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Lpbcurrentnom UW Pavilion Pool.Pdf The University of Washington Pavilion Pool Seattle Landmark Nomination September 7, 2018 BOLA Architecture + Planning Seattle University of Washington Pavilion Pool Seattle Landmark Nomination September 7, 2018 CONTENTS Landmarks Nomination Form (1 page) 1. Introduction 1 Background Research Seattle’s Landmarks Process 2. Property Data 3 3. Architectural Description 4 The Campus Setting and the Site Adjacent Hec Edmundson Pavilion Adjacent Graves Annex and Graves Annex Addition The Pavilion Pool Structure and Exterior Features Interior Spaces and Finishes 4. Historical Context and Significance 10 Overview of the Campus Development of the Athletic Precinct The Social Role of Public Swimming Pools Recreation and Athletics on the Campus Competitive Swimming at the University The Building Style Architect Carl F. Gould of Bebb & Gould Structural Engineer Melvin O. Sylliaasen The Original Builder, the Western Construction Company 5. Bibliography 22 6. Illustrations 25 Index to Figures and Illustrations Cover: South facade of the Pavilion Pool (Connie Gray, Confluence Environmental Company, May 2, 2016), and an aerial view of the University’s athletic precinct in 2001 (Seattle Municipal Archives, Item 20010620). BOLA Architecture + Planning 3800 Ashworth Avenue North Seattle, Washington 98103-8119 University of Washington Pavilion Pool Landmark Nomination BOLA Architecture + Planning September 7, 2018 1. INTRODUCTION Background The University of Washington’s Pavilion Pool was designed in 1937 and constructed in 1938‐1939 at the east end of a larger athletic facility, the Men’s Physical Education Building. The earlier building, later named the Hec Edmundson Pavilion (“Hec Ed”), was built more than a decade earlier, in 1928. It contained a large gymnasium that served variety of competitive athletics, including basketball, boxing, and volleyball. It received several internally linked large additions beginning in the 1970s. The pool building also abuts the four‐story Graves Annex Addition, which dates from 1986. This nomination was prepared at the request of the University, which is seeking a review and determination by the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board as it considers planning for the building’s future. Research This nomination report includes an architectural description and a historic context statement, along with property data, bibliography, and illustrations. Sources of information include historic campus plans and photographs from the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections (UWLSC) and the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), as well as drawings and records and reports from the University’s Facilities Services. Other research included reviews of archival newspaper articles in the Seattle (Daily) Times collection from the Seattle Public Library, and publications about the University of Washington’s Seattle campus, public building programs of the 1930s, public swimming pools, and the life and work of architect Carl F. Gould. The scope included several site visits in May 2018 to observe and photo‐document the surrounding context, site and current building conditions and review the building’s history and use. Valuable information was provided by Chip Lydum of the University’s Athletic Department. The nomination report was prepared in June and August 2018 by BOLA Principal Susan Boyle, AIA, with Preservation Planner Meagan Scott. Seattle’s Landmarks Process [Note: This information that follows is provided for those who are not familiar with the local landmarks process.] Designated historic landmarks are those properties that have been recognized locally, regionally, or nationally as important resources to the community, city, state, or nation. Official recognition may be provided by listing in the State or National Registers of Historic Places and locally by the City of Seattle’s designation of a property as historic landmark. University of Washington Pavilion Pool Landmark Nomination BOLA Architecture + Planning September 7, 2018, page 2 The City’s landmarks process is a multi‐part proceeding of three sequential steps involving the Landmarks Preservation Board: 1) a review of the nomination and its and approval or rejection 2) a designation 3) negotiation of controls and incentives by the property owner and the City’s Historic Preservation Office and its approval by the Landmarks Preservation Board A final step in this landmarks process is passage of a designation ordinance by the City Council. These steps all occur with public hearings to allow input from the property owner, applicant, the public, and other interested parties. Seattle’s landmarks process is quasi‐judicial, with the Board ruling rather than serving as an advisory body to another commission, department, or agency. Under the ordinance, more than 460 individual properties have been designated as landmarks. Others within one of the City's eight special review and historic districts are also local landmarks. The City of Seattle’s Landmarks Preservation Ordinance (SMC 25.12.350) requires a property to be more than 25 years old and to “have significant character, interest or value, as part of the development, heritage or cultural characteristics of the City, State or Nation.” The ordinance does not consider future changes or uses, or other land use issues. It requires a property meet one or more of six designation criteria: Criterion A. It is the location of, or is associated in a significant way with, an historic event with a significant effect upon the community, City, state, or nation. Criterion B. It is associated in a significant way with the life of a person important in the history of the City, state, or nation. Criterion C. It is associated in a significant way with a significant aspect of the cultural, political, or economic heritage of the community, City, state or nation. Criterion D. It embodies the distinctive visible characteristics of an architectural style, or period, or of a method of construction Criterion E. It is an outstanding work of a designer or builder. Criterion F. Because of its prominence of spatial location, contrasts of siting, age, or scale, it is an easily identifiable visual feature of its neighborhood or the City and contributes to the distinctive quality or identity of such neighborhood or the City. There is no local ordinance that requires an owner to nominate its property. Such a step may occur if an owner proposes substantial development requiring a Master Use Permit (MUP) as part of the City’s environmental review under the State Environmental Policy Act. Since July 1995, the Department of Construction and Inspections (DCI) and Department of Neighborhoods (DON) have integrated reviews of potentially eligible landmarks during permitting of sizable projects (See DON Client Assistance Memo 3000.) This policy requires consideration of buildings over 50 years old that may be eligible for landmark designation. University of Washington Pavilion Pool Landmark Nomination BOLA Architecture + Planning September 7, 2018, page 3 2. PROPERTY DATA Historic /Current Names: Swimming Pool, Men’s Physical Education Building Current Name: Pavilion Pool Address: Campus Address: 2602 NE Snohomish Lane South Parcel Address: 3900 Montlake Boulevard NE Seattle, Washington, 98195 Site Location: The building is in the southeast portion of the Seattle campus in the athletic precinct, east of Montlake Boulevard NE, north of Husky Stadium and west of the Nordstrom Tennis Center. It abuts the east end of the Hec Edmundson Pavilion and the south side of the Graves Annex Addition. Tax Parcel Number: portion of 162504‐9001 (For permitting purposes, the UW has been assigned parcel identification numbers and corresponding legal descriptions. The Pavilion Pool is a portion of Tax Parcel 162504‐9001.) Legal Description: These portions of Government Lots 4 and 5 lying east of Montlake Boulevard NE, and that portion of Block 8, Lake Washington Shore lands south of the east‐west extension of Canal Road and east of Montlake Boulevard NE, all in Section 16, T25N, R4E, W.M. Original Construction Date: 1938 Original and Current Use: Competitive and recreational swimming, and aqua performances, water polo, canoe and kayak classes (students, faculty and staff) Original Designers: Carl F. Gould, of Bebb & Gould Architects M.O. Sylliaasen, Structural Engineer Original Builder: Western Construction Co., Inc. Original and Present Owner: University of Washington Owner’s Representative: Julie Blakeslee, Environmental and Land Use Planner Capital Planning & Development, University Facilities Building Box 352205, Seattle, WA 98195‐2205 [email protected] / 206.543.2425 Owner’s Consultant: Susan D. Boyle, AIA BOLA Architecture + Planning 3800 Ashworth Avenue North Seattle, WA 98103‐8119 206.383.2649 University of Washington Pavilion Pool Landmark Nomination BOLA Architecture + Planning September 7, 2018, page 4 3. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION The Campus Setting and the Site The Pavilion Pool building is located in the southeast section of the campus, on the east side of Montlake Boulevard NE and in close proximity to other facilities in University’s athletic and recreation sector. Unseen from the public right‐of‐way, it is situated at the east end of the 116,100 square foot Hec Edmundson Pavilion (known also as the Alaska Airlines Arena, and colloquially as Hec Ed), which was built in 1927‐1928 as the Men’s Physical Education Building. In ca. 1970, large wings were built at the northeast and southeast ends of Hec Ed to provide additional storage and HVAC space (Figures
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