Who s up for a life-size game of Clue?
By
Sarah Anne Lloyd
5/12/2021 at 8:00am
Wyatt and Bethel Rucker left an indelible mark on Everett. Around 1890, the pair bought the land that now makes up the city before selling off plats to investors and new residents. Today, the brothers still lend their name to a major city thoroughfare, a neighborhood, and two flashy landmarks: The pyramidal family tomb in Evergreen Cemetery and a mansion looking out over Port Gardner Bay. The latter hit the market last week for a cool $3.5 million.
While the exterior is a mix of styles, as its 1975 National Register of Historic Places nomination form notes, its exterior look is more restrained than whimsical. It takes the most stately parts of Queen Anne and Italianate architecture and blends in some colonial and Georgian revival styles. A porch with doric columns wraps around a symmetrical brick facade; thick, bracketed eaves highlight large gables on the top floor.