Tag Archives: Neighborhood History

Lincoln High School in Seattle

Posted on September 4, 2019 by

A ribbon-cutting and open-house event was held at Seattle’s Lincoln High School on September 3, 2019, as the school celebrated its modernization and renovation.  Another opportunity for alumni and the general public to tour the building will be on Wednesday, … Continue reading →

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Seattle Stream Names

Posted on July 23, 2019 by

The City of Seattle has at least fifty streams flowing across its ridges, through meadows and wetlands into bodies of water including Puget Sound and Lake Washington. There is no one source for a list of Seattle streams and their … Continue reading →

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Seattle Street Names North of Lake Union

Posted on July 15, 2019 by

Seattle historian Rob Ketcherside has previously cataloged the street names which were reorganized in a major City ordinance in the year 1895.  This was when the decision was made to have streets keep one name along their entire length, instead … Continue reading →

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Fremont at the Center of the Universe

Posted on June 11, 2019 by

Fremont is one of Seattle’s most art-filled neighborhoods, with many murals, sculptures and other indoor and outdoor artworks.  As written on the webpage of the Fremont Chamber of Commerce, “Where else will you find a troll, a drawbridge, a rocket, … Continue reading →

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Discovering History through Digitized Newspapers

Posted on May 30, 2019 by

Washington State is rich in digital resources for historic research.  Many of the research collections of the Washington State Library are on-line.  The Washington State Library, a division of the Office of Secretary of State, has launched a new website … Continue reading →

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Fremont Drug Company in Seattle, Part Three: from Drugstore to Red Door

Posted on April 24, 2019 by

The Red Door restaurant is in the Fremont Drug Company building which was moved to its present site, 3401 Evanston Avenue, in the year 2001.  This original Fremont Drug Company building was built in 1895 at 3401 Fremont Avenue. Today’s … Continue reading →

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Fremont Drug Company in Seattle, Part Two: the Brothers and the Business

Posted on March 19, 2019 by

The census of the year 1900 showed that at age 24, Thomas W. Lough had already experienced extremes of joys and heartaches in his life.  At age 21 in January 1898, Thomas married Vina Graham in a ceremony at the … Continue reading →

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