Join us as we celebrate the 50th birthday of one of Seattle’s most unusual modernist landmarks. Construction of the Egan House began in 1958 and was completed in 1959, at a cost of $10,762 between Seattle’s Eastlake and Capitol Hill neighborhoods. Designed by architect Robert Reichert for Admiral Willard Egan, it is one of Reichert’s most notable residential designs. Its notoriety is based on two factors—the advanced design and the house’s relationship to the surrounding property. For these same reasons, the wooden triangular form on a rectilinear plane sitting atop a pier block is an easily recognizable landmark within the city. Though threatened with demolition in 1989, it survived under four subsequent owners. When the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department purchased a large swath of land below St. Mark’s Cathedral in 1998 that included the Egan House Historic Seattle arranged to acquire it and the rights to use the immediate surrounding land from the Parks and Recreation Department. In 2001, under the direction of architect, Lee Stanton, Historic Seattle proceeded to upgrade and stabilize the roof and structural elements and paint the building. Electrical, heating, and plumbing systems were also upgraded and completed in 2003. Currently, a major rebuild of the failing deck, added later, is being undertaken.

Time: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location: Egan House, 1500 Lakeview Blvd. E., Seattle, WA 98102

Cost: Tickets: Free/Donation

To Register: Registration for this free/donation event is optional.