2005/09/14 Council Agenda Packet

V -��"� r:P+. N 411y_'�Afly` t .. , , ts. x4- ___ •"� Describe the nominated property, first with an overall written sketch of the building and its site, then discuss the features that create the historical appearance of the property_ These features may include setting,design, style, special details and craftsmanship and interior finishing. If possible describe any changes that have occurred over time and how these changes have affected the historical character of the building. The house and garage at 1631 Grand Avenue were built circa 1917 on six lots over looking Grand Avenue Park. Although the house has a Grand Avenue address, it is oriented toward 17th Street and has a matching garage to the east, also facing 17th Street. The two-story house built in the Colonial Revival style has strict symmetry,a classical portico with four ionic columns, and heavily bracketed boxed eaves. Most of the windows are multiple small panes over one larger one, with either four, six or eight smaller panes in the top half of the window_ Two west- facing windows on the first floor have square windows flanked with vertical windows with six panes over one larger pane. The house is clad in horizontal clapboard siding. The house and garage were designed by Carl Gould and his partner,Charles H. Bebb, and are described and pictured in Carl F. Gould, A Life in Architecture and the Arts by T. William Booth and William H. Wilson, as follows: W. M. Winter commissioned Gould in 1917 to design a residence in Everett on another flat lot overlooking water. Winter was an executive in the Everett mill of the Weyerhaeuser Lumber Company. The corner lot at 1631 Grand Avenue overlooks the mill and Port Gardner. Once again, the plan is formally arranged about a center hall. The house is designed to include domestic servants—a stairway and separate chambers exist for the staff. Outside, each elevation is symmetrical, and the wooden window and roof details replicate those on Georgian houses. The garage and chauffeur's quarters are similarly designed as a smoothly integrated whole, well demonstrating the calm consistency typical of Gould's best works. (p. 120) The Winter house is also fits the general description of Gould's and Bebb's house designs from that same source: Gould's domestic designs from 1914 to 1926 continued the eclectic pattern. For him, the beautiful --symmetry,harmony,unity, and proportion—as well as matters of site and client preference—were foremost. The exterior style of a building counted less than beauty, finish and details. Once he and a client agreed on an interior design he might wrap floor plans in a variety of styles for the client's inspection. Style was relatively unimportant as long as it was graceful and well adapted to the Pacific Northwest, opened important rooms to light, expressed the room arrangement, and met his client's purse and taste. Design, on the other hand, was critical. A well-designed house appealed to the environmentalist in Gould because he believed that it would create a healthy home life. ...Clients who sought out Gould frequently had the funds and the foresight to purchase magnificently suited lots afford sweeping views of water and mountains. (pp. 117-118) With the exception of a kitchen remodel, the Winter House today is entirely original, including hardwood floors, tile work,and radiant heat. _�,��'xa' ..�'f�.� r4 .�1.�,f:i�a � •nom . 9 2