![]() ![]() He and his family were linked to others within this community through a double marriage ceremony in 1909 when his daughter, Belle, married Louis Friedlander and Singerman’s son, Louis, married Anne Friedlander, both of the family that would later establish Friedlander Jewelers.Īs you might recall, the structure will have to meet certain standards to be considered for protection: The life and career of Paul Singerman is associated historically with Seattle’s early Jewish community, which was made up largely by well educated Ashkenzic Jews of German decent. The property is also a part of Seattle’s Jewish history, built as a home for city businessman and philanthropist Paul Singerman: This trend analogous to the experience of many immigrant communities, is seen throughout many American cities where “gayborhoods” are increasingly attractive to residents of all gender identities (see Brown and Ghaziani). Along with growing tolerance in the past three decades, and more recent passage of civil rights and marriage equality legislation, Capitol Hill has undergone another transition with increased gentrification, while LGBTQ residents have moved to homes throughout the city. ![]() The Gaslight Inn exemplifies the efforts by gay and lesbian residents to revive the neighborhood in the 1970s and 1980s, and to create identifiable LGBTQ space in the city. It is also, the proposal contends, a symbol of how gay and lesbian residents revived, and reshaped Capitol Hill starting about 40 years ago: ![]() Neighborhood preservation activist and area resident John Fox helped prepare the nomination for the Singerman Residence/Gaslight Inn house and tells CHS owner Stephen Bennett is pursuing the designation “because he does NOT want it ever torn down.” “He wants to be sure it stays part or the architectural fabric of the neighborhood,” Fox writes. In a process that often portends doom in Capitol Hill’s hyperactive environment of redevelopment, the 1904-era bed and breakfast is being nominated because the man who has owned it for more than 30 years and restored it to what the nomination backers claim is near-original condition, honest to goodnessly believes the old house should be a protected Seattle landmark. But don’t worry, good neighbor - nobody is planing to tear it down. 15th Ave’s Gaslight Inn will be considered as an official landmark later this month. ![]()
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