Property of Dr. and Mrs. Frank Wanamaker, Seattle | Architects: Philip A. Moore and Roland Terry

When Dr. and Mrs. Frank Wanamaker, the owners of this house, first approached their architects, they told them they wanted a feeling of spaciousness, privacy and a minimum of hall area. "And most of all," they added, "we'd like an architectural gem." The plan shows how their wishes were fulfilled. Spaciousness is gained in several ways. Behind the entrance foyer is the large interior courtyard, accessible from the dining room and family room. At the rear, the living room has a large window wall overlooking a terrace and the house's only broad view-of the fairways of a golf course. As for privacy, the exterior walls themselves serve to screen most street traffic. The small garden opposite the courtyard is shielded from neighbor and street by a fence. Indoors, there is individual privacy for the family. The bedrooms are well apart from the living area and on two levels; the ground floor guest suite even has a small kitchen. The family room was planned with only one indoor entrance-through the kitchen to encourage its use as an informal family retreat.

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source: House and Garden Magazine | December 1957