{"id":10158,"date":"2019-02-14T08:03:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T08:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teamfranklin.com\/?p=10158"},"modified":"2019-02-14T08:15:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T08:15:48","slug":"cadabra-amazon-birthplace-is-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamfranklin.com\/cadabra-amazon-birthplace-is-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadabra\/Amazon Birthplace is For Sale – Complete w\/ Original Mailbox."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Some of you may have seen that the home where Amazon.com (first called Cadabra) was famously born is now on the market for sale. See\u00a0the article\u00a0below as first reported by www.GeekWire.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Franklin Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silicon Valley might have the HP Garage<\/a>, but Seattle has the Amazon Mailbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon\u2019s first home, a residential property at 10704 N.E. 28th St. in Bellevue, Wash., was listed for sale Monday<\/a> at an asking price of $1,488,888, complete with an historic artifact on the curb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much of the 3-bedroom, 1.75-bath house has been renovated since Jeff Bezos rented the home in the mid-1990s for a venture then known as Cadabra Inc. However, the property still holds an oversized mailbox, believed to have been used by Bezos and the company\u2019s early employees to accommodate the book catalogs they were receiving for the online bookstore, later renamed Amazon.com.*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mailbox has no official historical designation, but the buyer, whomever it turns out to be, will be informed of its significance, listing agent Pat Sullivan<\/a> of John L. Scott Real Estate assured GeekWire when reached via phone this afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is the very first Amazon address, and it always will be,\u201d Sullivan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As tech journalists in the Seattle region, we\u2019ve been keeping tabs on this house for years, given the historical significance, and we often cite it as inspiration for startups. After all, from this modest suburban home emerged one of the most valuable and influential companies in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then again, maybe modest<\/em> isn\u2019t the right word anymore. The asking price is more than double the $620,000 that the home fetched a decade ago<\/a>. However, Sullivan said he didn\u2019t put a premium on the price as a result of the history, and the listing price is in line with current market value. The growth of Amazon and the rebound of Microsoft have helped to create a surge in home values over the past several years in many parts of the Seattle region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lead photo on the listing does include a note that the home was \u201cThe birthplace of Amazon,\u201d and Sullivan of course won\u2019t be disappointed if the home\u2019s history results in a bidding war that escalates the price beyond the listing price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s the full description from the listing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Magnificent in West Bellevue! This charming Craftsman was rebuilt in 2001 w\/ an enormous great room that\u2019s perfect for entertaining! It boasts 13\u2019 vltd pine ceiling & river rock fplc. Fabulous granite & maple kitchen entices the cook. Master suite w\/divine tiled shower. Hardwoods, crown mldg, lots of skylights & natural light. Meticulous setting, big party deck w\/ hot tub, fenced yard, 10\u00d720 strg shed. Very well cared for! A slice of history-Jeff Bezos started Amazon in the garage in the 1990\u2019s!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Hey, wait a second, isn\u2019t a certain richest person in the world in need of a new place to live<\/a> right now? Now that would be going full circle!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open houses are scheduled<\/a> from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and you never know who might show up. Offers are set to be reviewed a week from today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Amazon changed its name from Cadabra, a reference to \u201cabracadabra,\u201d after people on the phone misheard it as \u201ccadaver.\u201d <\/em>
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Some of you may have seen that the home where Amazon.com (first called Cadabra) was famously born is now on the market for sale. See\u00a0the article\u00a0below as first reported by www.GeekWire.com. Thank you! Franklin Jones Silicon Valley might have the HP Garage, but Seattle has the Amazon Mailbox. Amazon\u2019s first home, a residential property at 10704 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamfranklin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamfranklin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamfranklin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamfranklin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamfranklin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10158"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/teamfranklin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10165,"href":"https:\/\/teamfranklin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10158\/revisions\/10165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamfranklin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamfranklin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamfranklin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}