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Title	John J. McGilvra House.
Identifier	shp_5177
Description	Houses. McGilvra, John J. Exterior. Laurel Shade Road. Built 1864, destroyed by fire 1933. 1870.
Subjects (LCSH)	McGilvra, John J. (John Jay), 1827-1903 Peiser, Theodore E. Dwellings--Washington (State)--Seattle Housing, Single family--Washington (State)--Seattle Streets--Washington (State)--Seattle Laurel Shade (Seattle, Wash.) Seattle (Wash.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Photographer	Peiser, Theodore E.
Neighborhood	Madison Park Capitol Hill
Date Created	1878
Decade	1870-1879
Notes	Correction according to Polk Directory: 'Laurel Shade Road' appears to be in error. 'Laurel Shade' was the name of McGilvra's house. There was no road by that name. Including partial transcript of article in Seattle Times, August 16, 1933: ' The pioneer home of the late Judge John McGilvra, built in 1867 and one of the city's oldest landmarks was damaged by fire which swept its interior yesterday."..Situated on a grave at 15000 42nd Avenue N, the two story frame structure had pass into the hands of the late Mrs. Caroline McGilvra Burke, widow of Judge Thomas Burke, after Judge McGilvra's death.'
Measurements	26.4 x 7.5 cm
Digitization specifications	Master image scanned on Epson 10000 XL flatbed at 600 pixels per inch, 24 bit color, saved as TIFF file. Photoshop used to resize images to 300 ppi and convert to JPEG format. Master image file size: 558,464 bytes.
Collection	The Seattle Historical Photograph Collection
Rights and Reproduction	For information about rights and reproduction, visit http://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/rights
Item Type	Photographs
Date Digital	2012-09-26