dutch Colonial Revival house sits on a sloping end-of-the-block lot with lawn and hedges and faces north onto a cobblestone alley. It has a side-gambrel roof with minimal eaves, full-width shed dormers on the north and south elevations and a symmetrical main façade. The central entry porch is partially enclosed with a central opening on the main façade framed by doric columns and patterned balustrade, a similar balustrade on the east elevation, an entry opening with wood steps descending to the west, and a panel door with 6 lights in the top.  Paired 6/1 wood sash windows flank the porch and the second story dormer has a shallow gambrel dormer centered above the porch with a 6/6 window and single 6/1 windows are on each end. Side elevations have some similar windows; a group of five 8-light wood sash casements is on the first story of the east elevation and an arched light is in the gable. A two-story gambrel roof bay projecting from the west elevation has a recessed side-entry. A brick chimney is on the south elevation.

Detail for 1855 24TH AVE / Parcel ID 8722101315 / Inv # 0

Status:
Classication: Building District Status:
Cladding(s): Wood - Clapboard Foundation(s):
Roof Type(s): Gambrel Roof Material(s): Asphalt/Composition
Building Type: Domestic - Single Family Plan: Irregular
Structural System: Balloon Frame/Platform Frame No. of Stories: two
Unit Theme(s): Architecture/Landscape Architecture
Integrity
Changes to Plan: Intact
Changes to Interior: Unknown
Changes to Original Cladding: Intact
Changes to Windows: Intact
Major Bibliographic References
King County Assessor Property Characteristics Report, database at http://www5.metrokc.gov/ --parcel locator

Photo collection for 1855 24TH AVE / Parcel ID 8722101315 / Inv # 0


Photo taken Dec 01, 2014

Photo taken Dec 01, 2014

Photo taken Dec 01, 2014
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