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It’s almost Halloween, and it’s the perfect season for deep Seattle history, imposing Victorian houses, and former sanitariums. This listing incorporates all three.
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Built in the 1890s, this Victorian home at the midpoint between Mount Baker and Leschi is close to as old as they get in Seattle, and it’s remarkably pristine for a place with more than 120 years of history.
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While the original resident was a prominent attorney, it spent some time as the Mount Baker Sanitarium, and then as a rooming house for young women. By the time it was purchased by a couple in the 1970s, it had been altered to have 11 bedrooms—but after some restoration work, that count is down to seven.
Still, some features remain from its time as a sanitarium, including additional dormers.
The house is a classic Victorian shape, with bay windows running up one corner into a turret. On the ground level, this creates a conversation nook near a small fireplace. A second fireplace anchors a second sitting area across the entryway, looping around into a kitchen and formal dining area.
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The original details start to show at the front door. Stained glass is dispersed throughout the home—and antique glass in the more conventional windows.
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Up a winding staircase, find three bedrooms—including a couple you’d be tempted to call the master. One takes full advantage of the turret shape for a bay window and opens up to a large balcony.
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Another features a private, full bath and one of the home’s smaller walk-in closets.
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Also on this floor: a clawfoot tub, which is connected to a smaller bathroom, but is in a room that can completely shut off from the rest of the house for undisturbed baths.
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Go up one more level to find a more clear master suite, with a walk-in closet larger as big as a bedroom would be in a different house. The master bath features yet another clawfoot tub, and the master bedroom, again, features a sitting area nestled in the top of that turret.
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Two more bedrooms on this main floor make six in the main house alone.
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Climb even higher up a ladder to a finished loft for another half-bathroom, plus a bonus room with views of both the water and the Downtown skyline. A little nook off to one side would make a cozy spot for reading or a small bed, and enjoys similar views.
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Back downstairs—all the way downstairs to the basement—a seventh bedroom is in the corner of a mother-in-law apartment, which includes both a living area and a turret-shaped wet bar (which could possibly become a fuller kitchen, appliances pending). The basement also contains a workshop space, a large utility room with a double sink, and a large, den-like area in the middle.
A separate entrance to the basement leads down from the brick patio out back, which also connects to the back of the main house and a garage painted to match.
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The size, views, and bedroom count alone could add up to the listing price of $1.88 million without the history thrown in.
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