(Image: Seattle Parks)
The 1955-built A-frame style house at the center of the Capitol Hill historical district property lined up to become a new city park will be considered for landmarks protections that will shape how the structure will be utilized in the new public space.
Last week, the Seattle Landmarks Board unanimously moved the nomination of the Bullitt House forward in a 7-0 vote.
The staff report on the house prepared for the board recommended the nomination for possible protections of the exterior and portions of the interior based on multiple factors including the location of the property in the prestigious Harvard-Belmont Landmark District, its association with the prominent and wealthy Bullitt family, its place in the city’s cultural and political history, distinctive architectural style, and its prominent siting in the future park.
The nomination will now move forward in the process for a second session in front of the board for a possible final designation of the property as a protected landmark in coming months.
CHS reported here on the landmarks inquiry as part of the development of the 1.6 acres of North Capitol Hill land into a city park after the death of philanthropist Kay Bullitt.
The one and a half story, 3,400-square-foot open design is being structurally assessed and could be worthy of historical protections while remaining a centerpiece of the new park, according to Seattle Parks.
A public “early Schematic design meeting” is being planned for later this summer but no date has yet been announced.
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Stupid waste of land and money. DENSITY now please!
But not density at ALL costs! This will be a beautiful city park when it is opened. We need more green spaces, not less.
Affordable housing. ? Sell the half lot, get rid of the ski hut (even it’s architect hated it) and use the $m for something useful.
This land was donated to the city for use as a park. Would you disregard the intent of the donor and build dense housing on the property, even if you could?
What the owner actually did was avoid paying property tax for many years by the bequest. The ski hut adds nothing to a park, I doubt it meets energy code and no where does it say what it will be used for…
The bequest by Kay Bullitt was extremely generous and civic-minded. The property is worth far more than anything she saved by not paying property tax.