Seattle Historical Sites

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Historic Name: Seattle Yacht Club Common Name: Seattle Yacht Club Style: Colonial - Colonial Revival Neighborhood: Montlake Built By: Year Built: 1919   Significance This building is located in Block 3 Lots 1-7 of the Montlake Park Addition. The Seattle Yacht Club was established in 1892, using facilities in West Seattle. The opening of the Hiram Chittenden Locks in 1917 made a fresh water location feasible, and they opened this clubhouse in 1920; permanent moorage and a boathouse were completed in 1924. The facility is still used for the club's administrative and social activities. Club member John Graham, Sr., designed the building in the Colonial Revival style, with a faux lighthouse that references its nautical purpose. The clubhouse was listed in the NRHP in 2006.   Appearance The Seattle Yacht Club is located on the east shore of Portage Bay at the west end of E. Hamlin Street in the Montlake Park Addition. It adjoins the south side of West Montlake Park. The Colonial Revival-style building is clad with cedar shingles painted white and has numerous Colonial Revival details. A circular drive is on the north side and a large parking lot is located to the east. The building has had several additions and now has a T-shaped plan with intersecting gambrel-roofed wings. The original one-and-a-half story gambrel-roofed building is at the northeast with a flat-roofed extension and classical colonnade along the front. The main entrance is on this northern facade. Behind this, at the southwest, is a two-story flat-roofed service addition (1967). The main feature, at the junction of the two wings, is a 43-foot tower detailed to resemble a lighthouse.

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Status: Yes - Hold Classication: Building District Status: NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR Cladding(s): Shingle Foundation(s): Concrete - Poured Roof Type(s): Varied roof lines Roof Material(s): Asphalt/Composition Building Type: Recreation and Culture - Auditorium Plan: L-Shape Structural System: Balloon Frame/Platform Frame No. of Stories: one & ½ Unit Theme(s): Integrity Changes to Plan: Intact Changes to Windows: Slight Changes to Original Cladding: Intact Major Bibliographic References

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