| Historic Name: |
Riddle Residence |
Common Name: |
46 Harrison Residence |
| Style: |
Tudor |
Neighborhood: |
Montlake |
| Built By: |
|
Year Built: |
1922 |
| |
| Significance |
|
|
This residence is a good and intact example of the Tudor Revival style. Built in 1922, it is associated with 1920s era development in the Montlake neighborhood. It retains remarkable integrity and is a contributing resource to the Montlake NRHP Historic District. The earliest known owners, in 1928, were Tom & Blanche Riddle; he was a salesman for Aero Alarm Co. It was owned by Roger & Dorothy Shidler of Harroun & Shidler in the 1930s. By 1948, Alfred B. Geyer, a Medical Officer in Charge, US Public Health Service, owned the home. Garfield High School teacher H. Carlton Smith was the owner in the late 1950s with his wife, Wynona.
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.
|
|
| |
| Appearance |
| This 1-1/2 story brick-clad Tudor-style house has a rectangular plan and a steep cross-gable roof with stucco cladding ad false timbering in the gable ends. A tall brick chimney pierces the eaves on the north facade. The enclosed entry porch, at the center of the main (east) facade, has a steep gabled roof arched opening leading to a paneled wood door. To the south of the entry is a stucco-clad hanging box bay with paired 8-part leaded casement windows. To the north of the entry is a group of 3 casement windows with 8-part divided lights and a brick sill and lintel. The gable front features an arched leaded window with half-timbering radiating from it and a decorative band of oval-shaped timbering below. The north half of the site is raised and densely planted with lawn, mature shrubs and tall trees that obscure views to the facade. It is bisected by concrete steps and a walkway leading to the concrete entry stoop. The south half of the site has a concrete driveway leading to an attached garage with a vertically paneled garage door at grade. |
|
|
