Fort Lawton, Double Officers Quarters, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The first captains' quarters constructed on the post and the largest of the Double Officers Quarters. The only duplex with a fully finished third floor. Completed December 30, 1899, from QMGO Plan NO. 90-A. Original cost: $13,225. Dimensions of main body: 62' x 42', rear kitchen wings: 10' x 24'. Two and one-half story and basement frame construction on sandstone and brick foundation. Lapped cedar siding. Asphalt shingles on a cross-gabled roof replace original slate. Gabled dormers retain original slate facing. Two corbelled chimneys along center ridge serve eight interior fireplaces. Two-over-two double hung sash, with six-over-two lights in attic. Two separate front to side porches have columns on rail-height pedestals. Interior is a mirror-image duplex with side hall plan. Staircase, panelled sliding doors between living and dining rooms, all other woodwork intact. Third floor has fully finished bedrooms, tongue-in-groove panelled bath. Ornately tiles fireplaces with overmantles, well-detailed built-in sideboard in dining room. Kitchen and bathrooms updated. Coal-fired boiler removed ca. 1940. Electricity replaced mineral oil lamps ca. 1908. Maple floors installed on ground floor in 1937.
Survey number: HABS WA-150-N
Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1908 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1937 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1940 Subsequent Work