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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 1931, this building was purchased by Lincoln and Louise H. Bouillon in March of 1936, and they resided there through 1940. The Bouillon’s previously lived at 4186 Forty-Second Avenue Northeast. Mr. Bouillon was secretary-treasurer of Josiah C. Moore Company, Inc. In May of 1941, Earl W. Gruber bought the residence. By 1943, Richard A. Smith lived in the house. The building sold for $13,000 in 1944. Alex Greenberg lived in the building by 1955. D. Pricer purchased the building in January of 1960 for $17,750. Alfredo Mandapat purchased the building in June of 1961 for $18,750 and remained in the house through 1968. The building underwent an interior remodel in 1962.
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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