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05 Nelson-Moon Residence |
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Modern |
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Montlake |
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1937 |
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| Significance |
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This residence is a good example of the Minimal Traditional style. Built in 1937, it is associated with the latest developmental era in the Montlake area. One single double-hung window on the front facade has been replaced with a paired, compatible double hung window but despite this modest alteration the house retains sufficient integrity to convey its original style and significance. 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 one-story side-gabled house sits on a flat and irregular shaped lot. It has a long paved driveway at the north end of the lot, leading to a gable-front projecting attached garage with a newer 16-panel door with lights in the second to top row. The paving continues around to the south end and front of the lot, creating a vehicular drive through. A densely planted area between the paved areas and the sidewalk shields the front of the house from the busy street and another planted area is located at the south end of the lot. A second projecting front-facing gable is located at the south end of the house, above a cut-away corner that shelters the entry. A square post supports the recessed porch overhang and the entry door faces south. The front facade features a small octagonal window beneath the south gable and two pairs of wood frame double hung windows with window boxes to the north. A secondary entry is located on the south wall of the projecting garage. The house is clad in horizontal clapboard siding with vertical shiplap siding in the gable ends and the roof is clad in composition shingles. A brick chimney pierces the eaves on the south facade and a second chimney projects above the ridge near the north |
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