Some neighborhoods of Seattle are characterized by a certain style of house, because the majority of their houses were built during that style’s period of popularity. Wallingford, for example, is known for its blocks of Craftsman houses built in a relatively short period of time, from 1905 to 1925 when the neighborhood was growing rapidly.
Wedgwood does have some Craftsman houses as the style was very popular throughout Seattle in the 1920s. The northwest quadrant of Wedgwood from NE 90th to 95th Streets was the first section of the (future) Wedgwood to be promoted by a real estate company, and for that reason it still has many houses built in the 1920s.
The Wedgwood neighborhood developed slowly in the period from 1900 to 1940 and has fewer houses in Craftsman style, representative of early years.
By the 1930s “revival” styles such as Spanish Colonial and English Tudor became popular in Seattle, and these houses used the building materials of brick and stucco. There are just a few examples of these in Wedgwood.





