Building History

Bothell architect Bernard Stertzer designed this one-story, 80 by 130-foot, L-shaped ranch house within the Inglewood Manor Tract in the mid-1950s. Stertzer worked with builder Donald N. McDonald, the building contractor, on the project.

Building Notes

A Seattle Times open house at the Inglewood Manor Model House took place on 10/28/1956. Driections to the model home were as follows: "To reach Inglewood Manor follow the Seattle-Bothell Highway to the Kenmore turnoff. Turn right and continue south for one and one-half miles to the entrance of Inglewood Manor. Turn right and follow open-house signs." (See Margery R. Phillips, "New Planning Ideas in Inglewood Home," Seattle Times, 10/28/1956, p. 28.)

The house had an L-shaped plan, with a two-car garage projecting toward the street. Stertzer configured the family/living/dining rooms and the kitchen/utility rooms to comprise slightly more than one half of the house's rectangular living space (exclusive of the garage). The architect included a covered entry walkway, that, in Phillips's words, "...is most desirable in this climate." Upon entering, a large coat closet lined one-side of the foyer, with an additional guest's coat closet provided against the same wall. Turning left from the foyer one entered a galley kitchen and an open space set aside as a kitchen eating space. A utility/laundry room stood to the left of this kitchen eating space in a front corner. The utility room had its own side door. The living/dining room was on the other side of a wall from the kitchen. A fireplace wall, with two brick reversed hearths placed side by side, separated the living room and the corner family room. Unlike many Modern tract houses of this time, this house remained relatively walled off, with spaces not flowing from one to another. (This flow was demonstrated only in the shared living and dining room space.) In the space behind the garage, stood the bedroom wing, composed of three bedrooms (each with a closet) and a single bath. The master bedroom was placed on a rear corner, its closet double the size of the two others.

PCAD id: 22358