A rare aerial reveals the full volume of this four-level residence—nearly 7,700 square feet across five bedrooms, four baths, multiple gathering rooms, offices, and bonus spaces. Three outdoor decks crown the structure, including an oversized rooftop terrace. The roof itself was recently replaced, underscoring the home’s blend of enduring design and thoughtful stewardship. A true legacy property, designed for flexibility, creativity, and multi-generational living. From the west-facing windows of 4221 W Armour, the view expands across the shipping lanes of Puget Sound to Bainbridge Island and the Olympic Mountains beyond. Cargo ships glide silently past, their scale and motion a quiet reminder of Seattle’s maritime lifeblood—and of the ever-changing theater just beyond the glass. Ingeniously set into the Bluff ensconced in a 13,000+ SF wooded corner parcel, multi-level decks extend to private gardens.
The 7,600+ Anchored in Magnolia’s prized Carleton Park, this 1963 Tucker & Shields mid-century stunner reveals itself subtly—its low-slung lines, blue stucco façade, and stone chimney quietly commanding a lush corner parcel. Framed by Japanese maple and sculpted evergreens, the home’s architecture dissolves into garden and sky, inviting discovery from the moment you arrive.SF multistory building, now the community’s most coveted Adult Family Home, offers varied uses. A study in mid-century restraint, the main-level Gallery Hall draws on Tucker & Shields’ mastery of rhythm and proportion. With slate flooring underfoot, crisp vertical panels to the right, and framed views ahead, this transitional space balances architecture and art, movement and pause. Designed by renowned architects Tucker & Shields, the Living Room embraces its south and west exposures with floor-to-ceiling windows that frame glimpses of Puget Sound, mature gardens, and glowing sunsets. Exposed beams, warm paneling, and original parquet flooring evoke mid-century sophistication—while the room’s generous scale and enduring materials ground it firmly in Magnolia’s architectural legacy.
From the moment you cross the threshold, the Tucker & Shields design unfolds with intention. A central gallery axis offers a direct sightline from the slate-tiled entry to the sunlit Living Room beyond—where west-facing windows and exposed beams promise drama, warmth, and connection to the natural world. In the west-facing corner of the Living Room, panoramic windows frame a painterly composition of Puget Sound, Bainbridge Island, and the Olympic Mountains. Original parquet floors glow in the sunset light, while every line of the Tucker & Shields design draws the eye outward—toward nature, horizon, and the shifting seasons beyond. Ingeniously set into the Bluff ensconced in a 13,000+ SF wooded corner parcel, multi-level decks extend to private gardens.
A closer look at the Living Room reveals the rich materiality and detailing of the 1963 Tucker & Shields design. Vertical grain fir paneling, mid-century built-ins, and a commanding brick hearth lend both warmth and gravitas—while the space remains fluid, connected to gallery hallways and expansive garden-facing glass. The Covered Deck off the main level extends the home’s social heart outdoors—an all-season gathering space suspended in treetops. With overhead beams, integrated lighting, and seamless flow from the dining and kitchen areas, it’s ideal for everything from sunrise coffee to sunset dinners under a canopy of Northwest sky. Wrapped in clerestory windows and a full glass wall that opens to the Covered Deck, the Dining Room blurs the line between indoor ritual and outdoor reverie. Light pours in from three sides, animating exposed beams and warm wood floors—an inviting space for weekday meals or celebratory feasts beneath shifting skies.
Viewed from the west garden, the home’s vertical drama comes into focus—floor-to-ceiling windows soaring across two levels, framed in deep eaves and cobalt stucco. French doors open onto a private patio ringed by roses and hedges, creating a sunlit courtyard for play, planting, and weekend gatherings with room to spare. At day’s end, the west garden glows. Grasses, conifers, and flowering shrubs rise in layered rhythm beneath a sky streaked with salmon and gold. Tucked just beyond the Dining Room and Living Room, this private landscape invites quiet contemplation and connection to the timeless drama of light, weather, and season. A hidden garden terrace on the west side of the home reveals a world of abundance—raised beds, fruit trees, flowering borders, and sun-drenched patios alive with possibility. With views toward Puget Sound and privacy from mature hedges, this vibrant outdoor level functions as both sanctuary and stage for entertaining, cultivating, and reconnecting with the land.
Sculpted evergreens, vintage screen block, and finely detailed eaves define the eastern garden entry—an interplay of architecture and horticulture that nods to Japanese influences and mid-century restraint. Every approach to 4221 W Armour is intentional, layered, and quietly cinematic. The approach to 4221 W Armour is as dignified as the residence itself—ample off-street parking, clean lines, and a double carport discreetly tucked behind sculpted Japanese maple. From this quiet Carleton Park street, the Puget Sound glimmers just beyond the treetops, reminding you that the heart of the Pacific Northwest is always close at hand. From this elevated southeast vantage, the sculptural composition of 4221 W Armour comes into full view: crisp rooflines, basalt chimney, cobalt stucco, and a tapestry of clipped hedges and flowering beds. A masterwork of site and structure by Tucker & Shields—rooted in the landscape, yet unmistakably modern.
From this southwest perspective, the home’s signature basalt chimney anchors the façade—an iconic material often used in Pacific Northwest mid-century architecture for its strength, texture, and regional resonance. At 4221 W Armour, the stone rises with quiet authority, balancing the crisp lines of Tucker & Shields’ modernist design with a sense of permanence rooted in the land itself. Commanding its corner parcel just above the bluff, 4221 W Armour sits quietly within one of Magnolia’s most coveted enclaves. With Olympic sunsets to the west, Mount Rainier rising in the southeast, and the shimmering curve of Puget Sound below, this home belongs not only to its lot—but to the vast, layered story of the Pacific Northwest. /NWM2359047/NWM2359047-20.jpg
Set high on Magnolia Bluff in the Gold Coast of Carleton Park, 4221 W Armour occupies a prized 13,348 SF corner parcel. Surrounded by storied estates and framed by Puget Sound and Olympic Mountain views, this mid-century compound enjoys a rare balance of privacy, prestige, and proximity—just blocks to Discovery Park and minutes to downtown Seattle. Outlined from above, the 13,348 square foot parcel at 4221 W Armour reveals its full depth and breadth—an exceptional, street-to-street lot in the heart of Carleton Park. Mature trees offer privacy on all sides, while the home’s footprint remains centered and gracefully proportioned. A rare opportunity to own a true mid-century compound in one of Seattle’s most storied enclaves. Looking northeast across Magnolia, 4221 W Armour nestles gracefully into its lush parcel—framed by the city skyline, Elliott Bay, and the undulating ridgeline of Queen Anne. This is Seattle at its most cinematic: a home at the meeting point of nature, architecture, and the ever-changing sky.
Sweeping east toward the city, this aerial reveals 4221 W Armour’s rare perspective: nestled within Magnolia’s verdant hillside, with the Seattle skyline, Queen Anne ridge, and Cascade Range in layered succession beyond. At sunrise, the home catches the first light of day—an urban sanctuary positioned perfectly between nature and metropolis. An aerial view reveals the architectural ingenuity of Tucker & Shields, who designed the home in 1963 to cascade into the bluff while maximizing natural light and outdoor access. With four levels, three decks, and more than 7,600 square feet of living space, 4221 W Armour is both expansive and discreet—tucked into a wooded corner parcel that feels worlds away, yet is just blocks from Discovery Park and Magnolia Village.
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