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'''Fred Anhalt''' was a designer and self-taught builder of many distinguished apartment buildings in Seattle around the 1920s and early 1930s. |
'''Fred Anhalt''' (b. 1896 in [[Minnesota]] - 1996) was a designer and self-taught builder of many distinguished [[apartment]] buildings in the [[Capitol_Hill,_Seattle,_Washington|Capitol Hill]] neighborhood of [[Seattle]], [[Wahington]] around the [[1920s]] and early [[1930s]]. |
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After a career as a salesman, Anhalt and partner [[Jerome B. Hardcastle]], a former butcher, openedthe Western Building & Leasing Company in 1925, though he had no training as an [[architect]].<ref>[http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=121 Entry at historylink.com]</ref> |
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Tudor Manor is one of Anhalt's buildings. It may have been one of his last designs as Anhalt had to sell more and more of his buildings during the Depression, forcing him to declare bankruptcy around the mid 1930s. |
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Tudor Manor is one of Anhalt's most famous buildings. He was known for constructing bungalow-style apartments and giving them luxurious architectural touches, such as Tudor or Elizabethan stylings. It may have been one of his last designs as Anhalt had to sell more and more of his buildings during the [[Great Depression]], forcing him to declare [[bankruptcy]] around the mid 1930s. After the Depression, his firm went bankrupt and Anhalt was forced to design smaller scale projects. He ultimately left the field in 1942.<ref>[http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=121 Entry at historylink.com]</ref> |
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| ⚫ | "What made Anhalt's buildings succeed is not their particular style or size, or complexity. It is the style of living encouraged therein -- the creation, through design, of an enclosed community that, while it relates to the street and neighborhood, also provides a common green, an outdoor living room that is the sole province of the tenants" |
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In 1993, the Seattle Chapter of the [[American Institute of Architects]] (AIA) awarded Anhalt an honorary membership. |
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==Buildings in Seattle== |
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* 1405 E John Street, Berkeley Court (1928), renamed Anhalt Arms |
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* 1516 East Republican Street (1928-1929), renamed Twin Gables |
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* 750 Belmont Avenue East (1929-1930), renamed Belmont Court |
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* 1014 East Roy Street (1929-1930) |
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==External Links== |
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*[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/neighbors/capitolhill/album1.html Photo of Anhalt in the courtyard of his building at 1005 E. Roy St. in the ''Post Intelligencer''] |
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*[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/seattle_history/articles/metropolist_p2.html small profile in the [[Seattle Times''] |
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*[http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=121 Entry at historylink.com] |
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*[http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/OCHSHC.html University of Washington Press book about Seattle architecture that features Anhalt] |
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Revision as of 00:58, 16 February 2008
Fred Anhalt (b. 1896 in Minnesota - 1996) was a designer and self-taught builder of many distinguished apartment buildings in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Wahington around the 1920s and early 1930s.
After a career as a salesman, Anhalt and partner Jerome B. Hardcastle, a former butcher, openedthe Western Building & Leasing Company in 1925, though he had no training as an architect.[1]
Tudor Manor is one of Anhalt's most famous buildings. He was known for constructing bungalow-style apartments and giving them luxurious architectural touches, such as Tudor or Elizabethan stylings. It may have been one of his last designs as Anhalt had to sell more and more of his buildings during the Great Depression, forcing him to declare bankruptcy around the mid 1930s. After the Depression, his firm went bankrupt and Anhalt was forced to design smaller scale projects. He ultimately left the field in 1942.[2]
In 1993, the Seattle Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) awarded Anhalt an honorary membership.
From Lawrence Kreisman's booklet, "Apartments by Anhalt," 1982:
"What made Anhalt's buildings succeed is not their particular style or size, or complexity. It is the style of living encouraged therein -- the creation, through design, of an enclosed community that, while it relates to the street and neighborhood, also provides a common green, an outdoor living room that is the sole province of the tenants."
Buildings in Seattle
* 1405 E John Street, Berkeley Court (1928), renamed Anhalt Arms
* 1516 East Republican Street (1928-1929), renamed Twin Gables
* 750 Belmont Avenue East (1929-1930), renamed Belmont Court
* 1014 East Roy Street (1929-1930)
External Links
- Photo of Anhalt in the courtyard of his building at 1005 E. Roy St. in the Post Intelligencer
- small profile in the [[Seattle Times
- Entry at historylink.com
- University of Washington Press book about Seattle architecture that features Anhalt