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The Morningside Heights plat in Wedgwood
Prior to the 1940s, the future Wedgwood neighborhood had been known as Morningside. The name came from the promotion of the Morningside Heights development close to NE 95th Street. The neighborhood name “Wedgwood” is the legacy of 1940s developer Albert … Continue reading
Earl G. Park, Architect in Wedgwood
On the census of the year 1900 in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, seventeen-year-old Earl G. Park listed his occupation as “architect.” Two years later, Earl Park was in Seattle in the employ of a busy and successful architectural firm, Bebb … Continue reading
John R. Nevins, architect in Wedgwood
John R. Nevins was an architect and civil engineer who worked in Seattle from 1902 to 1932. With business partner Earl G. Park, he platted the Nevins & Park Addition in Wedgwood, and Nevins lived on that block from 1916 to … Continue reading
The Nevins and Park Plat in Wedgwood
The Nevins & Park plat in Wedgwood is five acres of land, one long block from NE 82nd to 85th Streets, 28th to 30th Avenues NE. To file a “plat” means to register the land with King County … Continue reading
The Big White House on the Hill in Wedgwood
In the 1930s in Wedgwood there were mostly small houses and very few big houses, due to the difficulty of heating and that smaller houses were less expensive to build. One big house which was very visible was perched on the … Continue reading
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Tagged the 1930s in Wedgwood
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The Mary J. Chandler plat in Wedgwood
Mary J. Chandler’s Addition to Seattle is the name of a plat in Wedgwood. The plat was filed in 1890 for land from 25th to 45th Avenues NE, NE 80th to 85th Streets. To file a plat means to have … Continue reading
Apartments in Wedgwood: Oneida to Jasper
In the early 1900s in Seattle, apartments were built along trolley routes to close-in neighborhoods such as Capitol Hill. Wedgwood was a remote neighborhood which didn’t begin to form an identity until the 1940s and was never served by a … Continue reading
Wedgwood Rock: from Homestead to Houses
The Wedgwood Rock section of homes is from 25th to 30th Avenues NE, NE 70th to 75th Streets. This forty-acre tract was first platted (a plan for lots and streets laid out) in November 1945 by Albert Balch, a builder. Balch had … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Rock, homestead claims, Post-war housing developments
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Wedgwood Rock and Big Rock: the orphaned boulder-siblings
Wedgwood Rock has a sibling: Big Rock at 106 S. Main Street, Coupeville, Whidbey Island, about fifty miles north of Seattle. Testing of the mineral composition of both boulders has shown that they came from Mt. Erie, Fidalgo Island, near Anacortes … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Rock, glacial erratic, Neighborhood History, Seattle
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From Laurelhurst to Wedgwood: the McLaughlin Realty Company
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?
Wedgwood in Seattle History 