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Summary for 5002 20th AVE / Parcel ID 7173700120 / Inv # UD049

Historic Name: Common Name:
Style: Arts & Crafts - Craftsman Neighborhood: University
Built By: Year Built: 1914
 
Significance
In the opinion of the survey, this property is located in a potential historic districe (National and/or local).
This house is significant as a Craftsman Style house that is completely intact. The architect/builder is unknown.
 
Appearance
This one and a half story Craftsman house is sited facing west on its lot. The house is clad in clapboard siding on the first story and wood shingle on the half story. The roof is front gabled with a gabled dormer. An inset front porch runs the full length of the front elevation. The first story of the front elevation has a series of three double-hung windows, the center window larger than the two flanking windows. To the north of the window grouping is the front door and a small horizontal rectangular fixed window to the north. The half story has two double-hung windows with multi-paned upper sashes; below the pair of windows is a wooden window box. On either side of the pair of windows is a small narrow fixed window. The dormer has a pair of double-hung windows with multi-paned upper sashes. On the rear south east corner of the first story is a bay window with a series of four narrow double-hung windows with multi-paned upper sashes.

Detail for 5002 20th AVE / Parcel ID 7173700120 / Inv # UD049

Status: Yes - Inventory
Classication: Building District Status:
Cladding(s): Shingle, Wood - Clapboard Foundation(s): Concrete - Poured
Roof Type(s): Gable Roof Material(s): Asphalt/Composition
Building Type: Domestic - Single Family Plan: Rectangular
Structural System: Balloon Frame/Platform Frame No. of Stories: one & ½
Unit Theme(s): Architecture/Landscape Architecture
Integrity
Changes to Plan: Intact
Changes to Windows: Intact
Changes to Original Cladding: Intact
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.

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