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The Eastwood and Wedgwood Community Clubs
During the years of World War Two from 1941 to 1945 all Seattleites had some concerns about the possibility of bombing, since Seattle is a coastal city. For this reason people took civil defense training and organized their neighborhoods to help one another in … Continue reading
Homesteading in Wedgwood after the Civil War
In Seattle in the 1870s it was still possible to obtain land in a homestead claim. Some who came to Seattle were young adventure-seekers, but many who came seeking land were older men who were trying to make a fresh … Continue reading
Morningside Heights in Wedgwood: Prohibition, the Great Depression, and Walter S. Wood
This is the second article about the life of Walter S. Wood, an early resident of Morningside Heights in Wedgwood. In 1927 Walter Wood turned forty years old and he was going full-steam ahead with all of his varied businesses … Continue reading
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Tagged Great Depression of 1930s, Neighborhood History, Prohibition, Seattle
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Life in Morningside Heights, Wedgwood: Walter S. Wood
In the early 1900s the Wedgwood neighborhood did not yet have a name and the area was quite rural. The Morningside Heights plat from NE 90th to 95th Streets, 25th to 35th Avenues NE, was one of the early sections of Wedgwood to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920s in Wedgwood, Craftsman bungalow, Neighborhood History, Seattle, Victory Way
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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
Wedgwood in Seattle History 