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Featured by Capitol Hill Seattle Blog — December 18, 2023
The Bloch House is Capitol Hill’s latest landmark
The latest landmark on Capitol Hill will be a Tudor Revival style home that has stood on a corner across from Volunteer Park for more than 115 years.
The Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board last week voted to designate the Bloch House at 15th and Prospect for landmarks protections of the structure’s exterior “and portions of the interior that include: the entry vestibule, foyer, main staircase, dining room, living room, study, rathskeller, and ballroom.”
The board agreed the house is “associated in a significant way with a significant aspect of the cultural, political, or economic heritage of the community, City, state or nation” and “embodies the distinctive visible characteristics of an architectural style, or period, or a method of construction. The board also declared the structure worthy of protections as an example of “an outstanding work of a designer or builder” — Congratulations, Clayton D. Williams and Arthur Loveless.
The nomination was undertaken on behalf of present day owners Mary-Alice Pomputius and Walter Smith along with Marvin Anderson Architects, who, according to city permits, have been guiding the 1908-era house through a significant repair and remodel while preserving the 2 1/2-story structure’s historically significant elements.
Arthur Loveless 