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Overview

Ralph D. Anderson designed this wood-frame residence for the food manufacturer Harry Glickman and his wife, Jeannette Horowitz, completed in 1960.

Building History

The noted Pacific Northwest Regional Modernist Ralph D. Anderson, Jr., (1924-2010) designed this residence for Harry S. Glickman (1915-2011) and his wife Jeanette Horowitz (1918-2009). The couple both attended Seattle's Garfield High School during the early to mid-1930s and wed on 01/24/1939 in Seattle. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Reference Number: kingcoarchmcvol76_194, accessed 05/15/2025.) In 1950, Harry and Jeanette Glickman resided at 1422 Madrona Drive, in a house overlookin Lake Washington, with their two children, Lawrence (born c. 1941 in WA) and Arlene (born c. 1946 in WA). In 1950, Harry Glickman was a proprietor of a food processing company. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Seattle, King, Washington; Roll: 2805; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 40-405, accessed 05/15/2025.) (In 10/1940, Glickman worked for the Yale Pickle Company at 62 Pike Street in Seattle. See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Washington, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 63, accessed 05/15/2025.) By the 1960s, Glickman had become a real estate investor and a leading figure in the city's Jewish-American community.

The Glickmans commissioned this house from Anderson in the late 1950s, and it was completed in 1960.

Building Notes

Docomomo WEWA sponsored a tour of the Glickman House, for 09/10/2011, 12:00 PM-3:00 PM.

In 2012, the 4-bedroom, 2-bath Glickman House had an asking price of $879,000. The split-level house contained 3,350 square feet and occupied a 13,500-square-foot lot. A large deck on the house's northeast side looked toward Lake Washington; another deck lined the house's west facade with a wooded view. Bedrooms were located on the first floor and basement. An extensive office was located just above the main entry/foyer, dining area and kitchen.

PCAD id: 16938