| Historic Name: |
Friedlander Residence |
Common Name: |
01 Walther Residence |
| Style: |
Tudor |
Neighborhood: |
Montlake |
| Built By: |
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Year Built: |
1925 |
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| Significance |
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This 1924 residence, located in the Montlake Park Addition, is a good example of the revival styles popular at that time and is associated with 1920s-era development in Montlake. Despite rear additions, the house retains its original appearance from the street and is a contributing resource in the Montlake NRHP Historic District. Leonard Friedlander, Assistant Buyer, Sears, Roebuck & Co., owned the home with his wife, Esther, from as early as 1928 through at least the 1950s.
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 house retains its original appearance from the street, although it has two two-story additions on the rear. The house is stucco clad and features a steeply pitched side gable roof and a prominent battered stucco-clad chimney on the front façade. To the west of the chimney is a 10-pane leaded casement window and a set of three French doors with ten-part divided lights. A small lancet window with leaded diamond panes is located to the east of the chimney. Behind the one-story structure is a two-story addition with two side gables running parallel to the original house. The slightly raised site is contained by a low concrete planter at the perimeter containing a neat row of shrubs. A concrete aggregate walk bisects the planter and lawn on the east side of the site and leads to a side gabled covered entry breezeway with Moorish ached openings. At the corner of the east facade is a set of tall, narrow French doors with leaded divided lights and a Moorish arch surround. |
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