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05 McLain Residence |
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Tudor - Cottage |
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Montlake |
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Year Built: |
1930 |
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| Significance |
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This residence is a good and intact example of the Cottage Tudor style. Built in 1930, it is associated with late 1920s and early 1930s-era development in the Montlake neighborhood. It retains a remarkable degree of integrity 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 one-and-a-half story cross gabled, painted brick clad residence sits high atop a bermed site with dense, mature plantings and concrete steps with wrought iron railings leading to a raised entry porch at the north end supported on a brick foundation. A concrete retaining wall divides the planted area from a paved driveway to the south that leads to a single attached garage at the basement level of the gable-front section, which features a cat-slide roof with decorative, notched barge boards. The sixteen panel garage door has lighted uppers. Above the garage door is a large, arched, wood frame picture window with a fixed center and divided leaded sidelights and transoms. A pair of wood frame casements are located in the gable end. Paired wood windows are typical on non-primary facades and all windows have brick sills and soldier-coursed brick lintels. The flush, entry door is located to the north of the picture window, beneath the sloping portion of the roof. The door is unpainted oak, with a tall, narrow diamond pane leaded window in the upper center. The entry is sheltered by a projecting canvas canopy supported by thin metal tube columns at the corners. A single, fixed window with decorative leading displaying the house number is located to the north of the entry, and another picture window is at the northernmost end of the side gabled section. A tall brick chimney pierces the eaves on the south facade. |
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