340 Tenth Street
Furness House (1913)
Craftsman Style - Modern Period

E.J. Boughen designed this house at the corner of Tenth Street and Fourth Avenue. The house was built in 1913 for William Funess, the contractor who had the first tender for the Lulu Island Bridge. The roof is low-pitched with cross gables, central hipped portion with a hip-gable, and gable dormer. Exterior craftsman elements include the exposed rafters cut into decorative shapes, false half-timbering in the gables, and porch supports of heavy, square wooden piers on stone bases. Interior elments, however, are more Victorian in nature with coffered ceilings and columns. The stained glass windows may have been produced by Royal City Glass.

City Directory Entries - 1925 to 1975

1925: Furness, Wm brdge opr N W city h 340 10th St.
1935: Furness, Wm retired h 340 10th St
1945: Gospel, Cyril R (Margt) cook Can Govt h 340 10th St
1955: same
1965: Gospel, Cyril R (Margt E) retired h 340 10th St
1975: Gospel, Margt E, (Wid C R) retd h 340 10th St

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