Category Archives: Neighborhood features

A Tree in Wedgwood History

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

If only trees could talk!   If they could, Wedgwood’s trees might tell tales of life in the neighborhood in the past one hundred years or more. The bigleaf maple at 3158 NE 81st Street is a tree which might have a … Continue reading →

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Wedgwood’s Mystery Tree-Planters

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

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 →

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From Laurelhurst to Wedgwood: the McLaughlin Realty Company

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

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?

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Snow in Wedgwood

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

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 →

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Becoming Wedgwood

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

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 →

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Welcome to Wedgwood!

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

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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