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The Sunset Heights Plat in Fremont, Seattle
The original land plat of Fremont extended as far as North 39th Street. North of that street, other investors filed land plats with layouts of streets and house lots to get in on the growth of real estate values. In … 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 Mayors of Fremont in Seattle
The Fremont neighborhood in Seattle was founded in 1888 by real estate developers. It was a “planned community” where the developers first set up a lumber mill to create jobs and provide lumber for housing. The developers laid out house … Continue reading
The Golden Rule Bakery and Dairy in Fremont, Seattle
The Golden Rule Bakery and Dairy was a major employer in Fremont from 1918 to 1964. It started with one production plant at 4450 Fremont Avenue and later expanded into two more buildings, nearby on Stone Way. The second building … 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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The Coast Carton Company at 4133 Stone Way in Fremont, Seattle
In the past twenty years we have seen a complete transformation of Stone Way in Seattle from a light-industrial area to an avenue of modern apartment buildings, coffee shops and storefronts. There are still a few old buildings like the … 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