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Common Name: |
40 Boileau Residence |
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Arts & Crafts - Craftsman |
Neighborhood: |
Montlake |
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Year Built: |
1914 |
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| Significance |
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This residence is an example of the Craftsman style. Built in 1914 it is associated with the early developmental era in the Montlake neighborhood. Half of its original full length porch has been enclosed and may of its original windows have been changed out. Despite these alterations, the house retains sufficient integrity to convey its architectural significance and is a contributing resource to the Montlake National Register Historic District.
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), 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
Smith, Eugene. Montlake: An Urban Eden, A History of the Montlake Community in Seattle. La Grande OR: Oak Street Press, 2004.
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| Appearance |
| This one-and-one-half story side-gabled Craftsman-style residence has a steeply pitched roof, deep eaves, wide bargeboards and knee braces. It is clad in clapboard siding and stucco. A shed-roofed dormer with three newer casement windows runs nearly the length of the roof. The house sits on a flat lot with lawn, perimeter and foundation shrubs, a low wrought-iron fence and arch over the center concrete walk. There is a concrete aggregate driveway on the south side and a picket fence running parallel to and in line with the house. A raised recessed porch on the north end of the facade has a square wood post at the corner and a clapboard-clad balustrade. The southern portion of the porch has been filled in and features a grouping of five newer casement windows on the front and two on the south side. The wood door has a stained glass window in the upper third. A newer picture window with a wide wood frame is located to the north of the door. Double-hung wood windows are typical on non-primary facades. |
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