AKA: Lee, Richard, 44th Avenue West Speculative House #1, Magnolia, Seattle, WA
Structure Type: built works - dwellings - houses
Designers: Cummings, Ira E., III, Architect (firm); Lee, Richard, Building Contractor (firm); Ira Ernest Cummings III (architect); Richard Lee (building contractor)
Dates: constructed 1959-1960
2 stories, total floor area: 2,380 sq. ft.
Overview
Builder/developer Richard Lee purchased six lots on Magnolia Bluff on which to build six luxury houses costing $50,000 or more, c. 1960. Lee retained architect Ira Cummings (1915-1975) to design the house at 3045 44th Avenue West. The house occupied a 60 x 100-foot lot and had approximately 1,700 square feet on two floors initially.
PCAD id: 19549