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01 Dubree Residence |
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American Foursquare- Colonial |
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Montlake |
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Year Built: |
1925 |
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| Significance |
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This Four Square-style house, located in the Montlake Park Addition, has Colonial Revival and Prairie influences. Built in 1925, it is associated with 1920s era development in the Montlake neighborhood and is a contributing resource in 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 two-story Colonial Revival-style residence has a hipped roof with boxed eaves and clapboard siding. It sits on a gently sloping site with an expansive front lawn and foundations plantings. A wide, concrete walk leads to a projecting covered porch that wraps the east corner of the house. The raised porch has brick steps and sidewalls. Groupings of four wood columns sitting atop brick piers support the flat roof and widow’s walk surrounded by a low wood balustrade above. The wide wood entry door has a divided light window in the upper third. To the west of the entry is a grouping of five, six-over-one wood frame windows on the main floor and a group of three, six-over-one wood windows on the second floor. Above the porch is a pair of six-over-one wood windows. Single and groupings of two and three wood frame windows with divided light uppers are typical throughout. A brick chimney penetrates the roof near the ridge. A trellised gate is located on the west side yard and a trellised fence runs parallel to the house along the east property line. |
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