MOUNT BAKER WATERFRONT ESTATE
Private, sheltered Lake Washington walled compound with magnificent protected panoramic views framing Mount Rainier.
Undisclosed Lakeside Avenue S, Seattle
Serene acreage with versatile vantage points for enjoying the sweeping lakefront gardens, including a beach cabana, a gazebo overlooking a creek and reflecting pool, and a 70-ft long premium dock. Lavish yet unpretentious venue for entertaining, whether it be a casual BBQ or a lakeside wedding, a benefit concert or a grand soiree. Ample and separate guest quarters across three legacy lots. Plentiful parking. Rich in Seattle lore, set in an historic, classic Seattle neighborhood served by light rail. A timeless sanctuary poised for the city’s future.
OFF THE MARKET
124 ft no-bank waterfront
Corner lot: one acre, 43,352 SF
Southeastern exposure
70-ft premium dock with boat port
Bouldered bulkhead
Unobstructed views: Mt Rainier, Cascades, Mercer Island, Bellevue
Well-preserved 6,200 SF historic brick residence
Lakeshore brick cabana with fireplace
Mature & exotic plantings, meandering creek
Numerous investment and development alternatives
Storied property with photo & film documentation
Guest accommodations including 2BR apartment & separate studio
ENDLESS SUMMER
Imagine a palatial residence that caters to your every need and pampers you in the manner of a cushy resort.
Endless Summer… Multiple magical settings, indoors and out
Rolling green gardens including cherry trees, palms, roses
Boating & watersports on Lake Washington
History of entrepreneur owners
Flexible & open ground-level spaces
Multiple spectacular settings for entertaining
Prime perch for Seafair
Flexible living spaces & guest accommodations
Private guest quarters
Lake Washington as your Front Yard
Swimming, rowing, sailing, kayaking, windsurfing, paddle-boarding, or fishing – frolic as you choose in this 33-square-mile playground.
A World Worth Preserving
If you love nature you will delight in the everyday pleasures of sunrise and moonrise on the lake, giant arcing rainbows, the play of light and shadow in the sheltered cove, and the ongoing parade of lake fauna – geese, ducks, turtles, storks, and herons.
Generous, Flexible Indoor Spaces
The well-preserved Gatsby-era main house offers voluminous lake-facing spaces for large parties, as well as handsomely proportioned bedrooms (one with a secret stairway to an attic hideout) atop flexible open areas on the lower level, ideal for recreation, office, and storage. The main house’s ground floor two-bedroom apartment with limestone patio grants your guests privacy with lake views.
Petite Lakeside Retreat
Steps from the dock, a serene, detached skylit cabana, with a wall of French windows facing south toward Lake Washington and Mt Rainier, is ready for use as a lakeside art studio, home gym, or work-from-home space.
A Tale of Two Brands
Own a lakefront tapestry that weaves complementary chapters of Seattle business and cultural history: Successively the home of two entrepreneurial families who took their Seattle-based food brands (Oberto Snacks, Inc. and Sahale Snacks, Inc., respectively) to national prominence, the estate represents the virtues of bold vision, prudent investment, industrious effort, and proud stewardship. Now you can inhabit and pass down a piece of this twofold entrepreneurial success story. Are you inspired to add your own chapter?
If you love nature you will delight in the everyday pleasures of sunrise and moonrise on the lake, giant arcing rainbows, the play of light and shadow in the sheltered cove, and the ongoing parade of lake fauna – geese, ducks, turtles, storks, and herons who come to enjoy the Estate's rolling green gardens including cherry trees, palms, and roses.
Mount Baker Waterfront Estate. Private, sheltered Lake Washington walled compound with magnificent protected panoramic views framing Mount Rainier.
Serene acreage with versatile vantage points for enjoying the sweeping lakefront gardens, including a beach cabana, a gazebo overlooking a creek and reflecting pool, and a 70-ft long premium dock presiding over 124 ft of no-bank waterfrontage.
Versatile gathering spaces and vantage points for enjoying the sweeping lakefront gardens.
The 70'-long premium dock offers a perch for swimming, rowing, sailing, kayaking, windsurfing, paddle-boarding, or fishing. Frolic as you choose on Lake Washington's 33-square-mile aquatic playground.
MT.BAKER - SEATTLE
Grandeur and inclusivity. Architectural conservation and community activism. Founder’s stewardship and philanthropy. Mt. Baker embodies these core Seattle values and, in a city renowned for its varied neighborhoods, claims a top spot for its warm, optimistic community spirit within a lakeside parklike setting reminiscent of a bucolic English village – now with the added benefit of easy connection to downtown Seattle, University of Washington, and Sea-Tac Airport by Link Light Rail at Mt. Baker Station, a mile away from the Waterfront Estate. In Mt. Baker nineteenth-century grace meets twenty-first century convenience
Mt.Baker - Seattle
National Register of Historic Places
Linked verdant parks
Abundant recreational opportunities
Warm community spirit & cozy village feeling
Mt. Baker Light Rail Station 1.2 miles away
Quick access to Bellevue, Kirkland, and Redmond via I-90
22 minutes to Sea-Tac Airport by light rail
16 minutes to downtown Seattle by light rail
Repose in the City
More than a hundred years ago the Boston firm Olmsted Brothers, masters of large-scale landscape engineering (and designers of college campuses across the nation, including University of Washington and Stanford University) built the gracefully curved boulevards and linked wooded parks that define Mt. Baker’s tranquil, old-world character. From Mt. Baker Park stroll down a wide pathway to Mt. Baker Bathing Beach, under maples, mountain ash, and cherry trees. Neighboring Colman Park provides picnic tables and an idyllic grassy area, bordered by weeping willows, for frisbee and soccer.
Heritage Neighborhood
The newly designated (2018) Mt. Baker Park Historic District places most of the neighborhood on the National Register of Historic Places. 85% of the building stock, ranging from mansions to working-class Craftsman bungalows, dates from before 1929. The landmark designation encourages thoughtful future choices for new construction in relation to existing buildings. In a city whose built environment is regularly jarred during boom eras, this honor signifies continuity, ideal for protecting your enduring lakefront real-estate investment.
Blueprint for Egalitarianism
Mt. Baker’s celebrated Ellsworth Storey Cottages (1910-15), conceived by Seattle’s first regionalist architect and sited on a verdant 1.5-acre sloping lot in Colman Park, earned landmark status as early as 1976. Each of the 11 surviving cottages exemplifies the simple, direct use of local materials that came to inform the Northwest Regional style. Storey’s grandchildren, the current owners, have preserved the cottages as long-term rental housing for low-income artists, thus extending the architect’s utopian legacy and supporting Mt. Baker’s progressive values.
Rooted in Community
Mt. Baker Community Club (established 1909) sponsors classes and camps, funds college scholarships, hosts public debates and discussions, organizes an annual home tour of historic houses, and helps shape ZLUPT (zoning, land use, planning and transportation) – living up to its mission “to be the heart of Mt. Baker.” Take a meditative dance class, volunteer as a tour guide, or contribute content to the club’s quarterly free newsletter, The View; membership in the Community Club is open, with no membership dues, to all who live, work, or go to school in Mt. Baker.
Recreational Nirvana
Join the walkers, joggers, and cyclists who enjoy unimpeded access to the winding ribbon of Lake Washington Boulevard, closed to motor traffic between Seward Park and Mt. Baker Park on scheduled Sundays between May and September. This corner of Seattle is a paradise for the active and athletic. Mt. Baker Rowing and Sailing Center offers year-round sailing lessons and weekend open boating hours. Amy Yee Tennis Center boasts ten indoor courts, six outdoor courts, and an array of programs for all ages and experience levels.
Charming Village Amenities
Mt Baker offers 52 restaurants, bars and coffee shops. Stop by Mioposto for morning coffee or pizza supper, pick up the newspaper or a bottle of wine at Leschi Market, or duck into Saloon for a pint. You’ll be sure to run into a neighbor or make a new friend. The venerable Italian Borraccini Bakery and Mutual Fish Market (Seattle’s prized source for fresh seafood for over 70 years), together with large grocery stores, are just a few blocks away on Rainier Avenue. Vibrant Columbia City, a mere mile and a half south, glitters with urban excitement. Enticing cafes, bars, clubs, and boutiques (and an excellent locally owned historic movie theatre) line a four-block stretch of Rainier Avenue. Select the freshest produce at the PCC organic market or the seasonal farmers market, indulge in a flaky croissant at Columbia City Bakery, or savor global cuisine – this up-and-coming foodie neighborhood has something for every occasion and taste.
Connected to the World
From Mt. Baker village follow sinuous Mt. Baker Boulevard past the neoclassical façade of Franklin High School to the concrete, glass, steel and brick-veneer Mt. Baker Station, one of the largest stations in Seattle’s rapidly evolving light rail system. Graced with vivid, evocative installations by artists Guy Kemper and Sheila Kline, the station is your portal to the wider world. Within minutes the train whisks you to CenturyLink Field in time to catch a Seahawks or Sounders game, or to T-Mobile Park for the opening pitch of the Mariners. Or step on the southbound train for Sea-Tac Airport, gateway to global destinations, for work or for pleasure. Approved expansion will add 70 stations to Link Light Rail by 2041, connecting you to the Pacific Northwest from Everett to Tacoma, and including Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, and Issaquah on the East Side and West Seattle, Queen Anne, Fremont, and Ballard in Seattle. The sustainable mass transit of the near future will transform the city’s mobility map and cement Seattle’s status as a prosperous metropolis.
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Edward Krigsman
Listing Agent
(206) 387-6789
edwardk@ekreg.com
