Category Archives: Plat names

Wedgwood Rock and Big Rock: the orphaned boulder-siblings

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

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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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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