The Van Asselts originally settled in the Duwamish River Valley in the 1850s. In 1890, the family built a new home on Fifteenth Avenue, on Seattle's Capitol Hill. Their new house had lace-like woodwork and turned spindles around the front porch. Many people called this ornamental woodwork "gingerbread."
<p>This photo shows the Van Asselt's new home on Capitol Hill, sometime after 1890.
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<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Houses</li>
<li>People: Van Asselt family</li></ul>
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circa 1900 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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