Hill-Crest

Hill-Crest is the official residence of the president of the University of Washington. As of 2013 it was the single most valuable public university presidential residence in the United States.

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Type: House
Description: official residence in Washington, United States
Also known as: “808 House” and “Walker-Ames Mansion”
Address: 808 36th Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98112

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lakeview Park and The Bush School.

Lakeview Park

Park

Lakeview Park is a 4.5-acre park in the Denny-Blaine neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, designed as part of the Olmsted Brothers park system in Seattle.

The Bush School is an independent private K–12 school in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1924 by Helen Taylor Bush, The Bush School today enrolls 735 students. The Bush School is situated 1,300 feet south of Hill-Crest.

Seattle Japanese Garden

Garden

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The Seattle Japanese Garden is a 3.5-acre Japanese garden in the Madison Park neighborhood of Seattle. The garden is located in the southern end of the Washington Park Arboretum on Lake Washington Boulevard East. Seattle Japanese Garden is situated 2,900 feet northwest of Hill-Crest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Washington Park and Denny-Blaine.

Washington Park

Suburb

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Washington Park is a public park in Seattle, Washington, United States, most of which is taken up by the Washington Park Arboretum, a joint project of the University of Washington, the Seattle Parks and Recreation, and the nonprofit Arboretum Foundation.

Denny-Blaine

Suburb

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Denny-Blaine is a neighborhood in east central Seattle, Washington. It is bounded on the east by Lake Washington; on the south by E. Howell Street, beyond which is Madrona; on the west by 32nd Avenue, beyond which is Madison Valley; and on the north by Lake Washington Boulevard E, Hillside Drive E, and E.

Broadmoor

Neighborhood

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Broadmoor is an 85 acre gated residential community with a 115 acre golf course in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is bounded on the west by the Washington Park Arboretum; on the south by East Madison Street, beyond which is the Washington Park neighborhood; on the east by 37th Avenue East, beyond which is the Madison Park neighborhood; and on the north by Union Bay marshland.

Hill-Crest

Categories: dwelling, building, and residential building
Location: King County, Puget Sound, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

47.62655° or 47° 37′ 36″ north

Longitude

-122.28631° or 122° 17′ 11″ west

Inception

1907

Open location code

84VVJPG7+JF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 224066302

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

Wikidata ID

Q28404701

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In Other Languages

“Hill-Crest” goes by many names.

Hungarian: “Hill–Crest”

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Highlights include East Mercer Street End and Fire Station 34.

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