the Mansion was built in 1904.
The Rucker Mansion, built high on a plateau southwest of downtown with sweeping 180-degree views of the city, harbor, and Cascade and Olympic mountains, was just the most prominent of many substantial homes under construction that year. The large brick home, with a wood frame veranda wrapping three sides, cost $40,000 to construct. The builder (whose identity is not known) combined a number of architectural styles including Italian Villa, Queen Anne, and Georgian Revival. In addition to the sumptuously decorated main floor and the second-floor bedroom suites, the mansion included a basement cardroom and billiard room and a third-floor ballroom.
8 comments:
Oh wow, it's gorgeous and I'm trying to imagine the view!
So who the sam hill lives here? What a place! My favorite kind of houses...multi-architectural with lots of porches and nooks and crannies.
Wow, $40,000 for a place like this. I bet the views ARE amazing.
Very elegant and I'm sure that's one heck of a view!
Beautiful house and with the view property I'll bet the price on it would be astronomical now.
Awesome, but glad I don't have to pay the heating bill. Is it still privately lived in?
I bet that house was built when an ordinary home cost about $500. Mighty nice and definitely out of my league.
What a beautiful home! And to have the card room, billiard room and ballroom...they must have had a large family. Wish I could buy it for the original construction price.
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