File:Blaine residence, Madrona, ca 1900 (SEATTLE 2692).jpg

English:

The residence of Elbert F. Blaine, who formed the Denny-Blaine Land Company and began buying property adjacent to and to the east and north of the Madrona trolley line.

Caption on image: 1378. Wilse.

On verso of image: 1900

Wilse 1378

PH Coll 285.98

• Subjects (LCTGM): Blaine, Elbert F.--Homes & haunts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Yards--Washington (State)--Seattle
• Subjects (LCSH): Mansions--Washington (State)--Seattle; Madrona (Seattle, Wash.)

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Further information not from University of Washington Libraries: The official address of this house as of 2019 is 171 Lake Washington Boulevard East; though this photo is taken before the street name had been changed Lake Washington Blvd. The house is sited on lots 24 & 25 (between 39th Ave. and 40th Ave.) and just north of Viretta Park in the in 1901 plat for the Denny-Blaine-Lake Park Addition.

Photo is taken from the east side (edge of Lot 10) of what is now named Lake Washington Boulevard, with the view looking north-west across a portion of Viretta Park.

E. F. Blain was partner (co-owner) of the Denny-Blaine Land Company that was formed by Charles L. Denny and wife Viretta Denny.

The house was designed by Emil DeNeuf and Augustus Heide and was built in 1900-1901. It was later the residence of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love; Cobain killed himself in an outbuilding in the back which no longer exists.