| Historic Name: |
White Residence |
Common Name: |
46 Clarkson Residence |
| Style: |
Tudor |
Neighborhood: |
Montlake |
| Built By: |
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Year Built: |
1929 |
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| Significance |
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This Tudor Revival residence, built in 1929, is associated with the late 1920s developmental era in the Montlake neighborhood. The original arched porch hood has been replaced with a larger flat roof that extends the length of the concrete porch. Otherwise, the house remains remarkably intact and is a contributing resource to the Montlake NRHP Historic District.The earliest known owners were Victor H. & Ruth White, in 1938; he was a business manager for Apartment House Magazine and manager for Tenants Service Bureau. It was owned by Paul A. Umoff, who worked for a Steamship Agency, and his wife, Eugenia, in the late 1940s. In 1958, the home was owned by Deward C. (a Boeing engineer) & Marlene Akers.
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 1-1/2 story brick-clad house has a cross-gable roof form with clipped north and south gable ends, stucco cladding and half-timbering in the gable-front, and a large flat-roofed brick-clad roof dormer. The wood door in the center has a small window and the cantilevered concrete porch above the garage has a wrought-iron railing. The porch is sheltered by a newer flat projecting roof covered in vines. A 3-part picture window with a fixed center flanked by 6/1 leaded double-hung windows is located to the south of the entry and a single 6/1 leaded double hung-window is located to the north. A pair of diamond-pane leaded casements are located in the gable-end and a single leaded casement is in the dormer. A tall brick chimney is on the south facade and a covered projecting porch is on the north facade. The south half of the site is raised with a rockery at the perimeter, dense shrubs and concrete steps and a walkway. A concrete retaining wall divides the raised side from the concrete driveway at grade leading to an attached garage with a paneled door.
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