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Common Name: |
02 Burkland Residence |
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Colonial - Colonial Revival |
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Montlake |
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Year Built: |
1970 |
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| Significance |
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Although this residence, located in the Montlake Park Addition, was designed in the Colonial Revival style, it was constructed in 1970, which is outside the period of significance for the Montlake National Register Historic District. It is a non-historic, non-contributing resource to this 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 house sits on slightly elevated lot with a low concrete wall and a row of boxwood shrubs at the perimeter, flat lawn and foundation shrubs and trees bisected by a concrete aggregate walk. The house features a side gable roof, symmetrical facade, and clapboard siding. The second floor overhangs the first floor slightly. The center entry is covered by a projecting classical portico supported by round columns at the corners. The shallow brick porch is brick and the entry door is paneled wood flanked by sidelights with four divided lights and paneling below. On the first floor, two six-over-six double hung windows with wood shutters are located on either side of the entry. Five of the same style windows are located on the second floor; one directly over the entry and two above the first floor windows. The same windows are found on the east and west facades, with the addition of fan-shaped windows in the gable ends. A brick chimney pierces the eaves on the east facade. To the rear of the house is a two-story gabled addition, a one story rounded, hipped roof addition, and a one-story attached garage that is accessed off of the alley. A tall unpainted wood fence encloses the rear yard. |
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