This charming Ravenna one-bedroom is full of vintage style.
By
Sarah Anne Lloyd
1/27/2021 at 9:16am
Just across the street from Ravennaâs Cowen Park stands an extremely regal building covered in ornate, Gothic terra-cotta, complete with elaborate cornices and cathedral-like cladding. Park Vista has been cooperatively owned by its residents for decades, and it has an opening: a little one-bedroom home with 1928 style intact.
Seattle hit a building boom in the 1920s, bringing us a host of apartment buildings in brick revival styles. Tudor Revival and similar looks were popular throughout the city, but in the University District, Collegiate Gothic reigned; as the University of Washington was filling its campus with stately buildings like Suzzallo Library, the University president at the time encouraged all new buildings around it to match. Architect John A. Cruetzer, whoâs behind other terra-cotta bonanzas like the Medical Dental Building, designed Park Vista right in the middle of this era.