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Item Title
Fort Lawton, Double Non-Commissioned Officers Quarters, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA
LocationDiscovery Park,
Seattle, WA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS WA-150-G
Building/structure dates:
1904 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1937 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1961 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1908 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1964 subsequent work
Significance: One of two NCO Quarters, this duplex is identical in plan to #909. Completed March 31, 1904, from QMGO Plan No. 82-E. Original cost: $5,108. Two and one-half story and basement frame structure with a sandstone and brick foundation. Dimensions of original: 38' x 27', kitchen wing: 10' x 38'. Lapped cedar siding. Cross gable roof has asphalt replacing slate shingles. Six-over-six light, double-hung sash. Full-width porch with columns, pipe railing, and roll roofing. Interior is a mirror image duplex with side hall plans. Oak-trimmed staircase, built-in dining room sideboard; panelled doors with transoms and brass hardware intact. Open rear porches enclosed and converted to kitchens, 1937. Maple flooring downstairs, vinyl tile upstairs (date uncertain). Bathrooms updated. Coal stove heating now replaced by hot water boiler, 1961. Electricity replaced mineral oil lamps ca. 1908. Hall/parlor partitions removed after 1964. Louvered shutters removed (date uncertain).
Subjects
Military Art & ScienceOfficers' QuartersWooden Buildings
Related Names
U.S. Department Of The Army
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. SOUTHWEST (PRINCIPAL) FRONT, TAKEN FROM SOUTHWEST
2. NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST (REAR) SIDES, TAKEN FROM NORTH
3. STAIRCASE DETAIL
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