Seattle Historical Sites

Summary for 3202 18th AVE / Parcel ID 0606000055 / Inv #

Historic Name: Common Name: Style: Tudor Neighborhood: Beacon Hill Built By: Year Built: 1932   Significance Built in 1932, the building was purchased by Chune Yoke Wong in May of 1937. William Eng resided in the building from 1938 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 1932, this compact, Tudor Revival style, single-family cottage stands on a trapezoidal shaped corner lot at the intersection of South Hanford Street and Eighteenth Avenue South. The building is oriented to Eighteenth Avenue South on a level site. This 1044 square foot, one-and-a-half story house with a full daylight basement features a rectangular plan, measuring 36’ by 29’, with a 5’ by 6’ front stoop. A poured concrete foundation supports the wood frame, brick veneer-clad superstructure. Asphalt composition roofing covers the clipped cross gable roof. The cross gable and gabled stoop roof form double front facing gables. Flush eaves and gable ends with minimal trim define the roofline. Wood sash triple windows consisting of a large fixed central lite flanked by multiple-lite casements provide day lighting on the front facade. Wood sash 1:1 windows punctuate the remainder of the building. A small fixed sash peaked window highlights the front gable end. A concrete sidewalk leads from the street corner to the building’s outer northwest corner. The sidewalk then splits, leading to both the front entrance and a secondary side shed roof covered stoop. A direct flight of stairs leads to the main entrance. Brick piers frame round arched openings below a gabled roof. A prominent brick gable end chimney and smaller internal brick chimney service the building.

Detail for 3202 18th AVE / Parcel ID 0606000055 / Inv #

Status: Yes - Inventory Classication: Building District Status: Cladding(s): Brick Foundation(s): Concrete - Poured Roof Type(s): Gable, Gable - Clipped Roof Material(s): Asphalt/Composition Building Type: Domestic - Single Family Plan: Rectangular Structural System: Balloon Frame/Platform Frame No. of Stories: Unit Theme(s): Integrity Changes to Windows: Intact Changes to Original Cladding: Intact Changes to Plan: 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. 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 3202 18th AVE / Parcel ID 0606000055 / Inv #

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