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Seattle’s Pioneers of Fremont: B.F. Day – Part Two
The Panic of 1893, a nationwide economic crash, had a chilling effect upon Seattle. Historian Thomas Prosch wrote that Seattle businesses, banks manufacturers and even churches closed down and went out of business due to lack of money to operate. … Continue reading
Seattle’s Pioneers of Fremont: B.F. Day – Part One
The Fremont neighborhood was one of Seattle’s most successful early suburbs, with people moving to the site beginning in 1888. When I speak of “Fremont” in this blog post, I mean the area as it is now defined, which … Continue reading
Posted in Fremont neighborhood in Seattle
Tagged Neighborhood History, Seattle, WPLongform
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Seattle’s Immigrant Photographer: Werner Lenggenhager
Werner Lenggenhager (1899-1988) was a Swiss immigrant who had lived in Australia and California before coming to Seattle in 1939 at age 40. A trip home to Switzerland in 1949 made Lenggenhager realize that historic buildings are not always valued … Continue reading
Wedgwood’s Immigrants: the Akahoshi Family
Census records of 1920 show that there were quite a few immigrants living in the northeast Seattle neighborhood of Wedgwood that year. Germans who built their own houses and settled in Wedgwood included John Herkenrath, Gustav Morris, and William Voss, … Continue reading
Posted in Dahl Playfield, farms, Immigrant heritage, Picardo Farm
Tagged Japanese immigrants, Neighborhood History, Seattle, World War Two, WPLongform
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Churches and Changes in Wedgwood
There are four church buildings within the boundaries of northeast Seattle’s Wedgwood neighborhood from NE 75th to 95th Streets. Each congregation has had different locations, buildings and names over the years. The names and the patterns of use of the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, churches, Neighborhood features
Tagged Neighborhood History, Seattle
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Sunday, Swamp, Soup, Cider
On Sunday, November 22nd at 2 PM everyone is invited to come on a guided walk through northeast Seattle’s wonderful urban amenity, the Yesler Swamp Trail. The tour will be led by Professor Kern Ewing of the University of Washington’s … Continue reading
The Kittredge Family: a Bridge to Northeast Seattle
We may define “pioneers” as young people, perhaps single men or young couples, who journey out to unexplored lands to start new lives. The story of Seattle’s growth includes plenty of pioneer stories but not just in Seattle’s first century … Continue reading
Seattle Street Names
The vision of a city in the place where Seattle now stands was born in the heart of Arthur Denny, a 29-year-old surveyor in Knox County, Illinois in 1851. As a surveyor Denny knew that in unexplored regions, early-arriving settlers … Continue reading
Old Houses and New Construction in Wedgwood: the Blue House
The Blue House at 2316 NE 85th Street in “western Wedgwood” had been vacant for quite a few years and finally it was sold in October 2024. A developer bought the property and has filed a plan to build townhouses. … Continue reading
A Walk Through Wedgwood History
Take a Walk Through Wedgwood History with me, Valarie, on any/all Saturdays in September 2015. We will meet under the Safeway sign, 35th Ave NE at the corner of NE 75th Street at 10 AM. We will look at the … Continue reading
Wedgwood in Seattle History 