| Historic Name: |
Holtz Residence |
Common Name: |
11 Kay Residence |
| Style: |
Colonial - Dutch Colonial |
Neighborhood: |
Montlake |
| Built By: |
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Year Built: |
1920 |
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| Significance |
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Despite infill of a basement garage opening, this two-story Dutch Colonial Revival style residence is generally intact. Built in 1920, it is associated with 1920s-era the development in Montlake area and is a contributing resource to the Montlake NRHP Historic District. The earliest known owner, in 1938, wasTheodora Holtz. Richard Denman, a student, was a tenant in 1948. In 1956 Lloyd Holtz, an attorney, and his wife Ethel, inherited the home from Theodora Holtz.
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), the Museum of History and Industry (1952) 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 stucco-clad house has a shallow setback on a flat corner lot with lawn and mature foundation shrubs and trees. It has a side-gambrel roof with return and a full shed dormer across the front. The entry at the center of the symmetrical façade has a gabled pediment with carved supports sheltering a porch with brick clad sidewalls and piers with metal rails and a single French door. Grouped wood sash windows on either side of the porch are narrower sash flanking a wider sash, all with divided lights in the upper sash. Windows on each end of the dormer are single wood sash in a similar divided light pattern and a smaller sash of similar style in the center. Most other windows are similar divided light wood sash or plain casement sash. A stucco chimney pierces the eaves in the south gable wall. The basement garage entry below the south elevation has been infilled with new window sash. |
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