• Style: Northwest Modern
• Architect: John C. Rushmore
• Builder: Warren Meyer

Description

This 1952 house was designed by John C. Rushmore for Dr. Harry Blackford, and it was built by Warren Meyer. The building permit, #415952, is dated August 7, 1952. This single story 33'4"x40'4" house is smaller in scale than most of the neighboring houses, and mostly hidden in foliage.

History

This house was built for Dr. Harry Blackford when he was 67 years old. Dr. Blackford was born in Lithuania, earned his medical degree at the University of Oregon School of Medicine, and practiced in Seattle for about 40 years. During World War I, Dr. Blackford served in the Medical Corp. Dr. Blackford's specialization was internal medicine. He gave numerous talks about children's health, and visited clinics around the world. Dr. Blackford died in 1959.

John C. Rushmore, who designed this house, was born in Yakima, Washington in 1921. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Architecture from the University of Washington in 1949. He initially worked at Victor Jones & Associates, and then formed his own architecture firm in 1953 in Bellevue. Rushmore's other designs include the Tradewell in Columbia City and the John Danz Theatre in Bellevue.