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Classic Seattle Homes 1900 to 1940 At the dawn of the twentieth century, following the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, thousands of homes sprung up overnight. The most ostentatious was Millionaire's Row on Capitol Hill, a fantasia of blinged-out palaces for the newly minted rich. But classic homes with just as much character were generously distributed throughout the city. Queen Anne This Victorian dollhouse is as expansive as it is ornate, with porches large enough for the whole family, corner towers that cry out for attention, and a surfeit of exquisite patterns and decorative details strewn across their walls. Seattle Box A variation of the Foursquare, the Seattle Box looks a bit like a two-story rectangle and features four main functional rooms (kitchen, entry hall, etc.) beneath four Craftsman Bungalow A home so classic it's been featured in this magazine more than once. In many ways defining old residential Seattle, Craftsman homes were designed to look handcrafted— with large overhanging eaves, low-pitched roofs, and covered porches supported by tapered wood columns. Cape Cod An understated classic in our residential fabric, the quite modest, very New England Cape Cod eschews ornamental details for simple low-and-wide construction of one or two floors, a mighty centerpiece chimney, and steep gabled roofs. Throw in some shingles for extra maritime flavor. From Depression to War 1930 to 1945 1929 saw the end of the boom years as the stock market crash sunk much of the world into the Great Depression. History hit the stop button on Seattle's classic era as bedrooms. Decorative façades and large second-floor bay windows give the Box late-nineteenth-century curb appeal. Dutch Colonial Revival The urban farmhouse of its age, this neo-colonial style boasts gambrel roofs with curved eaves running its length, producing its characteristic barn profile. It's an elegant splash of pastoral charm wedged in the urban landscape. Tudor Revival It's about to get Elizabethan in here with North America's response to Britain's own revival of said style. Along with the characteristic wood framing, stone and stucco walls, and steep roofs that everyone thinks of when they hear "Tudor," this regional variation also dons attractive red bricks. PHOTO: JOE MABEL PHOTO: CINDY APPLE PHOTOGRAPHY FOR MODEL REMODEL PHOTO: COURTESY CARLISLE CLASSIC HOMES 41 SPRING 2023 | master BUILDER