Kelly, Ray, House, Laurelhurst, Seattle, WA (1937-1938)

Structure Type: built works - dwellings - houses

Designers: Williams, Donald Dwight , Architect (firm); Donald Dwight Williams (architect)

Dates: constructed 1937-1938

click to open gallery Map location of the house at 3916 Surber Drive, Seattle, WA, 1939. From Kroll Map Company, Incorporated, Atlas of Seattle, 1939, [Seatle: Kroll Map Company, Incorporated, 1939], Sheet 25W.)
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3916 Surber Drive NE
Laurelhurst, Seattle, WA 98105
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Building History

A brief notice in the Seattle Timesin 1937 reported: "A $5,000 home, designed by D.D. Williams, will be built at 3916 E. 37th St. for Ray Kelly, 4206 E. 38th St." (See Charles Gordon, "7 More Houses Under Way Soon," Seattle Times, 06/28/1937, p. 19.) Kelly may have built this house as an investment property. What was initially called "East 37th Street" was renamed "East Surber Drive." After 1961, the "east" street designation was changed to "northeast" for this section of the city.

PCAD id: 23371

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