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Common Name: |
03 Johnson Residence |
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Arts & Crafts - Craftsman |
Neighborhood: |
Montlake |
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Year Built: |
1925 |
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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 1925, it is associated with the 1920s developmental era in the Montlake area. Its historic features are remarkably intact and 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 Craftsman-style residence is one-and-one-half stories in height with a side gable roof with eave returns and a gable front roof dormer. It has clapboard siding. The raised entry porch is accessed by concrete steps at below the northeast corner of the house. The entry door is located at the west end of the front facade and is sheltered by a prominent projecting gable-front roof with a rounded opening. A wood trellis extends from the edge of the porch roof to the northeast corner of the house. Both the trellis and porch roof are supported by round wood columns with a wrought iron railing between. The entry door is paneled wood flanked by divided sidelights. To the east of the entry, beneath the trellis, is a three-part, wood frame picture window with a fixed center and flanking double hung sides. A group of three small wood windows are located in the dormer. A low one-story side gabled bay houses a raised secondary entry toward the rear of the east facade. Single wood frame windows and paired double hung windows are typical throughout. The site is gently bermed with lawn and foundation shrubs. A wide concrete paver driveway along the east side of the house leads to a detached garage in the rear. |
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