| Historic Name: |
Bell Residence |
Common Name: |
46 Ashman 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-style. Built in 1926, it is associated with the 1920s developmental era in the Montlake neighborhood, and is a contributing resource to the Montlake NRHP Historic District.The earliest known owners of this house, in 1928, were Arthur W. & Florence Bell; he was a sales manager for Broadway Empire Laundry Co. Their ownership continued through 1938. The home was owned by Jack F. (sales manager for Am-Marietta Co.) & Martha Dykstra in 1948. William W. Herm, a chemist, and his wife, Elizabeth, owned it through at least the 1950s.
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 1 ½-story Tudor house has a gable-front & wing form with a steeply pitched front gabled section, a gabled enclosed porch and a gabled roof dormer. It is clad in clapboard siding with stucco and false-timbering in the gable end and stucco on the enclosed porch and dormer. The porch enclosure has an offset arched opening, a narrow rectangular window and concrete steps with sloping concrete sidewalls. The door is wood with a half-moon transom. Three-part picture windows with fixed centers and mulit-pane leaded casement sides flank the entry. Leaded Gothic-arched windows are in the gable ends. All windows have wood frames. A brick chimney pierces the eaves on the north facade. The site is gently sloped with lawn, foundation shrubs and trees, a concrete walk and steps and a freestanding wood trellis on the north side. |
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