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National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Roanoke Park Historic District NPS Form 10·900 • OMS No. 1024..fJ018 (Oct. 1990) United States Department of the Interior• NationalPark Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marl<.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 For~ 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property Historicname 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 cityor town Seattle _._ vicinity State Washington code W A county King code 033 zipcode 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 .! 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.!.. meets _ does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant _ nationally _ statewide!. locally. (_ See continuation sheet for additional comments.) 6-/2 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 cfflclal/Tltle Date State or Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification I, hereby, certify that this property is: Signature of the Keeper Date of Action _ 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:) _ I ROANOKEPARKHISTORICDISTRIC. , KINGCOUNTY, WA.'------" =Pa-g-e-=2,--0""'"f74-----, 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 ----::5=5------"::"22::---- structures object objects ---1-34-------43---- Total Name of related multiple property listing: Number of contributing resources previously (Enter"N/A" if propertyis not partof a multiplepropertylisting.) listed in the National Register N/A One 6. Functions or Use Historic Functions Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categ~ries from instructions) DOMESTIC /SingIe Dwelling DOMESTIC /SingIe Dwelling LANDSCAPE/ Park LANDSCAPE/ Park RELIGION / Religious Facility 7. Description Architectural Classification Materials (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions) LA TE VICTORIAN / Queen Anne; foundation _-'C:.,:o:..:n..:.:c:..:r..:e..:.:te:..:,-'B:..:r..:ic:..:k:.::.,-'S:_ . LATE 19TH & 20TH 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 CENTRY AMERICAN MOVEMENT / Bungalow / Craftsman Narrative Description (Describethe historicand currentconditionof the property.) SEE CONTINUATION SHEET I ROANOKE PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT • I KING COUNTY, WA • I Page30f4 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 x A Property is associated with events that have COMMERCE made a significant contribution to the broad pattems 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 Period of Significance represents the work of a master, or possesses high 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 appiy.) 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 }.;Willatsen, Andrew; within the past 50 years. Gould, Carl F.; Huntington, Daniel R.; Lawton, George A.; Moldenhour, Herman A. (Architects) Narrative Statement of Significance I SEE CONTINUATION SHEET r (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 DrD Office ROANOKE PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT KING COUNTY, WA Pa e40f4 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property ~prox. 18.25 acres UTM References (Place additional UTM References on a continuation sheel.) 1 LJ.QJ ~ ~ 3 L!QJ ~ ~ Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing 2 LJ.QJ ~ 4 L!QJ ~ L.gJ 76 I 873 I Zone Easting 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 O'Connor, Lee O'Connor, Cheryl Thomas (Edited by DAHPStaff) 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 & num ber _______________ telephone city or town ________________ state ________ zip code NPS Form 1D-SOOa OMS No. 1024-0018 (Rev, 8-86) • • United States Department of the Interior NationalPark 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 of201O, the centenary of the district's housing boom, a total of63 percent of the 100 buildings in the district will be 100 years old. I 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