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Queen Anne |
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University |
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Year Built: |
1901 |
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| Significance |
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In the opinion of the survey, this property appears to meet the criteria of the National Register of Historic Places. |
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In the opinion of the survey, this property appears to meet the criteria of the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Ordinance. |
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This house is one of the oldest in the area, built in 1901. The names of the builder and original owner are not known. It is one of the few houses in the University District with a Queen Anne architectural style.
The house was owned by J.W. Allen in the 1920s and 1930s. It was purchased by Regina V. Williams in 1959, and the Williams family continued to live in the house until the 1980s.
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| Appearance |
| This Queen Anne style, vernacular house is distinctive for its square corner tower and is both older and more elaborate than its neighbors. It has a cross gable roof form with a tower on the southwest corner above the main entrance. It has double hung windows with a cross-hatched pattern in the upper sash. The house is clad in clapboard. On the gable end, west elevation, there are patterned decorative shingles, with a diamond pattern above the window. The asymmetrical entrance and plan, use of some patterned shingles and tower are all commonly found on Queen Anne-style houses. The pyramidal roof of the tower has a slight flare. There are three polygonal bay windows on the west, south, and north elevations. There is an external chimney on the north side of the house.
The house is relatively unaltered, except the porch posts have been replaced. Originally there were two narrow columns above a clapboard clad base on either side; the bases and columns have been replaced by square posts. |
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