NEW Montlake Historic Homes

2510 W Montlake Pl E

Built: 1930 Historic Name: Richards Residence Style: Tudor Revival Rank: Historic Contributing
Description: This one and a half-story house has an L-shaped plan and a steep cross- gable roof. Cladding is red brick with clapboard in the side gable ends. The round-arched recessed entry is at the center beneath a steep gabled roof, with concrete stairs and a metal railing. The front gable wing, on the south, has a large three-part window with an arched transom; above this, in the gable end, is a small window. The north side of the gable has a large skylight, while the south side has a small shed dormer. The north side of the facade has pair of single light windows. A basement garage is below the north end.
Cultural: The earliest known owners of this house in 1938 were Gordon J. and Ina Richards. Richards was a prominent figure in Washington golf. He was state PGA champion in 1932 and 1933 and was the golf pro at the Broadmoor, Tacoma and Overlake golf clubs. He later built the Wayne Golf Course in Bothell and owned the Stadium Driving Range near the University of Washington (Seattle Times, 12/3/1995). In 1948 the home was owned by Louis Lavinthal, of Associated Record Distributors and C and C Distributing Co., and Helen Lavinthal. Owners in 1958 were Harry G. (Evie) Rigas in1958, who was secretary-treasurer, Serv-Well Market.
Legal: UNION CITY ADD Parcel: 8805900565 Block: 11 Lot: 9-11 View: King Country Parcel Viewer

2520 W Montlake Pl E

Built: 1930 Historic Name: Reynolds Residence Style: Tudor Revival Rank: Historic Contributing
Description: This one and a half-story house sits above the street with a lawn and rockery. It has an irregular plan and a steep cross-gable roof with a small gabled dormer. Cladding is variegated red brick with clapboard on the dormer. The shed-roofed enclosed entry is near the center, with concrete stairs extending to the north. The front gable wing has a large three-part window; above this, in the gable end, is a small window. The north end of the facade gable has a smaller plate glass window. The north side of the facade has a pair of single light windows. A basement garage is on the side.
Cultural: The earliest known owners, in 1938, were Charles L. (Evelyn) Reynolds,who was a patent attorney at Reynolds and Reynolds. In 1958 the home was owned by Herbert R. (Gisela) Haringer, an engineer at Boeing.
Legal: UNION CITY ADD Parcel: 8805900525 Block: 11 Lot: 4-5 View: King Country Parcel Viewer

2501 W Montlake Pl E

Built: 1931 Historic Name: Taylor Residence Style: Tudor Revival Rank: Historic Contributing
Description: This one-and-a-half story house has a rectangular footprint and a steeply pitched cross gable roof with an exterior chimney on the south elevation. Cladding is brick veneer with a diagonal pattern. The front facade is dominated by an asymmetrical gable end clad with clapboard. The entry is recessed within a round arched opening outlined in stepped brick molding and cast concrete trim. The round-arched wood door has a small rectangular window behind a decorative metal grill. Adjacent to the entry is a long narrow window of colored "bull's eye" patterned glass. North of this is a pair of metal windows, each with an operable 6-light casement sash flanked by two fixed 3-light panes. Above this, on the second floor, is an identical single window. To the north is a small triangular vent of half-round tiles. Behind the front gable, running parallel to the side gable, is a small shed-roofed dormer clad with shingles and with a newer metal 2-light casement window. The south side of the front gable is clad with shingles, with a 6-light casement window.There is a basement garage in the rear.
Cultural: The earliest known owners, in 1938, were Burke W. Taylor, a building manager with Stimson Realty Company, and Dorothy Taylor. In 1948, it was owned by Harold J. Miller, a lawyer, and Evelyn Miller. The owners in 1958were S. M. and Peggy Pitts.
Legal: UNION CITY ADD Parcel: 8805900520 Block: 11 Lot: POR View: King Country Parcel Viewer

2507 W Montlake Pl E

Built: 1929 Historic Name: Spies Residence Style: Tudor Revival Rank: Historic Contributing
Description: This tall two-story house is on a flat lot with shrubs and a wrought iron fence with brick pillars. The house has an irregular footprint and is clad in brick veneer. It has a steeply pitched cross gable roof with a clipped front gable and an exterior chimney on the north elevation. The front facade is asymmetrical, with a projecting front gable section. The entry is at the north end in the side gable section, recessed under a shed roof. The wooden door has exaggerated iron strap hinges and a small colored glass window in the pattern of a shield, behind metal bars. The bottom of the brick walls that surround the entry have an extension that curves out - the south side wall curves to the north, and the north side wall curves to the east. Above the entry is a gabled wall dormer with a 6-light metal casement window. On the first floor next to the entry are two long narrow, fixed windows of colored, "bull's eye" patterned glass, joined under a wide, brick, segmental arch with a rough stucco panel. To the south of these windows is a larger window with a heavy stucco lintel, and wood plank shutters. Above this opening on the second floor is a 6-light metal casement window flanked by fixed 3-light sash and similar shutters.
Cultural: The earliest known owners, in 1938, were Edward R. (Kathryn) Spies, a sales agent with Addressograph Sales Agency. In 1948, it was owned by Lillian M. Young, a bookkeeper. The owners in 1958 were Alfred A. andAdeline Joseph.
Legal: UNION CITY Parcel: 8805900510 Block: 11 Lot: POR View: King Country Parcel Viewer

2511 W Montlake Pl E

Built: 1931 Historic Name: Fellows Residence Style: Tudor Revival Rank: Historic Contributing
Description: This 2-story residence has a rectangular plan and a steeply pitched hipped roof with a front section under a clipped front gable. The roof is clad in patterned composition shingles and has an exterior chimney on the south elevation. The house and chimney are clad in two different types and color of brick, forming a random pattern. The front facade is asymmetrical, with the entry in the south end. The entry is slightly recessed with stucco walls and a vertical wood plank door. The door has exaggerated iron strap hinges and a small window behind a decorative metal grill. Next to the entry is a small 1/1 colored glass window. To the north of the entry is a large window with operable metal casement windows surrounded by fixed sash above and to the sides. Above the entry is a hipped wall dormer with a six-light metal casement flanked by 3-light fixed sash. Below and to the sides of this dormer are three half-timbered sections with heavily patterned brick. Immediatelyadjacent to this half-timbering is a small 1/1 window.
Cultural: The earliest known owners of this house, in 1938, were Clyde H. (Clara) Fellows, who worked at Commercial Tire Company. Their ownership continued through at least 1948. In 1958 the home was owned by Aubrey R.(Marie) Archer, a supervisor at Boeing.
Legal: UNION CITY ADD Parcel: 8805900515 Block: 11 Lot: POR View: King Country Parcel Viewer

2517 W Montlake Pl E

Built: 1994 Style: Modern Rank: Non-Historic Non-Contributing
Description: This Modern house has an irregular plan and a varied roofline, with a gable in the front. East of the gable, the roof flattens to shelter a double-height entry. Windows have black metal sash in various sizes. The front gable end has a large round louvered vent. The basement level has a garage. The lot has numerous large trees and a tall hedge extending across the front.
Cultural: This house was built outside the period of significance for the historic district.
Legal: UNION CITY ADD Parcel: 8805900506 Block: 11 Lot: POR View: King Country Parcel Viewer

2521 W Montlake Pl E

Built: 1937 Historic Name: McKee-Wood Residence Style: Colonial Revival Rank: Historic Contributing
Description: This two-story house has an irregular footprint, with a one-story hipped roof wing to the north and a large rear addition on the west. Much of the house is obscured by vegetation and a fence. The two story body of the house has a hipped roof with minimal eaves. A red brick interior chimney is on the rear roof slope just north of the center. The first floor is clad in painted brick veneer, with wood shingles on the second floor. A band of decorative scalloped molding runs below the roof. The symmetrical front facade has a center entry with a shallow gabled roof. The entry has a Colonial Revival- style surround with a heavily molded triangular pediment over a pair of square, reeded pilasters. The door has six panels and a five-light transom.On the second floor above the entry is a 4/4 wood window. All other front facade windows are 6/6 wood windows, including the one on the north wing.
Cultural: The earliest known owner of this house (1938) was Mildred M. McKee. Fromat least 1948 through the 1950s, the home was owned by Ross F. Wood, a manager for Standard Stations Inc., and his wife, Jeanette.
Legal: UNION CITY ADD Parcel: 8805900505 Block: 11 Lot: POR View: King Country Parcel Viewer

2553 W Montlake Pl E

Built: 1936 Historic Name: Cherberg Residence Style: Tudor Revival Rank: Historic Contributing
Description: This brick-clad 1-1/2 story house has a shallow L-shaped plan with a gable and wing form. The front gable curves down in a catslide roof above the round-arched recessed; the door has a small window behind a decorative metal grille. North of the entry is a large, fixed, 24-light leaded glass window with a colored glass shield in the center. Above this, the roof forms an arch. This window is flanked by wood shutters with diamond-patterned molding. The facade of the projecting section has two leaded, colored glass windows. The larger one is diamond-patterned with a shield in the center and flanked by shutters with a diamond pattern. There is also a small colored glass gable end window. The north elevation has an exterior chimney at the ridgeline. A large shed dormer is on the rear roof slope. A metal picket fence with brick pillars extends across the front of the property.
Cultural: The earliest known owners of this house in 1938 were Stephen P. (Malfrid) Cherberg, who worked at Montlake Service Station; their ownership continued through at least 1948. In 1958 the home was owned by Joseph A.Poisson, an expeditor at Boeing, and his wife, Enola.
Legal: UNION CITY ADD Parcel: 8805900470 Block: 10 Lot: POR View: King Country Parcel Viewer

2563 W Montlake Pl E

Built: 1937 Historic Name: Garden Residence Style: Minimal Traditional Rank: Historic Contributing
Description: This one-story house has a side gable roof with a gabled bay at the south end and a projecting gabled garage at the north end. Cladding is horizontal clapboard with vertical siding in the gable ends. The house sits on a flat, irregularly shaped lot with a circular driveway. Dense plantings shield the house from the street. The entry is in a cut-away corner beneath the gabled bay at the south end with a square post supporting the roof overhang. The front facade features a small octagonal window beneath the south gable and two pairs of wood- frame one-over-one windows with window boxes to the north. (One of the paired windows was originally a single window.) A secondary entry is on the south wall of the garage. A brick chimney pierces the eaves on the south facade and a second chimney projects above the ridge near the north end.
Cultural: The earliest known owners of this house, in 1938, were John R. (Marion) Garden, who was a manager at Commerce Clearing House Inc.; they remained here through at least 1958.
Legal: UNION CITY ADD Parcel: 8805900475 Block: 10 Lot: POR View: King Country Parcel Viewer

2571 W Montlake Pl E

Built: 1938 Historic Name: Franzke Residence Style: Cape Cod Rank: Historic Contributing
Description: This 1-1/2 story house has an L-shaped footprint, with the garage projecting on the east end. The main house has a side gable roof with flush eaves and a band of wood clapboard below the eaves. This band extends across the hipped-roof single garage, which is lower than the primary roof. The recessed entry is near the center. North of the entry is a tall, narrow, 8-light window with leaded muntins that extends into a hipped wall dormer, clad with wood clapboards. South of the entry are two 8-light leaded muntin windows' above these is a small hipped dormer. There is an exterior chimney at the ridgeline on the south elevation. The rear has a wide shed dormer and a large addition. Dense landscaping obscures much of the house. A wooden trellis pergola marks the entry from the street, and another one frames the entry from the driveway.
Cultural: The earliest known owners of this house in 1948 were Albert L. (Gertrude) Franzke, who was an Associate Professor, UW. Albert L. and GertrudeFranzke's ownership continued through at least 1958.
Legal: UNION CITY ADD Parcel: 8805900455 Block: 10 Lot: POR View: King Country Parcel Viewer

2575 W Montlake Pl E

Built: 1951 Historic Name: Turnure Residence Style: Ranch Rank: Historic Contributing
Description: This one-story house has an irregular footprint with a rectangular main body with two front projecting sections. The main volume has a hipped roof, with a projecting section under a lower hipped roof that runs perpendicular to the main roof. At the north corner of this projection is a second projection housing the hipped-roof garage at the north end. The roof has very deep eaves and a wide interior chimney on the rear slope of the main roof.Cladding is Roman brick. The recessed entry is off-center with a newerCraftsman-style door. Two horizontal three-part sliding windows with vinyl sash flank the entry.
Cultural: The earliest known owners of this house, in 1958, were Harold R. and NelleTurnure of Ruble and Turnure.
Legal: UNION CITY ADD Parcel: 8805900445 Block: 10 Lot: POR View: King Country Parcel Viewer

2564 W Montlake Pl E

Built: 1947 Historic Name: Doolittle Residence Style: Ranch Rank: Historic Contributing
Description: This one-story residence sits above the street on a corner lot with numerous shrubs. It has a T-shaped footprint and a shallow-pitched cross-hipped roof with wide boxed eaves. The entry is located at the junction of the two hipped roof sections. The facade has three large plate glass windows with narrow sidelights in wood frames. There is a wide brick chimney at the west end.A single basement garage, has a paneled tilt-up garage door with one central window.
Cultural: The earliest known owner of this house in 1948 was Edward J. Doolittle Jr., who was an engineer with Doolittle Construction Co. He remained here through at least 1958.
Legal: UNION CITY ADD Parcel: 8805900340 Block: 9 Lot: 1-2 View: King Country Parcel Viewer

2462 W Montlake Pl E

Built: 1925 Historic Name: Bemiss Residence Style: Colonial Revival Rank: Historic Contributing
Description: This one-story house is on a midblock lot with lawn, shrubs, a concrete walkway and stairs with a metal railing. It as a medium-pitched side-gable roof with overhanging eaves and a brick chimney on the north wall. Cladding is clapboard. The entry, at the south end of the facade, has concrete stairs with a metal railing and newer clapboard-clad sidewalls. The stained wood door is framed by plain pilasters and a lintel above. To the north are two one-over- windows with shutters. The basement garage at the north end of the facade has a newer door.
Cultural: William F. Bemiss, a salesman, and his wife Jennie owned this house in 1928. It was owned by Arthur A. & Elizabeth Aves in 1938. From at least 1948 through 1958, A physician at St. Luke's Hospital, Arthur O. Tucker,and his wife Juanita owned it.
Legal: PIKES 2ND ADD TO UNION CITY Parcel: 6788200486 Block: 20 Lot: 1-2 View: King Country Parcel Viewer

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13 properties on W Montlake Pl E

Even Numbered Side

2462 W Montlake Pl E

Bemiss Residence - 1925

2510 W Montlake Pl E

Richards Residence - 1930

2520 W Montlake Pl E

Reynolds Residence - 1930

2564 W Montlake Pl E

Doolittle Residence - 1947

Odd Numbered Side

2501 W Montlake Pl E

Taylor Residence - 1931

2507 W Montlake Pl E

Spies Residence - 1929

2511 W Montlake Pl E

Fellows Residence - 1931

2517 W Montlake Pl E

Residence - 1994

2521 W Montlake Pl E

McKee-Wood Residence - 1937

2553 W Montlake Pl E

Cherberg Residence - 1936

2563 W Montlake Pl E

Garden Residence - 1937

2571 W Montlake Pl E

Franzke Residence - 1938

2575 W Montlake Pl E

Turnure Residence - 1951