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Queen Anne |
Neighborhood: |
Crown Hill/Ballard |
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1900 |
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Residential Ballard is generally described as extending from the 8th Avenue NW to the east and the bluff to the west, and from NW 85th Street on the north to NW 65th Street to the south. The area primarily contains single family houses, but also includes a collection of mutli-family dwellings, commercial buildings, schools, churches, and other buildings. Most of the historic buildings in Ballard are modest cottages and builder's houses, and were not architect-designed. Building styles include, but are not limited to, Victorian (primarily Queen Anne), vernacular, Craftsman, American Foursquare, Colonial Revival (including variations), Tudor Revival, Minimal Traditional, and Ranch. The historic building fabric of Ballard is threatened by a rapid pace of development.
The City of Ballard was incorporated in 1890. It was the first community to incorporate after Washington achieved statehood in 1889. Although population increased rapidly, north Ballard was still relatively rural. In 1907, primarily due to lack of adequate water for its population of 15,000, Ballard citizens voted to be annexed to Seattle to ensure a good water supply for the area.
After annexation Ballard’s street names were changed to conform to Seattle’s: Ship Street turned into 65th Street, Main Street became 15th Avenue. During the Great Depression and World War II, construction in Ballard nearly ground to a halt, with the exception of some houses built by Earl F. Mench. However, following World War II, fueled by the G.I. bill and the rise of the automobile, Ballard boomed again, and new housing followed. In recent years, the demand for new housing has spurred a tremendous amount of change in Ballard, with old, modest houses being replaced by large box houses and multi-family units. These changes threaten to alter the character and feeling of this historic neighborhood.
According to the online King County
Assessor’s Report and the Property Record Card, this house was built in 1900 or
1906, respectively. It is located in the Leary Acre Tracts (1901), Lot 18,
later subdivided as parcel No. A of short plat no. 76-157.
The house was built on Spruce St. [now 12th]
just north of Schooner [now 75th], but went through several address changes as
the area was developed and new streets were cut through. The Ferry-Leary Land
Co. sold the lot to Maria Erickson (1859–1923) in 1902. The earliest entry for
this property is in the 1904 Ballard City Directory, which lists Fred Erickson
(1862–1935), a blacksmith on Schooner at the corner of Spruce. In 1905 and
1906, he is listed at west side Spruce 2 north of Schooner, and in 1907 he is
listed at Schooner near Spring. Erickson was born in Denmark, and was a
blacksmith for Globe Construction Co. in 1904, Seattle Ship Yards Co. in 1905,
and Erickson and Benson in 1906 and 1907.
In 1907, Maria Erickson sold the property to
Paul Peterson/Petterson (1867–19??), a Norwegian born sewer contractor, and his
Icelandic wife Sarah (1864–1916). Their first listing in the 1908 Seattle City Directory
shows the address as 7527 12th Av. NW. In the 1910 U.S. Census they are listed
immediately following Fred and Marie Ericksen, and in 1911 their 14-year-old
daughter Pearl submitted a “Daffydill” to the Seattle Times as part of an
ongoing contest: “If Edith ran a race with Victoria, would she have to Hyak to
Kitsap? Piers to me she auto.”
In 1914 the Petterson’s sold the property to Ida M.
Spinney and her husband David A. Spinney. Although there is a later deed in
1917 from Sarah Petterson deceased to her daughter Pearl Olive Petterson, and both
Paul and Pearl are listed as living in the home in 1918. Meanwhile, David
A. Spinney and wife Ida are also living in the home by 1917 and through 1920.
Ida was born in Nebraska and David, a ship worker, house mover, and building
contractor, was born in Maine. David died sometime prior to 1924, when Ida is
last listed living in the home.
In 1925, Ida M. Gray (nee Spinney) sold the property to William
Wagner. The Property Record card,
however, shows Wagner as the fee owner of the home in 1919. William Wagner and
his investment
company have several real estate contracts on the home between 1926 and 1937,
including one in 1937 to Harold Ingersoll, and his wife Caroline. Wagner in
1947 deeds the property to the Ingersolls. At that time the address had changed
to 7526 13th NW, because 13th had only recently been added as a street and the
home was closer to 13th than it was to 12th. A permit for a chicken house
was issued in 1937, and the King County Property Record Card remarks about the
house and neighborhood: “Mostly old dwellings and vacant property on this
street also across the street from school.”
Harold V. Ingersoll (1889–1961) lived in Seattle
since 1909 and was a long-shoreman. He was a native of Elk River, Minnesota, he
served with a forestry unit in the Canadian Army in Europe during the First
World War, and had also been a plasterer. After he died in 1961, his wife
Caroline N. continued to live in the home. In 1975. John W. Rawlings lived in
the home., h 7526 13th AV. NW
Jewell Harrison and Jewell Properties Construction owned the property in 1978,
and the lot was
subdivided as parcel A of short plat no. 76-157, with a flag lot in the back as
Parcel B. A garage was
removed to make way for Parcel B, which received a new “unique contemporary”
home with “Mt.
Rainier View”, vaulted ceilings and more, and was offered for sale by Jewell
properties. The address of the old home (Parcel A) changed at this time to 7530
13th Ave. NW.
Subsequent owners
include: Frances C. Bedrod/Bedford (later Schroeder with husband Jerome
A.
Schroeder) (from 1980–1993), Barbara A. Pratt (later Kobets with husband Sergey
Kobets) (from
1993–2003), and James L. and Hannah R. Eymann, the current owners, as of May
2016 (from 2003–).
Jewell Harrison and Jewell Properties Construction owned the property in 1978,
and the lot was
subdivided as parcel A of short plat no. 76-157, with a flag lot in the back as
Parcel B. A garage was
removed to make way for Parcel B, which received a new “unique contemporary”
home with “Mt.
Rainier View”, vaulted ceilings and more, and was offered for sale by Jewell
properties. The address of the old home (Parcel A) changed at this time to 7530
13th Ave. NW.
Subsequent owners include: Frances C.
Bedrod/Bedford (later Schroeder with husband Jerome A.
Schroeder) (from 1980–1993), Barbara A. Pratt (later Kobets with husband Sergey
Kobets) (from
1993–2003), and James L. and Hannah R. Eymann, the current owners, as of May
2016 (from 2003–).
Sources:
Cole’s Seattle Directories. 2005 - 2015.
Polk’s Seattle City Directories. 1900 – 1994.
King County Department of Assessments (2016). http://gismaps.kingcounty.gov/parcelviewer2,
accessed 5/31/2016.
King County Plat Maps, King County Recorder's Office. http://146.129.54.93:8193/localization/menu.asp
accessed 5/31/2016.
King County Property Record Card. Washington State Archives. Puget Sound Regional Branch.
King County Recorder’s Office (2016). http://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/records-licensing/recorders-
office.aspx accessed 5/31/2016.
Sanborn Map Company (Sanborn)
1905 Seattle, Washington 1904-1905. Sanborn Map Company, Seattle, Washington. Electronic
document, http://www.spl.org, accessed May 31, 2016.
1917 Seattle, Washington 1917. Sanborn Map Company, Seattle, Washington. Electronic
document, http://www.spl.org, accessed May 31, 2016.
The Seattle Daily Times
Houses, 7526 13th Ave. NW, Jewell Properties, September 10, 1978.
In the Money - Pearl Petterson, August 12, 1911.
Obituary for Harold V. Ingersoll, March 13, 1961.
Washington Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes. Electronic document via Ancestry Library Edition,
http://www.spl.org, accessed 5/ 2016.
United States Federal Census. 1880–1940. Electronic document via HeritageQuest Online,
http://www.spl.org, accessed 5/ 2016.
Washington, County Land Records, 1850-1954. King County Deed and Mortgage Indexes.
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1762885?collectionNameFilter=false, accessed 5/31/2016.
References:
Ballard Historical Society Classic Home Tour guides.
Crowley, Walt. Seattle Neighborhoods: Ballard--Thumbnail History. HistoryLink File # 983, accessed 6/1/16.
King County Tax Assessor Records, 1937-2014.
McAlester, Virginia Savage.
A Field Guide to American Houses (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Alfred A> Knopf Press, 2013.
Oschsner, Jeffrey Karl
Shaping Seattle Architecture: A Historical Guide to the Architects. Seattle, WA: University of
Washington Press, 1994.
Passport to Ballard: The Centennial Story. Seattle, WA: Ballard News Tribune, 1988.
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| Appearance |
Plat: LEARY ACRE TRACTS PARCEL A OF CITY OF SEATTLE SP # 76-157 REC AF #7802230844 SD SP DAF - W 1/2 EXCEPT N 40 FT THOF AND LESS ST
Plat Block:
Plat Lot: 18
This ca. 1900 Queen Anne house is 1.5 stories and has a cross-gable roof with an
additional, smaller front-facing gable to the left of the main gable. The roof is clad in
asphalt shingles and the walls are clad in horizontal board siding with a section of square
and diamond wood shingles in stripes under the gable ends. The gables all have eave
returns. The front two gables each have two one-over-one light windows and the side
gable has one single-pane, fixed window. Two bay windows with hip roofs are located on
the first floor of the side façade. A first floor addition with a hip roof is located on the
right half of the front façade and features a tripartite window, each part featuring two
panes, and a square, fixed window. The remaining portion of the front façade has a porch
reached by three cement steps. The porch is shaded by a structure of evenly spaced beams
held up by turned wood columns. Three one-over-one light windows look out on the
porch.
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