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George Kinnear (1836–1912) relocated from IN to the Pacific Northwest with his wife, Angeline, and their two sons in 1878. Four years earlier, he made his first purchase of land on Queen Anne Hill and became a significant real estate developer focusing on investments in the vicinity. Kinnear also was civically-minded, helping to build a wagon route through the Snoqualmie Pass and donating 14 acres in 1887 to the city for a park. Kinnear gained wide admiration for leading a militia that resisted racist efforts to expel Chinese workers from the city in the mid-1880s. The Syracuse, NY-based architectural firm of Kirby and Randall produced the design for this textbook Queen Anne Style residence, a prominent example that helped the Queen Anne neighborhood to get its name. One of the most flamboyant houses in the city, it was said to have cost $25,000 to erect, a very large sum in Seattle at the time. (See J.K. Ochsner and D.A. Andersen, Distant Corner, [Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2003], p. 39.)

The extensive George Kinnear House was a notable example of the Queen Anne Style, memorable for its stained-glass windows, wrap-around front porch (supported by intricately-carved turned posts) and 3-story corner turret topped by an onion dome. This house's likeness is featured on the logo of the Queen Anne Historical Society.

Demolished; the Kinnear Mansion was razed in 1958.

PCAD id: 6845