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Category Archives: Seattle History
The Motor Line Plats in Fremont in Seattle
The Fremont neighborhood in Seattle was opened in something like a land rush in the summer of 1888 when lots were first offered for sale. The original land area of the plat was from Florentia Street on the south side … Continue reading
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The Latona Addition in North Seattle
The Latona Addition, a plat filed in 1889, has Latona Avenue at its center between 1st to 6th Avenues NE. In the process of standardization of Seattle street names to a numbered system, Latona Avenue was retained, a charming reminder … Continue reading
House History: 4202 Phinney Avenue North in Seattle
The story of the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle is that of a sudden burst of development when the neighborhood opened in 1888. At that time there was no ship canal but there was a stream with a small wooden trestle … Continue reading
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The People Behind the Street Name: Humes Place West
In January 1906 Seattle Assistant City Engineer James C. Jeffery announced another round of street name changes. He explained that changes were necessary because sometimes there were two streets with the same name in different parts of the city. Other streets had … Continue reading
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The Bryant Lumber Company in Fremont, Seattle
When the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle was founded in 1888, its developers organized a business, Fremont Milling Company, at the small canal at the northwest corner of Lake Union. Timber was cleared from Fremont’s hillsides and skidded down to the … Continue reading
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Lake Washington: Keeping It Clean
The greater-Seattle area is bounded by the saltwater Puget Sound and freshwater lakes including Lake Washington. In summertime, Seattle sparkles with water activities including boating, fishing and swimming. Over the past sixty years the greater-Seattle metropolitan water treatment program … Continue reading
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C.P. Stone, Namesake of Stone Way in Seattle
Fremont in Seattle was developed in 1888 as a suburb with its own name. The success of Fremont was due to vigorous land developers, good planning, the availability of water transportation and the new rail line, the Seattle, Lake Shore … Continue reading
Fred Sander and the Interurban Rail Line
Fred Sander (1853-1921) was an early Seattle settler who arrived in 1879, when Seattle didn’t look like much more than a seaside village, and yet Sander stayed to become a “city booster.” Born in Mississippi, Sander left home at age … Continue reading
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Fremont’s Grand Union Streetcar Switch
One of the reasons why Fremont in Seattle was long regarded as the Center of the Universe was because of its convergence of streetcar lines and the Interurban Railway which all crossed the Fremont Bridge. At the north end of … Continue reading
The People Behind the Street Name: Densmore
Milton Densmore (1839-1908) was a Civil War veteran of Vermont who became an early resident of Seattle. At the close of the Civil War in 1865, Densmore followed the pattern of many veterans, who moved westward and made land claims. He met … Continue reading
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