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Category Archives: Houses
Fremont’s Early Houses and Immigrants
One way to outline the history of a neighborhood is by studying its houses: the land areas which were platted, the pattern of population growth and the design of the houses. Fremont in Seattle was officially founded as a separate … Continue reading
Old Houses and New Construction in Wedgwood: the Blue House
The Blue House at 2316 NE 85th Street in “western Wedgwood” had been vacant for quite a few years and finally it was sold in October 2024. A developer bought the property and has filed a plan to build townhouses. … Continue reading
Relocated Houses: Ballard Ave NW
Around Seattle’s neighborhoods there are old houses which embody the history of the city’s development and growth. In Seattle’s early years it seemed that carpenters were everywhere and today we can still see examples of carpenter-built wood-frame houses. The Pioneer … Continue reading
The Big Green House: Thanks for the Memories
On February 17, 2015, the hundred-year-old Big Green House at 7321 35th Ave NE came to the end of its lifespan and to me, it felt like the death of a friend. The Big Green House was like an eccentric, … Continue reading
Requiem for the Big Green House
Some neighborhoods of Seattle have any number of houses which are one hundred years old or older, but in Wedgwood the number of hundred-year-old houses is very small. One was the Big Green House at 7321 35th Ave NE … Continue reading
Wedgwood Memories: If a House Could Talk
If houses could talk! We can just imagine all the memories of Wedgwood neighborhood life from our childhood days, which a house could tell. In this guest post from Carleen Ormbrek Zimmerman who is one of the Seattle Urban Sketchers, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950's in Wedgwood, life transitions, memories, Seattle, Seattle Urban Sketchers
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A Log House Life in Wedgwood in the 1930s
The Reese brothers, Fred and Albert, grew up in a German-speaking farm community in Minnesota in the 1880s. It was a hard-working life with limited opportunities, and the boys’ formal education ended at the eighth grade. From then on they … Continue reading
A Sea Captain in Wedgwood
There were very few people living in Wedgwood one hundred years ago, and even fewer houses of that era in Wedgwood have survived in original condition. The hundred-year-old Wedgwood house at 7500 43rd Ave NE, built in 1910, is still … Continue reading
Posted in Houses, Immigrant heritage
Tagged early Wedgwood residents, Neighborhood History, Old houses in Wedgwood, Seattle
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Names in the Neighborhood: Inverness
The Inverness neighborhood is located in northeast Seattle between NE 85th to 90th Streets, 45th Ave NE to Sand Point Way NE. Inverness is on a very steep hillside which had no houses or any kind of development until 1954. … Continue reading
Tour Two Modern Homes in Wedgwood – Saturday, August 10, 2013
Originally posted on Main2:
Docomomo WEWA and 360°modern invite you to a summer tour of two homes designed by Paul Hayden Kirk in Seattle’s Wedgwood neighborhood. The two houses open for view on 28th Ave NE were built for real…
Posted in Architecture, Balch, Houses
Tagged Northwest Modern architecture in Seattle, Paul Hayden Kirk
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Wedgwood in Seattle History 