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Common Name: |
02 Elliott Residence |
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Arts & Crafts - Craftsman |
Neighborhood: |
Montlake |
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Year Built: |
1914 |
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| Significance |
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This residence, located in the Montlake Park Addition, is a good and intact example of the Craftsman style. Built in 1914 it is associated with the 19-teens developmental era in the Montlake area. Its historic features remain largely intact with the exception of some newer windows. It is 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 large two-story residence faces east to East Montlake Park on Union Bay. It features a gable front roof with wide barge boards and knee braces. A large shed roof dormer is located toward the rear of the south facade and a one story flat roof projection with a roof deck is located at the southeast corner. The first floor is clad in brick with hefty brick piers that extend above the first floor cornice at the corners of the one-story projecting bay and marching along the south facade. A simple wood balustrade between the brick piers encloses a roof deck above one story projection. The second floor is clad in stucco with half timbering. A battered river rock chimney pierces the gable eaves in the center of the east facade. Double-hung wood windows flank the chimney on the second floor and large picture windows flank it on the first floor. The main entry is located beneath and covered by the shed dormer on the south side and is obscured by the one story projection in front. A low brick wall surrounds the site with tall hedges above and tall bricked piers with an arched wrought iron gate at the entry steps and walk. The wide parking strip in front has planted garden boxes. A detached two-story garage with three roll-up doors, a living space above, and detailing similar to the main residence is located along the alley to the west. A tall wood fence attached to the south facade of the garage obscures views to an arched glass and steel greenhouse behind. |
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