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Common Name: |
03 Journey Residence |
| Style: |
Colonial - Colonial Revival |
Neighborhood: |
Montlake |
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Year Built: |
1922 |
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| Significance |
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This residence, located in the Montlake Park Addition, was built in 1922 in the Colonial Revival style. It originally featured a wood shingle siding, a symmetrical facade, a prominent center entry with a pedimented porch roof and single and paired double hung wood windows with six over one sash. This house has been altered with the installation of wide asbestos shingle siding, a wide, enclosed shed roofed entry porch, and a new box bay to the east of the enclosed entry. Large picture windows replace the original pared double hung windows on the front facade, first floor. These changes have significantly altered the original character of this building. The primary facade is no longer symmetrical, the character-defining pedimented projecting porch is gone, and the new porch is out of scale and incompatible with the original Colonial Revival style. This house is not a contributing resources 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).
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| Appearance |
| This two-story, side gable house has return eaves, asbestos shingle siding, and a brick chimney on the west facade. Single and double six-over-one double hung wood windows, some with shutters, are typical. The raised entry porch is enclosed, with a shed roof, double-hung multi-pane window facing front and the entry door facing west. The entry is accessed by concrete steps descending to the east and west with a landing in the middle and wrought iron railings. To the east of the porch is a projecting bay with a shed roof and large, newer multi-pane picture window. To the west of the porch is another newer picture window. The housed sits on a gently sloping site with lawn and a few foundation plantings. A wide concrete driveway on the west side leads to a flat roofed garage with a roll-up paneled door in the rear. |
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