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Overview

The real estate investors Harry and June Delaloye commissioned the Seattle architectural firm of Mattson, Kleinsesser and Nakata to design this vaguely revivalistic, five-story apartment house completed in 1974. The wood-frame apartment building contained 13 units, with the top floor penthouse reserved for the Delaloyes.

Building History

The Seattle architectural firm of Mattson, Kleinsesser, and Nakata designed this $300,000 apartment building for husband-and-wife real estate investors, Harry Oscar Delaloye (born 12/13/1913 in Seattle, WA-d. 07/26/2012 in Seattle, WA) and June Alice Mayo (born 03/15/1913 in Meadowdale, WA-d. 03/14/2007 in Seattle, WA), who owned the Tropics Motor Hotel. They wed in 1935 and began a lifetime of successful investing in residential real estate around Seattle. They purchased the Olive Tower Apartments c. 1945 and sold it for nearly double a decade later. They built the Tropics Motor Hotel in 1958-1959, and lived on this property while they managed it. The couple decided on moving to other quarters in 1973, when they planned and built this Queen Anne apartment building.

Construction was set to begin 10/15/1973 on this 15-unit building that included an indoor parking garage. The Delaloyes originally occupied a 3,500-square-foot penthouse with views toward Downtown Seattle. (See “Construction,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 10/14/1973, p. E2.)

Mattson, Kleinsesser and Nakata worked with the landscape designer, Julius Bretz, on the Delaloye Apartment Building. Richard Bjorklund served as the architects' construction manager.

Building Notes

Originally, the apartment building was clad in white stucco with a tile Mansard roof. Windows on the top floor (and a few below) were rounded, suggesting Spanish, Mexican or Mediterranean design inspirations.

In 2021, the Delaloye Apartment Building occupied a 10,377-square-foot (0.24-acre) site. Each unit had an average size of 931 square feet.