UNIQUE ID: 1 7554 32ND AVE NW 98117 Year: 1928 PIN: 0225039096 Sector: 7
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7558 32ND AVE NW 98117 Year: 1929 PIN: 0225039082 Sector: 7 Fulcrum Attributes Top 500: Yes Top 100: Yes Building Type: Single Family Number of Stories: 1.5 Cladding: Brick Roof Type: Cross-gabled Roof Material: Asphalt Evaluation Category: Significant Trees: No Part of Cluster: No Style: Ballard ResHistoricalearch Summary Hans Floathe, a Carpenter from Norway, built 7558 32nd Ave NW in 1929-1930. Te contractor, M. Pederson, was a popular choice on the block, per the Side Sewer Cards. Te 1.5 story brick tudor was listed for sale by owner in 1931. Henry N Potter, retired Detective Sergeant and founder of the Missing Persons Bureau, moved in with his wife, Rose, and children Barbara and William around 1934. Mr. Potter passed away in 1936. Te home was sold in 1937 to Otto H Mittelstadt, the King County Coroner (D) from 1934-1942. He ran for County Physical DArchitecturalescription Summary Commissioner in 1942 but was unsuccessful in his bid. He had a son, Eugene, with ex-wife Dorothy. Constructed in 1929, this 1.5 story Tudor Revival-style single- By 1943, William H and Ora M Cook and called 7558 32nd family house is largely rectangular in plan, sits on a concrete Ave NW home. Mr. Cook was a lawyer. A son, William W, was foundation, is clad with brick veneer and stucco, and features listed in the Seattle Daily Times as a Seattle Blue Jacket sent an asphalt-clad cross-gabled roof with clipped gables and to the Idaho Naval Training Station that same year. Tey lived overhanging returned eaves. Te front façade includes nested there at least through 1955. Moorish-infuenced peaked arch brick detailing, and an original Donald H and Louis B Rutt were living in the house by 1956 wood door with a narrow rectangular leaded glass accent. To and remained there through Mr. Rutt’s death in 1995. Mrs. the lef of the door is a large fxed-pane window fanked by Rutt sold the home in 2002 to Robert Williams. eight-light sidelights. Te second story is dominated by a triad of single-pane vinyl windows. Fenestration includes largely replaced vinyl windows. A stucco clad hipped roof dormer is visible on the south façade, and a large capped exterior capped chimney dominates the north façade. With the exception of replacement windows, the house has been altered very little and retains most aspects of integrity. Fulcrum ID: 64c675c0-c287-44ca-a420-2566cb1f887f Ballard Historical Society 2016 - v.2 UNIQUE ID: 1 7554 32ND AVE NW 98117 Year: 1928 PIN: 0225039096 Sector: 7 Fulcrum Attributes Top 500: Yes Top 100: Yes Building Type: Single Family Number of Stories: 1.5 Cladding: Wood/Shingle,Stucco/Concrete Roof Type: Cross-gabled Roof Material: Asphalt Evaluation Category: Significant Trees: No Part of Cluster: Yes Style: Ballard ResHistoricalearch Summary NW-2 -25-3 Single family tudor home, built in 1928. According to the sewer card, the Owner was Hans Floathe. A known building contractor, and president of the Seattle Builders & Contractors. From 1931 - 1938: Olaf Pedersen and Annie T resided at this address. He was a gas station employee (quite possibly owner) at 3526 Fremont Pl. By 1940 they had moved out - where they later moved to 7702 33rd Ave NW. By 1940: Torvald C. Simmons, however it doesn’t appear Physical DArchitecturalescription Summary that he lived there very long. According to a July 23, 1942 Seattle Daily Times article regarding a rabid dog, the L. J. Constructed in 1928, this 1.5 story Tudor Revival-style single- Malnoti family resided there. family house is generally square in plan, sits on a concrete By 1944 the Schmidt family resided here, Samual Schmidt foundation, is clad with coursed cedar shingles and half- and family. timbered (with some diamond detail elements) stucco, and has From 1948 - 1959 the family of Ralph L Gregg resided at a steeply cross-gabled asphalt-clad roof with returned eaves. Te this residence. Ralph was a physician and married to Gladys front façade includes a projecting stucco-clad entry vestibule (not to be confused with the Seattle Resident Ralph Gregg, a with variated brick detail and arched door opening. Te front retired Public Health Ofcial from Edmonds. Te two were façade also includes four 8-light leaded glass casement windows friends and co-workers, however). Dr. Gregg was also an on the frst foor and a pair of diamond patterned leaded glass active member in the community and a co-chairman with the casement windows beneath the gabled peak. Fenestration New Ballard General Hospital. includes fxed pane and casement leaded glass windows. Te 1963 Newspaper article (December 3rd) reports that house has an exterior brick capped chimney at the south façade. a Albert Godfrey resided here, but passed away. He was Te house has been altered very little and retains most aspects married to Shirley R and had at least one daughter, Vera of integrity. Elofson. 1979 Newspaper article (January 4th). Michael and Linda Gooch resided there, and lived at this address until at least 1982. Fulcrum ID: 0a29fda6-b497-42fd-8687-1be188f9fabd Ballard Historical Society 2016 - v.2 UNIQUE ID: 2 7314 11TH AVE NW 98117 Year: 1908 PIN: 0461001100 Sector: 6 Fulcrum Attributes Top 500: Yes Top 100: Yes Building Type: Single Family Number of Stories: 2 Cladding: Wood/horizontal Roof Type: Hipped,Other Roof Material: Asphalt Evaluation Category: Significant Trees: No Part of Cluster: Yes Style: Ballard ResHistoricalearch Summary Tere is no Seattle building permit available for this house built in 1908. According to the Seattle directory, Joseph W Sand lived in the house in 1910. He was a mason, so it is possible that he was the owner and also the builder. Starting in 1913 and continuing to 1940, Tomas H Haley and spouse Margaret Haley resided in the house. Charles Haley, Dennis Haley, Edward Haley (spouse Anna), William Haley and Joseph Haley all lived in the house during at least part of that time period. Apparently these were the children Physical DArchitecturalescription Summary and daughter-in-law of Tomas and Margaret. Tis two story colonial revival house has a hipped roof with a slight overhanging eave and a wide band of trim below. A full-width porch with classical columns extends over the front elevation. Front door is placed to the lef, marked by a triangular pediment on the porch. All walls are covered with wood clapboards. Windows are one-over-one, two equidistant on the top story on both front and side elevations. First story windows are wider, situated directly below the upper story windows. A gabled one story unit on the back completes the rectangular plan. House sits above the street facing west on a mid-street lot surrounded by a lawn. Stone stairs that lead to the house are anteceded by two tall trees on the planting strip. Fulcrum ID: df78e126-28be-4c29-bcc0-2ff785d69643 Ballard Historical Society 2016 - v.2 UNIQUE ID: 3 7356 12TH AVE NW 98117 Year: 1940 PIN: 0461001495 Sector: 6 Fulcrum Attributes Top 500: Yes Top 100: Yes Building Type: Single Family Number of Stories: 1 Cladding: Brick Roof Type: Pyramidal Roof Material: Unable to Determine Evaluation Category: Significant Trees: Yes Part of Cluster: Yes Style: Ballard ResHistoricalearch Summary Te house at 7356 12th Ave NW was built in 1940. Te developer was possibly Fred Gasch, the contractor was John Manninen (who built most of the Mench houses). Tis house has been owned by two families during its 75 year life. Te original owners were Russell D. and E. Estelle Masecar. Russell was a trainman and carman for Seattle Transit. Tey lived there from 1941-1994, 53 years. Te house was then sold to Vincent P. and Joyce M. Schile (1994-98). Te current owner is Mary J. Schille, since 1998. Physical DArchitecturalescription Summary Tis house, at the southeast corner of 12th Avenue Northwest and NW 74th Street, is small and brick clad, with distinctive brick detail. Constructed in 1940, this one story single-family house minimal traditional-style house is rectangular in plan, sits on a concrete foundation, is clad in narrow Roman brick veneer, and has an asphalt-clad pyramidal roof. Buf-colored brick provides distinctive detailing around the windows, doorways, and corners or the house. Tere is a double-capped brick chimney dominating the north façade. Tere is a projecting entry vestibule accessed by six cast-in-place concrete steps with an arched opening on the primary (west) façade. Te south side of the house features a secondary door, also with an arched opening. Tere is a small two-light square window near the front door. Other windows have horizontally-divided wood panes. Tis house has been altered very little and retains most aspects of integrity. Fulcrum ID: 3975535d-d762-4ff5-8ac6-267c699f4f55 Ballard Historical Society 2016 - v.2 UNIQUE ID: 4 7343 ALONZO AVE NW 98117 Year: 1912 PIN: 0461002340 Sector: 6 Fulcrum Attributes Top 500: Yes Top 100: Yes Building Type: Single Family Number of Stories: 1.5 Cladding: Wood/Shingle,Wood/horizontal,Stucco/Concrete Roof Type: Cross-gabled Roof Material: Asphalt Evaluation Category: Significant Trees: No Part of Cluster: No Style: Ballard ResHistoricalearch Summary Tis residence frst appears on record as the family home of Charles W. McPherron and later his oldest son Cecil W. McPherron. Brothers Charles & David McPherron came from August, Kansas and set down roots in Ballard. Charles McPherron was a mechanic at an auto plant. His wife Daisy was an invalid for 11 years before her death in 1939. Probably because of her invalidism there was always domestic help living in with the family of three sons who all attended James Monroe and Ballard High School.