Samuel Hyde House

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History

The building was built in 1909–1910 by John Charles Olmsted and the architecture firm Bebb & Mendel for liquor magnate Samuel Hyde.[5][3] The two-story brick house is fronted by a portico with Corinthian columns;[1] there is a brick carriage house in back. The grounds were laid out by the Olmsted Brothers.[5] The Olmsteds played a prominent role in designing Seattle's system of parks and boulevards, and were responsible for landscaping the grounds of the 1909 Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition on the campus of the University of Washington.[1][3]

The house was sold by Hyde six years after completion so he could focus his attention on his coal industry investments.[6] Prior to 1994 the house would go thru numerous owners.[6]

On April 21, 1994 the US government purchased the house for $1.1 million, and the US Office of Foreign Missions has had ownership of the location since then.[7] From 1994–April 2018 the US government has allowed the house to be used as residence for Russia's Seattle consul general,[8][1] and in April 2018 the US State Department evicted the consul general[9] following the White House ordered closure of Russia's Seattle consulate office.[10]

As of early 2025 the US and Russian governments are in talks to opening the house again.[11]

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