F. H. Osgood House 1909

February 12th, 2009 @ 1:04 am by Cliffe | Sorted Historic Buildings |

I promise not to post any smut today. Actually, this image could technically be pornographic if you’re a hardcore architecture nerd. I’m sure there are none reading. It’s a architectural floor plan of the F. H. Osgood Residence from the 1909 Western Architect. I’m going to guess F. H. is this Frank Osgood. ArchitectDB says the house was based on on the New England Colonial Hyslop House and that Historic Seattle hosted a tour in ’05. So, where on Queen Anne is it? Some other interesting info from this 2005 newsletter:

Historians report Sinclair Lewis wrote his first novel while living in the house. British symphony conductor Sir Thomas Beecham was a frequent overnight guest during his tenure in Seattle in the 1940s. Astronaut John Glenn and Buckminster Fuller both stayed in the brick residence while visiting Seattle on lecture tours. Constructed in 1903, its architect, R. Clipson Sturgis of Boston, modeled the residence after the historic Hyslop House in Brookline, Massachusetts, at the request of New England native Mrs. Osgood.

Residence For F. H. Osgood, Seattle, Washington. R. Clipston Sturgis And Barton, Architects, Boston, Massachusetts. Western Architect, July 1909.

3 Responses to “F. H. Osgood House 1909”

1. Alan J. Stein says:

   February 12, 2009 at 2:51 am

   http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCC&cp=ry4dqt4t2jzs&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=37542988&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1
2. Julie Anne says:

   February 14, 2009 at 12:17 am

   Yep. That’s it. We saw it today on the way to Kerry Park with my wee niece.

   The address is 678 W Prospect St. It was built in 1905, according to assessor’s records.
3. Cliffe says:

   May 4, 2009 at 12:44 am

   Mimi just emailed this to me:

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   http://web1.seattle.gov/dpd/historicalsite/QueryResult.aspx?ID=-1264299349

   Here is the link to the Osgood house on QA. It is at the west end of Highland Drive, south side of the street. Originally it fronted on Highland, but in the 1930s the front yard was sold off and there is another house there.