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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Wedgwood’s University Unitarian Church
In 2018-2019 the University Unitarian Church congregation vacated their building so that it could be renovated. The congregation met elsewhere while the work was done on the UUC building located on 35th Ave NE at the southeast corner of NE … Continue reading
What about the “E” in Wedgwood?
The Wedgwood neighborhood in Seattle took its name from a real estate development which was started in 1941 by Albert Balch. The naming happened gradually after Balch’s Wedgwood group of houses became well-known. In an April 1956 interview for the … Continue reading
In the Shadow of Wedgwood Rock: the Berg Family
John and Elida Berg were Swedish immigrants who, as newlyweds, were able to find a home and a new life in Seattle. In 1910 John and Elida built a house on 29th Ave NE at NE 68th Street, just south … Continue reading
Posted in Houses, Immigrant heritage, Wedgwood Rock
Tagged AYPE of 1909, Neighborhood History, Seattle, Swedish immigrants
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Mr. Cook, early neighborhood activist in Wedgwood
Like other American cities which had major fires in the 1800s, Seattle received a publicity boost from its Great Fire of June 6, 1889. Telegrams went out to other cities’ newspapers telling of the heroic efforts to save property and that … Continue reading
Posted in boundaries, businesses, Houses
Tagged 75th & 35th, annexation, city limits, moving houses, Neighborhood History, Seattle, WPLongform
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Homesteading in Wedgwood after the Civil War
In Seattle in the 1870s it was still possible to obtain land in a homestead claim. Some who came to Seattle were young adventure-seekers, but many who came seeking land were older men who were trying to make a fresh … Continue reading
Wedgwood in Seattle History 