Samuel Hyde House Explained

Samuel Hyde House
Nrhp Type:nrhp
Designated Other1:Seattle Landmark
Designated Other1 Date:April 18, 1994[1]
Location:3726 East Madison Street
Seattle, Washington
United States
Coordinates:47.6319°N -122.2836°W
Built:1909–1910[2] [3]
Architect:Bebb and Mendel
Architecture:Neo-classical
Added:April 12, 1982
Refnum:82004238

Samuel Hyde House is a building at 3726 East Madison Street in Seattle, United States listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[4] The building, built in 1909–1910 for liquor magnate Samuel Hyde, housed the residence of the Russian consul-general from 1994–April 2018 when the US State Department evicted the consul-general[5] following the White House ordered closure of Russia's Seattle consulate office.[6]

The two-story brick house is fronted by a portico with Corinthian columns; there is a brick carriage house in back. It is believed that the grounds were laid out by the Olmsted Brothers. The Olmsteds played a prominent role in designing Seattle's system of parks and boulevards, and were responsible for landscaping the grounds of the 1909 Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition on the campus of the University of Washington.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Landmarks and Designation. City of Seattle. 2013-03-05.
  2. Mike Merritt, Russians Buying Madison Park Mansion for Consulate, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 21, 1993. Accessed online 28 September 2008.
  3. Dave Wilma, http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=3247 , Historylink, April 28, 2001. Accessed online 28 September 2008.
  4. http://www.nr.nps.gov/nrloc1.htm National Register Information System
  5. News: Moving day in Madison Park at the Russian Consular Residence. 2018-04-24. CHS Capitol Hill Seattle. 2018-04-25. en-US.
  6. News: U.S. retaliates against Russia, orders closure of consulate, annexes. Torbati. Yeganeh. IN. 2018-04-26. en-IN.