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Common Name: |
Hi Spot Café |
| Style: |
Commercial, Queen Anne |
Neighborhood: |
Madrona |
| Built By: |
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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 Seattle Landmarks Preservation Ordinance. |
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This is a typical and intact example of the changes that occurred in single family neighborhoods as they developed into commercial districts. This house was built in 1901, a few years before the streetcar line came to 34th Avenue and Union Street. In 1923, as the intersection became more commercial, a small storefront was added in front of, and slightly to the south of, the house. Both buildings have a high degree of architectural integrity.
In the 1930s the small commercial building was a lending library, run by Mrs. Lillian Victor. It later became a real estate office. The house remained in residential use until recently. Both buildings are currently occupied by a restaurant.
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| Appearance |
| The house, in a simplified Queen Anne style, has a hipped roof with a gabled wing in front. It is 2-1/2 stories, tall and narrow in form. Cladding is clapboard with cornerboards. A cornice with extended rafters runs from the hipped section to the gabled section, between the second and third floors. A small entry porch with a flat roof is at the northwest corner; it is supported by a single square post. The front elevation has a pair of one-over-one double hung windows on the first and second floors. A single similar window is above the porch, with others on the side and rear elevations. The gable end has a single horizontal window.
The small store building, only eighteen feet wide, has a flat roof with a shallow gabled parapet and lap siding with cornerboards. The front is almost all glass, with wood sash and tall transoms and a cornice along the top of the windows. The windows extend about two feet along the side elevations,with an attached column with a simple capitol at each corner. |
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