| Historic Name: |
Asia Residence |
Common Name: |
11 Hardy Residence |
| Style: |
Tudor |
Neighborhood: |
Montlake |
| Built By: |
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Year Built: |
1925 |
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| Significance |
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This generally intact Tudor Revival, built in 1925, is associated with 1920s-era the development in Montlake area and is a contributing resource to the Montlake NRHP Historic District. Charles Parker was a tenant in this house in 1938. Hershell Asia bought the house in 1939. An executive assistant at SHA, B. Warner & Eva Shippee owned it in 1948. The home was owned by Hubert Jensen, President, Commercial Fidelity Corp. and his wife, Ruth in 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), 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
Polk Directory of Seattle, 1938-1958.
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 lot enclosed by a low wood fence and hedge with lawn, foundation shrubs and small trees. It has a steep side-gable roof with a two story cross gable on the left side. A nested gable entry bay projecting from the center of the façade has an arched vent in the gable, and all gables have return eaves. Small shed dormers project from the north and south slopes of the front facing gable and a large hipped dormer projects from the right side of the façade. The arched entry recessed under the porch gable has a newer Craftsman style door. Windows on either side of the porch are wide fixed wood sash flanked by narrow leaded casements in wide wood surrounds. The paired vinyl sash in the gable has false muntins and an infilled arch transom; other windows are a mix of similar sash. A stucco chimney is on the south gable wall and the driveway on the south side leads to double garage (1953). |
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