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Common Name: |
06 Fein Residence |
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Colonial - Colonial Revival |
Neighborhood: |
Montlake |
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Year Built: |
1925 |
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| Significance |
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This residence is a good and intact example of the Colonial Revival style. Built in 1925, it is associated with the 1920s developmental era in the Montlake neighborhood. With the exception of the replacement of the original highly decorative Moorish-motif porch roof with a classical pedimented roof and a newer paneled garage door, this house 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 prominent two-and-a-half-story residence sits high above the street on a raised, terraced lot with a rockery, mature shrubs, lawn and trees flanking a concrete driveway near the south side of the site at grade. The driveway leads to a one-story concrete garage that sits proud of the house at the basement level. The garage door is newer and paneled with lights in the upper third. Wide concrete steps at the north side of the site lead up to a raised center entry porch. The house faces east and features a side gabled roof with skylights ad boxed eaves with exposed rafter ends and returns. It is clad in stucco and the primary facade is symmetrical. The wood frame entry door is divided into 15 lights with flanking 5-part divided sidelights. The entry is sheltered by a projecting pedimented porch roof supported by paired columns on either side. Matching three-part wood frame picture windows with 12-over-1 fixed centers and 6-over-1 sides flank the entry on the main floor. Above these windows on the second floor are paired 8-over-1 double-hung wood frame windows. A single, wide 10-over-1 wood frame window is above the entry pediment. Single and paired double-hung wood frame windows are typical on the north and south facades. A brick chimney pierces the eaves on the north facade and a tall wood fence encloses the side yard to the south. The corner of a one-story addition to the rear is visible from the south. |
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