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01 Norwood Residence |
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Colonial |
Neighborhood: |
Montlake |
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1925 |
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| Significance |
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This residence, located in the Montlake Park Addition, is a good example of the Colonial Bungalow style. Built in 1925, it is associated with 1920s-era the development in the Montlake area. It has been altered with a two-story addition to the rear, gabled dormer at the roof ridge and prominent wood trellis element projecting on either side of the center gabled porch but it retains sufficient character to be a contributing resource to the Montlake NRHP 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-a-half story clapboard-clad Colonial Bungalow has a side gable roof form with clipped gable ends, eave returns and eyebrow dormers. It sits on a gently sloping site with a low concrete masonry unit retaining wall at the perimeter topped with boxwood shrubs. Lawn and shrubs flank the center concrete walk. Poured concrete porch steps with sloping concrete sidewalls and wrought iron railings lead to the raised, full width porch. The front door is sheltered by a prominent clipped end gable with an arched soffit supported by classical round columns. A wood trellis extends to the east and west of the central porch gable, also supported by round columns. The trellis extends over the concrete driveway on the west side of the site, which leads to a clipped gable front detached garage in the rear. The front door is paneled with a decorative leaded glass window and floral motif leaded glass sidelights. Picture windows with decorative leaded glass uppers and wide wood frames flank the entry. Leaded window groupings are typical on the east and west facades. |
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