RECEIVED 2280 National Park Service National Register of Historic Places JUN 1 7 2009 Registration Form NAT
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NPS Form 10-900 0MB No. 1024-0018 (Oct. 1990) United States Department of the Interior RECEIVED 2280 National Park Service National Register of Historic Places JUN 1 7 2009 Registration Form NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PUCES This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties an Com lete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Comp tJiy yyuil Item DymaTk"ing""x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property_________________________ _____ _____ Historic name Roanoke Park Historic District Other names/site number 2. Location street & number Roughly bounded by Shelby St. on the north, Roanoke St on the not for south, Harvard Ave on the west and Tenth Ave on the East. publication city or town ___Seattle__________________________________ vicinity State Washington code WA county King code 033 zip code 98102 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this _X nomination _ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property X meets _ does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant _ nationally _ statewide X_ locally. (_ See continuation sheet for additional comments.) 6-/Z-&? Signature of certifyl Date Washington State Historic Preservation Office State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property meets __ does not meet the National Register criteria. ( _ See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of certifying official/Title Date State or Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification I, hereby^ertify that this property is: Date of Action _J£ entered in the National Register. _ See continuation sheet __ determined eligible for the National Register. _ See continuation sheet _ determined not eligible for the National Register. _ removed from the National Register. _ other (explain:) _______ ROANOKE PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT KING COUNTY, WA Page 2 of 4 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box (Do not incl. previously listed resources in the count.) X private __ building(s) Contributing Non-Contributing X public-local X district ____78_________21_____ buildings public-State site 1 sites public-Federal structure 55 22 structures object objects 134 43 Total Name of related multiple property listing: Number of contributing resources previously (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) listed in the National Register N/A One 6. Functions or Use Historic Functions Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC /Single Dwelling DOMESTIC /Single Dwelling LANDSCAPE/ Park LANDSCAPE/ Park RELIGION / Religious Facility 7. Description Architectural Classification Materials (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions) LATE VICTORIAN / Queen Anne; foundation Concrete, Brick, Stone LATE 19™ & 20™ CENTURY REVIVAL / walls Wood, Brick, Stucco, Stone Colonial Revival Tudor Revival,______ Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival, Italian roof Asphalt, Wood, Metal Renaissance; LATE 19TH & EARLY 20TH other Terra Cotta GENTRY AMERICAN MOVEMENT/ Bungalow/ Craftsman Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property.) SEE CONTINUATION SHEET ROANOKE PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT KING COUNTY , WA Page 3 of 4 8. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the (Enter categories from instructions) property for National Register listing.) ARCHITECTURE Property is associated with events that have COMMERCE made a significant contribution to the broad patterns LAW of our history. POLITICS/GOVERNMENT __ B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. x C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high Period of Significance artistic values, or represents a significant 1899-1939 and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. __ D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations Significant Dates (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) 1899,1909,1918,1919,1926,1929,1937 Property is: A owed by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. Significant Person B removed from its original location. (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) C a birthplace or grave. Cultural Affiliation D a cemetery. E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. Architect/Builder Green, Elmer E.; Dwyer, W.E., Ivey, Edwin ].; F a commemorative property. Ayer, Elizabeth; Sexton, Frederick; Wilcox______ G less than 50 years old or achieving significance W.R.B.; Sayward, William J.; Willatsen, Andrew; within the past 50 years. Gould, Carl F.; Huntington, Daniel R.; Lawton, George A.; Moldenhour, Herman A. (Architects) Narrative Statement of Significance SEE CONTINUATION SHEET (Explain the significance of the property.) SEE CONTINUATION SHEET 9. Major Bibliographical References Bibliography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form.) SEE CONTINUATION SHEET Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data: __ preliminary determination of individual listing X State Historic Preservation Office (36 CFR 67) has been requested __ Other State agency __ previously listed in the National Register __ Federal agency __ previously determined eligible by the National X Local government Register X University __ designated a National Historic Landmark __ Other #_____________ Name of repository: recorded by Historic American Engineering UW Special Collections; MOHAI; Record#______________ City of Seattle DPD Office_______ ROANOKE PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT KING COUNTY , WA Page 4 of 4 | 0. Geographical Data Acreage of Property Approx. 18.25 acres ITM References Dlace additional UTM References on a continuation sheet.) | 10 | 5 50 917 52 7 7312 3 | 10 | 5 27 198 52 76 | 873 Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing | 10 | 5 51 142 52 7 :7312 4 | 10 | 5 50 9117 52 76 873 Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property.) See continuation sheet. Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected.) See continuation sheet. 11. Form Prepared By name/title/org Erin O7 Connor, Lee O'Connor, Cheryl Thomas (Edited by DAHP Staff) date March 2009 name/title/org Friends of Roanoke Park; Roanoke Neighborhood Elms Fund___ ________ street & number 2612 Tenth Avenue East (10th Avenue E) telephone (206) 322-2125 city or town Seattle state WA zip code 98102 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets Maps A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Photographs Representative black and white photographs of the property. Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items.) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.)______________________ name Various street & number telephone city or town _ state zip code NPS Form 10-900a OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet - ROANOKE PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON Section number 7 Page 1 of 121 Narrative Description: Period of Significance The Roanoke Park Historic District contains a distinctive collection of housing stock representative of a forty-year period from 1899 through 1939. One house was built as a duplex; all of the other properties were built as single-family residences except the 1961 St. Patrick's Church. Block 9 of the district is Roanoke Park, so designated in 1908. Provenance The two oldest houses in the Roanoke Park Historic District, having been built in 1899 and 1900, are 109 and 108 years old, respectively. Forty-eight of the houses (including the two just mentioned) in the Roanoke Park Historic District will be at least 100 years old by the end of 1909, as is Roanoke Park itself already. By the end of 2010, the centenary of the district's housing boom, a total of 63 percent of the 100 buildings in the district will be 100 years old. 1 Architectural styles ranging from Colonial Revival, Neo-classical Revival, Tudor Revival, Mission/Spanish Revival, English Arts and Crafts, Craftsman, American Foursquare, Italian Renaissance, French Norman Revival, and many subtypes, combinations, and permutations of such styles and