Seattle Historical Sites

Summary for 3404 19th AVE / Parcel ID 3726800420 / Inv #

Historic Name: Common Name: Style: Arts & Crafts - Swiss Chalet Neighborhood: Beacon Hill Built By: Year Built: 1910   Significance Built in 1910, the building was purchased by Christine Jansen in December of 1936, and she lived in the building through 1966. The building sold again in 1968 when Milton Holze moved into the building. Mr. Holze stayed through 1970. Beacon Hill is a long north-south tending ridge located southeast of downtown Seattle and stands 350 feet at its highest point. The hill’s steep topography deterred substantial Euro-American settlement through the early 1880s. Then, development of the area was stimulated by the introduction of streetcar lines in the 1890s, its proximity to Seattle’s main industrial area to the west, and the regrading of the hill’s north end in the early 1900s. Originally acquired by the City in 1898, Jefferson Park was integrated into Seattle’s Olmsted system of parks, and the Olmsted Brothers prepared a plan for the park in 1912. The first public golf course west of the Mississippi opened at Jefferson Park in 1915. Jefferson Park has exerted a profound positive influence on the development of the Beacon Hill neighborhood. Because of its proximity to the International District, Japanese and Chinese families moved to Beacon Hill starting in the 1920s. World War I and II stimulated a surge in housing development associated with wartime industry. The construction of Interstate 5 in the 1960s and Interstate 90 in the 1980s sliced through the neighborhoods and contributed to Beacon Hill’s relative isolation. Today, Beacon Hill is an ethnically diverse working class community, which has a mixed Asian, Chicano, African American, and Caucasian population.   Appearance Built in 1910, this Swiss Chalet-influenced, Arts & Crafts style, single-family bungalow stands on a rectangular lot. The building is oriented to Nineteenth Avenue South on a flat site 3’ above street level. This 1240 square foot, one-and-a-half story house with a full daylight basement features a rectangular plan, measuring approximately 43’ by 30’, with a 4’ by 24’ front porch. A poured concrete foundation supports the wood frame, brick veneer and stucco-clad superstructure with half-timbering in the half story. The brick veneer wraps the building, ending just below the first story window sills. Asphalt composition roofing covers the cross gable roof. Broad overhanging gables with exposed purlins and diagonal braces with prominent bargeboards define the roofline. Multiple lite wood sash windows provide day lighting. Decorative bent iron half story balconies highlight the gable ends. Two direct flights of stairs lead from street level to the front porch. A low brick railing wraps the porch, supporting two wood piers at either end that carry the extended roofline. The two piers permit a broad clear span across the front of the porch. A low concrete retaining wall extends along the front yard.

Detail for 3404 19th AVE / Parcel ID 3726800420 / Inv #

Status: Yes - Inventory Classication: Building District Status: Cladding(s): Stucco Foundation(s): Concrete - Poured Roof Type(s): Gable Roof Material(s): Asphalt/Composition Building Type: Domestic - Single Family Plan: Rectangular Structural System: No. of Stories: Unit Theme(s): Integrity Changes to Plan: Slight Changes to Windows: Slight Changes to Original Cladding: Slight Major Bibliographic References City of Seattle DCLU Microfilm Records. King County Property Record Card (c. 1938-1972), Washington State Archives. Polk's Seattle Directories, 1890-1996. City of Seattle. Survey of City-Owned Historic Resources. Prepared by Cathy Wickwire, Seattle, 2001. Forms for Ravenna Park structures. Tobin, Caroline. (2004) "Beacon Hill Historic Context Statement."

Photo collection for 3404 19th AVE / Parcel ID 3726800420 / Inv #

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