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Overview

This apartment block was originally called "The Loreley," in the early 1910s, and contained a group of five-room apartments.

Building History

A 1915 advertisement placed in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer described the relatively new building and its amenities: “Situated on the southwest crest of Queen Anne Hill and overlooking the Harbor, Sound and Cascade Range, these five-room apartments have hardwood floors and all modern equipment, even to sleeping porches. Unusually large rooms, and each apartment is a unit in itself, being separated by large closets and courts. Individual lockers, the usual laundry facilities and unexcelled service are features added to the nominal rentals of $35.00 and $40.000.” (See "The Lorely," [sic], John W. Davis real estate ad, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 10/04/1915, p. 16.)

The building was called "The Loreley" until about 1930. Its name changed sometime from “The Loreley” to being spelled “The Lorely” by 1930. The name changed again some time between 09/30/1931 and 10/11/1931 to “The Comstock.” (This was noted in classified ads placed in the Seattle Daily Times.)

By 1952, the Comstock had become a co-op apartment building, as noted in classified ads in the Seattle Daily Times. (See “Queen Anne,” Seattle Daily Times, 08/19/1952, p. 30.)

In 2001, James D. Grobe and Minna Simpson Grobe owned the Comstock Apartments. They transferred ownership to The Comstock-Greenwood LLC on 11/08/2001.

Building Notes

The three-story Comstock Apartments composed a rectangle, with the longer dimension parallel to West Comstock Street. Two internal light courts were incised on two sides of the building, their long axes running east-west.

The Comstock Apartments contained 18,293 gross square feet, 16,467 net. It occupied 6,450 square feet (0.15 acres). In 2020, the building contained 16 units, each with an average size of 1,029 square feet. King County Department of Assessment valued land and improvements to have a taxable value of $6,258,000, $2,064,000 in the land.

PCAD id: 23720