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Erwin Residence |
Common Name: |
01 1818 East Shelby LLC Residence |
Style: |
Colonial |
Neighborhood: |
Montlake |
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Year Built: |
1926 |
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Significance |
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This 1926 residence, located in the Montlake Park Addition, has been extensively remodeled and is not a contributing resource to the Montlake NRHP Historic District. The earliest known owners were C. Lincoln (Jr.) & Helena Erwin, in 1928. He was a salesman for Marine National Co. In 1938, it was owned by Edmund S. Cragin, a salesman for Cragin and Co., and his wife, Idol. The owners in 1958 were Joseph J. (Westlake Motors) and Mary Meknes.
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 1.5 story side-gabled Colonial Bungalow was originally a one story house with a prominent entry porch with a flat roof, columns and a roof-line balustrade, flanked by leaded windows. In about 1951, a large roof dormer with a two-part double-hung window was added above the central entry. The entry was moved to the west end of the front façade, while the window grouping was moved to the center of the façade. The second three-part window grouping remains in its original location on the east end of the front façade. A brick stoop leads to the original six-paneled entry door flanked by side lights. The flat-roofed entry porch now extends three quarters of the length of the front façade and transitions to a trellis element above the central window grouping. The porch roof/trellis is supported by slender Doric columns. A trellis element supported by similar columns creates a semi-covered porch over a secondary entry on the west façade. The double hung windows in the gable have been replaced with a new Palladian-style window. A prominent new chimney is located in the center of the house at the roof ridge.
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