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Illuminating Bryant
In the early 1900s Seattle neighborhoods were growing farther to the northeast, on the edges of communities such as Ravenna and the Town of Yesler. Ravenna was a railroad stop at the intersection of Blakeley Street & 25th Ave NE. … Continue reading
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Names in the Neighborhood: Bryant
In northeast Seattle most of the neighborhood names are those of real estate developments such as Wedgwood, which originally was only a plat name. The builder of the Wedgwood group of houses, Albert Balch, did not deliberately set out to … Continue reading
Life and Legacy in Wedgwood in the 1930s: the Hentschell Family
The Wedgwood neighborhood in northeast Seattle was never reached by a streetcar system, and the area remained outside of the City Limits until the 1940s-1950s. Up until after the end of World War Two in 1945, the (future) Wedgwood area … Continue reading
The Busy Growing Years of Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Seattle
Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church has a storied history as one of the oldest congregations in the Wedgwood neighborhood of Seattle, second only to Wedgwood Presbyterian Church. A Catholic chapel called St. Ignatius began in the neighborhood in … Continue reading
The Canney Family and the Lake Union Presbyterian Church
The Fremont neighborhood of Seattle is located at the northwest corner of Lake Union, which Seattle’s early-arriving white settlers recognized as an ideal location for industries such as sawmills. Even though the future-Fremont site was the 1854 homestead claim of William … Continue reading
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Tour of Modern Sacred Spaces in Wedgwood
On September 10, 2016, there will be a tour of two modern architectural churches in the Wedgwood neighborhood: Our Lady of the Lake and University Unitarian.
Churches and Changes in Wedgwood
There are four church buildings within the boundaries of northeast Seattle’s Wedgwood neighborhood from NE 75th to 95th Streets. Each congregation has had different locations, buildings and names over the years. The names and the patterns of use of the … Continue reading
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From Morningside to Wedgwood Presbyterian Church
In the 1920s and 1930s before Wedgwood acquired its name, its sense of identity and defined boundaries, the name Morningside was often used for the neighborhood. Beginning in 1913 the Morningside Heights plat on the west side of 35th Ave … 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
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
Wedgwood in Seattle History 