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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
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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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
Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Wedgwood, Seattle
A Catholic church was founded in Wedgwood in 1929 by the Jesuits of Seattle University. They bought a forty-acre tract of land with the intention of moving Seattle University to the site, but only one month after the land purchase, … Continue reading
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Tagged 8900 35th Avenue NE, Neighborhood History, Seattle
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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 McVicar Hardware Store in Wedgwood
After Grant McVicar finished service with the Navy in World War Two, he returned to Seattle and went into business with his father. The McVicars rented a brand-new storefront on the west side of 35th Ave NE between NE 85th … Continue reading
Posted in businesses, name of the neighborhood
Tagged Halloween, Neighborhood History, post office, Seattle
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Wedgwood’s First Business District
The development of Wedgwood’s first business district began with J.W. (Joe) Shauer, an enterprising businessman who moved his family from Greenwood to Wedgwood in 1918. Mr. Shauer (pronounced shower) paid $1,000 for an acre of property on the west side … Continue reading
Posted in businesses, ginseng farm, taverns
Tagged 1920s in Wedgwood, Neighborhood History, Prohibition, Seattle
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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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Bud Gagnon’s Wedgewood Pharmacy
Bud & Dolly Gagnon were the owners of the WedgEwood Pharmacy from 1952 to 1972 (spelled with that extra “e!!”) The Gagnons saw the drugstore business evolve from old-time traditions into the streamlined service of the modern era. Note the … Continue reading
Wedgwood in Seattle History 