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Author Archives: Wedgwood in Seattle History
Wedgwood’s Mystery Tree-Planters
The 95-foot-tall scarlet oak tree on the northeast corner of NE 77th Street and 38th Avenue NE in Wedgwood is mentioned in Arthur Lee Jacobson’s book, Trees of Seattle, as one of the most outstanding of its type in the … Continue reading
Posted in Immigrant heritage, trees
Tagged Neighborhood History, scarlet oak, Seattle
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From Laurelhurst to Wedgwood: the McLaughlin Realty Company
If you live between NE 85th to 90th Streets, 30th to 35th Avenues NE in Wedgwood, the legal description of your home is in the Earl J. McLaughlin plat. Who was Earl J. McLaughlin?
Wedgwood’s Big Green Hundred-Year-Old House
A house which is one hundred years old can hold a lot of history – and some mystery. Although we have traced the ownership history of the Big Green House at 7321 35th Ave NE, researchers have not been able … Continue reading
Growing Up with Balch
In the summer of 1953 sixteen-year-old Jon Jarvis, newly possessed of a driver’s license, enjoyed chugging around Wedgwood in a Model T Ford he had acquired. Lack of a driver’s license did not stop Jon’s thirteen-year-old brother Terry from driving … Continue reading
The House that Flew to Wedgwood
In the summer of 1959 I (Valarie) was among a group of Wedgwood neighborhood children who clustered on the sidewalk to watch a house being moved, maneuvered and set into place. The house went onto a sloping lot at the … Continue reading
Posted in 8921 25th Pl NE, Architecture, Houses
Tagged house histories, house-moving, Neighborhood History, Seattle
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Wedgwood Rock
It is a startling experience to come upon Wedgwood Rock for the first time. More than 19 feet high, the Rock looms up out of a parking strip on 28th Ave NE at the intersection of NE 72nd Street. How … Continue reading
Snow in Wedgwood
Wedgwood’s Wartime Snow Ted & Gerry Valaas were married on December 6, 1941 — the day before the Pearl Harbor attack which plunged the United States into World War Two. As a pharmacist Ted was exempted from military service, and … Continue reading
Posted in community club (old), snow
Tagged 1940s in Wedgwood, Neighborhood History, Seattle
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Becoming Wedgwood
The Wedgwood neighborhood in Seattle was created by a bold and optimistic developer, Albert Balch. On July 31, 1941 Balch filed a plat for forty acres of land from 30th to 35th Avenues NE, NE 80th to 85th Streets, which … Continue reading
Welcome to Wedgwood!
Wedgwood in northeast Seattle is a residential neighborhood with a vibrant commercial district along its central north-south arterial, 35th Ave NE. The neighborhood did not have a specific name until after World War Two ended in 1945. The area still … Continue reading
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