AKA: Dubuque, Stanley and Ruth, House, Snohomish, WA; Sterley, Lori, House, Snohomish, WA
Structure Type: built works - dwellings - houses
Designers: N. P. Hansen (architect); J. S. White (architect)
Dates: constructed 1888
2 stories, total floor area: 2,000 sq. ft.
Architect J.S. White designed this residence for the Snohomish lumberman, E.H. Elwell. This two-story Italianate house was built in 1888, and was at one time a single dwelling. What was a kitchen used in the summertime and extra bedrooms comprised the wing that was later separated. The house took its popular name from later owners, Stanley and Ruth Dubuque; Stanley Dubuque served as the Snohomish County Auditor. The Dubuques bought the house from Ruth Brodigan, Ruth Dubuque's mother, in c. 1940, and lived there until his death in 2002.
A tour of this house was staged by the Snohomish Historical Society on Sunday, 09/20/2009, 12:00-5:00 PM.
Architect N.P. Hansen supervised the separation of the Dubuque House into two separate dwellings in 1913. His family lived in the second house from c. 1913-1940. Owners Stanley and Ruth Dubuque occupied the house from c. 1940-1984; they remodeled the interior in the 1970s. Owner Lori Sterley bought the Dubuque House in 2003, and with the help of her father, again renovated the 2,000-square-foot dwelling.
PCAD id: 14487