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Names in the Neighborhood: Pinehurst in Seattle
Pinehurst in Seattle started out as the name for a plat of land on the east side of 15th Ave NE, between NE 115th to 125th Streets. Many Seattle neighborhoods acquired their names in this way, as a plat which … Continue reading
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The Nortons of Ravenna-Bryant in Seattle
It has been said of early Seattleites that no matter their original vocation, once they got to Seattle they went into the business of real estate. Land was available in and around Seattle so that those who invested in property … Continue reading
The Adams of Ravenna Orchard in Seattle
This blog post will tell of an African-American couple, Charles & Nora Adams, who came to live in northeast Seattle in 1912. Charles & Nora Adams were among the early residents just north of Calvary Cemetery on NE 55th Street. … Continue reading
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The Bentons of Ravenna Orchard in Seattle
The Benton family arrived in Seattle in the early 1900s and lived on 29th Ave NE in what is now the Ravenna-Bryant neighborhood, near Bryant School. Beginning in 1906, the Bentons became real estate investors who sold lots and built … Continue reading
The Hillcrest Houses in Wedgwood
In 1939 a newlywed couple, James & Bonnie May Burnett, moved into a new house on NE 88th Street in northeast Seattle. Their block of new houses was occupied mostly by other young couples. This was only the Burnett’s first … Continue reading
A Garden of Immigrants in Medohart
In the 1920s the (future) Wedgwood area began to be populated by immigrants. In northeast Seattle out along 35th Ave NE, those who searched for homes found an undeveloped area with inexpensive housing and a semi-rural lifestyle. At the (future) … Continue reading
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Medohart in Wedgwood
Charles Hartge met his future wife, Lena, while they both were teaching school in Pennsylvania. Charles was an ambitious person whose goal was to become an attorney, so he worked until he could go to law school in Buffalo, NY. … Continue reading
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The Spiger Family in Ravenna
The life story of Henry Spiger tells of the western migration of Americans after the Civil War, and the attraction to the growth opportunities in Seattle in the 1880s. Henry Spiger, born before the Civil War, gradually migrated from his … Continue reading
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The Swansons of Ravenna Valley
The little community of Ravenna in northeast Seattle began to expand in the early 1900s. Population growth naturally moved in that direction as more people clustered near to the University of Washington. The growth of northeast Seattle was further stimulated … Continue reading
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Laurette Stanley in Wedgwood
Laurette Augusta Young and Moses Terrell Stanley married in 1869 in Sweetland Township, Muscatine County, Iowa. Each had come to Iowa as children when their parents migrated from other states to take advantage of the rich farmlands on the expanding … Continue reading
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Wedgwood in Seattle History 