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McGrath Corporation opened this 88-house tract on 01/21/1968 at 224th Avenue SW and Briar Road. The tract consisted of six house models, each occupying lots of 10,000 square feet up to a half acre. As was the pattern at its Yorkshire Tract in Kent, WA, streets were curved and often formed cul de sacs. This was to decrease the amount of traffic, to cut noise and improve safety. As was becoming common in sub-divisions across the US, utilities were buried at Dundee, storm and sanitary sewers provided and sidewalks paved. Street lighting was included. According to a brief notice in the Seattle Times: "Dundee is the first development to be sold by the sales arm of the McGrath Corp. which formed January 1, according to Ray Shapely, vice president and general manager." (See "Homes Readied for Opening," Seattle Times, 01/14/1968, p. 6C.)

One model of this tract had a split-level design and was covered by a cross-gabled roof.

PCAD id: 17890