Victorian Row Apartments

Address: 1234 South King Street
Date Built: 1891
Original Architect/Builder: Unknown.
Original Owners: Unknown.
Description: An example of late Victorian architecture, the apartments retain all of their original features, including fishscale shingles and decorative spindlework.

Historic Seattle's Role:

Victorian Row Apartments / Historic Seattle Archives

The more-than-a-century-old Victorian Row Apartments are historically and architecturally significant as the only pre-1900 apartments existing in Seattle today in unaltered condition. The building was destined for demolition when Historic Seattle entered into a limited partnership with the owner. Tax credits were utilized to rehabilitate the structure into 14 units of low-income housing.

 

 

Current and Future Uses:

Victorian Row Apartments / Photo: Marissa Natkin

The property is now owned and operated by Historic Seattle. The Victorian Row Apartments were designated a City of Seattle Landmark in 1979. They were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Please contact Bellwether at 206-622-2893 or visit their website www.bellwetherhousing.org for more information regarding these properties.