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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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Gerhard Ericksen’s Good Road
In the 1880s Seattleites were fed up with being snubbed by railroad corporations. The last straw was the Northern Pacific’s selection of Seattle’s rival city, Tacoma, as the western terminus of the NP’s cross-country line. Under the leadership of Judge … Continue reading
Posted in Immigrant heritage, streets
Tagged Bothell, cars and roads, Lake City Way NE, McKee's map of 1894, railroad
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The Fischer Farm in Meadowbrook
It is hard for us to imagine the leap of faith made by people who immigrated to America a century ago. In the 1800s, without the aids of television or radio, immigrants could not get a very clear idea of … Continue reading
Oriental Gardens in Meadowbrook
A massive earthquake struck the city of San Francisco in the early morning hours of April 18, 1906. But worse than the damage caused by the earthquake itself were the fires which raged through the city for three days afterward. … Continue reading
From Wedgwood to Meadowbrook
In the 1920s and 1930s the (future) Wedgwood area lacked a strong name association in part because it lacked a school to give the neighborhood an identity. But just to the north, on NE 100th Street at the corner of … Continue reading
The Eastwood and Wedgwood Community Clubs
During the years of World War Two from 1941 to 1945 all Seattleites had some concerns about the possibility of bombing, since Seattle is a coastal city. For this reason people took civil defense training and organized their neighborhoods to help one another in … 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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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
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 Ida’s Inn Beer Parlor in Wedgwood
On January 12, 2020, a car swerved off the road and struck the northernmost corner of the building at 7500 35th Ave NE, in the block to the north of the Wedgwood Safeway. The incident has caused renewed interest in … Continue reading
Posted in 7528 35th Ave NE, businesses, farms, Immigrant heritage, taverns
Tagged Neighborhood History, Seattle, WPLongform
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Wedgwood in Seattle History 