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Historic Name: Perry Machine Shop Common Name:

Style: Vernacular Neighborhood: South Lake Union

Built By: Year Built: 1948

Significance

This property has been altered. Based on field examination conducted in January - February 2014,

this property exhibits poor physical integrity and does not exhibit significant historic building fabric

or features. Based on preliminary research and comparison with other extant and similar

properties, it does not appear to possess significant historical associations or design attributes.

While constructed during an important period of industrial, commercial and warehouse

development in the district, due to the degree of alterations this property appears unlikely to meet

Landmark designation status.

Constructed in 1948, this wood frame building steps up a sloping embankment on the east side of

Eastlake Avenue. Its early uses were a machine shop in the front section at street grade and an

apartment behind and above. The earliest tenant was Perry Machine Shop (Polk 1951) followed by

Rainier Precision Inc. Machinists (Polk 1960 and 1965), which became Rainier Industrial, Inc. (Polk

1970). The building was originally clad in brick veneer. In a 1962 historic photograph from The

Puget Sound Regional Archives, the storefront features metal frame windows and doors and a

metal and glazed roll-up garage door at the south end that could be original. The siding on the

front facade had been altered to include a combination of brick and shingle siding, with a shingled

parapet extending above the flat roof. The apartment section behind the machine shop displays

metal windows, shingle siding, a flat roof with a wide metal cornice and a deep overhang on the

north side supported by round metal columns atop a poured concrete sidewall. A wood frame

garage with a concrete masonry unit north wall, paneled roll up door and metal railing above is

attached to the north side of the building.

Bibliographical References: King CountycProperty Record Cards (1937-72), Puget Sound Regional

Archives.

Bibliographical References:

Polk, R.L.

1951 City Directory of Seattle. R. L. Polk& Co., Seattle

1960 City Directory of Seattle. R. L. Polk &Co., Seattle

1965 City Directory of Seattle. R. L. Polk &Co., Seattle

1970 City Directory of Seattle. R. L. Polk & Co., Seattle

Appearance

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The original configuration and appearance of this building have been significantly altered. The

building mass located behind and up the embankment from the original machine shop, has been

extended on top of the former one-story garage and a third building mass has been added behind

the second, up the embankment to the rear. The original windows have been changed out, the

original roll-up garage door on the storefront has been enclosed and most of the building, including

parapets, have been clad in stained wood shingles. Wood panels along the south wall on the

second floor enclose an exterior walkway and the north facade is a full height poured concrete

retaining wall that steps up to follow the stepping roof line of each building mass. A separate

poured concrete delivery bay with a large metal roll-up door, shingled parapet and sloping

concrete driveway has been added to the south side of the building.

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Status:

Classication: Building District Status:

Cladding(s): Shingle Foundation(s): Concrete - Poured

Roof Type(s): Flat Roof Material(s): Unknown

Building Type: Commercial/Trade - Business Plan: Irregular

Structural System: Balloon Frame/Platform Frame No. of Stories: two

Unit Theme(s): Architecture/Landscape Architecture

Integrity

Changes to Original Cladding: Extensive

Changes to Windows: Extensive

Changes to Plan: Extensive

Changes to Interior: Unknown

Major Bibliographic References

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Photo taken Feb 10, 2014

Photo taken Feb 10, 2014

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