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Monthly Archives: June 2012
The Conroy family in Wedgwood
Sam & Mary Ellen Conroy came to the Wedgwood neighborhood of Seattle in about 1915. They lived a rural lifestyle of using draft horses for construction and road work, and they helped nurture the Chapel of St. Ignatius which met … Continue reading
Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Wedgwood, Seattle
A Catholic church was founded in Wedgwood in 1929 by the Jesuits of Seattle University. They bought a forty-acre tract of land with the intention of moving Seattle University to the site, but only one month after the land purchase, … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, churches
Tagged 8900 35th Avenue NE, Neighborhood History, Seattle
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A Victorian in Wedgwood
The Wedgwood neighborhood does not have any Victorian houses built in the 1800s, but there is one house, completed in 2007, built in the Queen Anne style which was popular more than a century ago in Seattle. The house is … Continue reading
Posted in 3056 NE 87th Street, Architecture, Houses
Tagged Neighborhood History, Seattle
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From Herkenrath to Hunter’s
The Wedgwood Post Office at 7714 35th Ave NE and the Hunter Tree Farm at 7744 are on the former site of the Herkenrath house, built in 1926.
The McVicar Hardware Store in Wedgwood
After Grant McVicar finished service with the Navy in World War Two, he returned to Seattle and went into business with his father. The McVicars rented a brand-new storefront on the west side of 35th Ave NE between NE 85th … Continue reading
Posted in businesses, name of the neighborhood
Tagged Halloween, Neighborhood History, post office, Seattle
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Wedgwood in Seattle History 