Structure Type: built works - dwellings - houses
Designers: Hastings, Jane, Architect (firm); Lois Jane Hastings (architect)
Dates: constructed 1959-1960
Overview
Architect L. Jane Hastings designed this T-shaped residence for Boeing civil engineer Roy Veldee, and his wife, a teacher, Barbara Jean Sorensen. It was completed in 1960.
Building History
Roy Veldee (1928-2021) grew up in Bremerton, WA, graduated from Bremerton High School (Class of 1946) and attended the University of Washington, where he earned a Master of Civil Engineering degree. He attained the rank of Captain in the US Air Force, and returned to live on Mercer Island, where he and his wife Barbara bought property in 1959. They engaged the architect L. Jane Hastings (1928-2024) to design them a residence, completed in 1960.
PCAD id: 22862