| Historic Name: |
Andrews Residence |
Common Name: |
10 Kaplan Residence |
| Style: |
Tudor |
Neighborhood: |
Montlake |
| Built By: |
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Year Built: |
1926 |
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| Significance |
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This residence is a good and intact example of the Tudor Revival style. Built in 1926, it is associated with 1920s era development in the Montlake neighborhood. This house retains a high degree of integrity and is a contributing resource in the Montlake NRHP Historic District. The earliest known owners, in 1938, were Reed (Lola) Andrews, branch manager of the Stecher-Traung Lithograph Company, who remained at least through 1958.
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 two-story Tudor-style residence sits high above the street on a bermed site with a rockery, terraced shrubs, a mature tree at the northwest corner and a driveway on the west. Wide concrete steps with a wrought iron railing lead up to the house. The house has a side-gabled roof with clipped ends and two prominent gable-front sections. All windows are wood frame with diamond pane leaded glass. An arched entry and a stained paneled oak door with a clover shaped window is located in the lower gable-front section, which also has a small arched window to the east, a three-part window that extends into a one-story shed-roofed section to the west, and a casement window and half-timbering in the gable end. The taller gable-front section features single and paired casement windows on the second floor and a three-part casement on the ground floor. A tall, prominent stucco-clad chimney pierces the apex of the gable. King County Tax Assessors records indicate that a one-story addition and a new detached garage were constructed in 2005, but the addition is not visible from the front and the garage is located in the rear of the site. |
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