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Common Name: |
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| Style: |
Tudor |
Neighborhood: |
Mount Baker |
| Built By: |
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Year Built: |
1929 |
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| Significance |
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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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Built in 1929, this building was owned by Frank Dever. Troy L. and Bernice A. Carey purchased the building in May of 1937. Mr. Carey was a salesperson for Fiberboard Products. The Carey’s resided previously at 3857 Cascadia Avenue South. By 1954, James A. Panlener lived in the building. Charles Henderson bought the building in March of 1956 for $20,000, and it was purchased by Roderick W. Green in May of 1963 for $22,500.
The Mount Baker neighborhood comprises two north-south tending ridges located southeast of downtown Seattle along Lake Washington. Initial development of the area occurred relatively late, post-1900, following the construction of the Rainier Avenue Electric Street Railway in the 1890s. York Station on Rainier Avenue and the Dose Addition were developed earlier than the Mount Baker Park Addition, platted in 1907 by the Hunter Tract Improvement Company. The Mount Baker Park Addition represents the core of the neighborhood and is its primary character-defining feature. Mount Baker Park is one of Seattle’s earliest planned residential communities that successfully integrated the natural environment and a relatively exclusive residential neighborhood in its layout of lots, streets, boulevards, and parks. The houses, primarily built between 1905 and 1929, reflect a variety of eclectic and Northwest-based architectural styles, and include designs by many prominent local architects.
Other important influences were the streetcar connection with downtown Seattle, the integration of local parks and boulevards into the Olmsted system, the construction of Franklin High School in 1912, and the building of the Mount Baker tunnel and Lacey V. Murrow Floating Bridge to Mercer Island in 1940. Today this middle-to-upper income neighborhood remains predominantly residential, is home to an ethnically diverse population, and retains much of its planned character.
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| Appearance |
| Built in 1929, this vertically-emphasized, Tudor Revival style, single-family dwelling stands on a rectangular corner lot. The building is oriented to Bella Vista Avenue South on a flat site 6’ above street level. This 1116 square foot, two-story house with a full basement features an L-shaped plan, measuring overall approximately 50’ by 25’, with a recessed front entrance. A poured concrete foundation supports the wood frame, brick- (first story) and stucco with half-timber- (second story) clad superstructure. Asphalt composition roofing covers the steeply pitched cross gable roof and shed roof wall dormer. Flush, plain eaves and gables define the roofline. Wood sash windows provide day lighting. An oriel window with standing seam copper roofing projects from the front façade. Two flights of stairs lead from the sidewalk to the recessed front entrance. A prominent brick gable end exterior chimney services the building. The decorative half-timber panels, wall dormer, and substantial massing set this building apart as unique. |
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| Status: |
Yes - Inventory |
| Classication: |
Building |
District Status: |
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| Cladding(s): |
Stucco, Brick - Common Bond |
Foundation(s): |
Concrete - Poured |
| Roof Type(s): |
Gable |
Roof Material(s): |
Asphalt/Composition |
| Building Type: |
Domestic - Single Family |
Plan: |
L-Shape |
| Structural System: |
Balloon Frame/Platform Frame |
No. of Stories: |
two |
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| Integrity |
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Changes to Windows: |
Intact |
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Changes to Original Cladding: |
Intact |
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Changes to Plan: |
Intact |
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| Major Bibliographic References |
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City of Seattle DCLU Microfilm Records.
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King County Property Record Card (c. 1938-1972), Washington State Archives.
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Polk's Seattle Directories, 1890-1996.
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City of Seattle. Survey of City-Owned Historic Resources. Prepared by Cathy Wickwire, Seattle, 2001. Forms for Ravenna Park structures.
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Historic Seattle Preservation and Development Authority. "Mount Baker: An Inventory of Buildings and Urban Design Resources."
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Mount Baker Community Club. Flowers We All Love Best in Mount Baker Park, (reprint of 1915 ed.)
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Tobin, Caroline. (2004) "Mount Baker Historic Context Statement."
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