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What about the “E” in Wedgwood?
The Wedgwood neighborhood in Seattle took its name from a real estate development which was started in 1941 by Albert Balch. The naming happened gradually after Balch’s Wedgwood group of houses became well-known. In an April 1956 interview for the … Continue reading
In the Shadow of Wedgwood Rock: the Berg Family
John and Elida Berg were Swedish immigrants who, as newlyweds, were able to find a home and a new life in Seattle. In 1910 John and Elida built a house on 29th Ave NE at NE 68th Street, just south … Continue reading
Posted in Houses, Immigrant heritage, Wedgwood Rock
Tagged AYPE of 1909, Neighborhood History, Seattle, Swedish immigrants
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Mr. Cook, early neighborhood activist in Wedgwood
Like other American cities which had major fires in the 1800s, Seattle received a publicity boost from its Great Fire of June 6, 1889. Telegrams went out to other cities’ newspapers telling of the heroic efforts to save property and that … Continue reading
Posted in boundaries, businesses, Houses
Tagged 75th & 35th, annexation, city limits, moving houses, Neighborhood History, Seattle, WPLongform
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Homesteading in Wedgwood after the Civil War
In Seattle in the 1870s it was still possible to obtain land in a homestead claim. Some who came to Seattle were young adventure-seekers, but many who came seeking land were older men who were trying to make a fresh … Continue reading
The Conroy family in Wedgwood
Sam & Mary Ellen Conroy came to the Wedgwood neighborhood of Seattle in about 1915. They lived a rural lifestyle of using draft horses for construction and road work, and they helped nurture the Chapel of St. Ignatius which met … Continue reading
Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Wedgwood, Seattle
A Catholic church was founded in Wedgwood in 1929 by the Jesuits of Seattle University. They bought a forty-acre tract of land with the intention of moving Seattle University to the site, but only one month after the land purchase, … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, churches
Tagged 8900 35th Avenue NE, Neighborhood History, Seattle
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A Victorian in Wedgwood
The Wedgwood neighborhood does not have any Victorian houses built in the 1800s, but there is one house, completed in 2007, built in the Queen Anne style which was popular more than a century ago in Seattle. The house is … Continue reading
Posted in 3056 NE 87th Street, Architecture, Houses
Tagged Neighborhood History, Seattle
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From Herkenrath to Hunter’s
The Wedgwood Post Office at 7714 35th Ave NE and the Hunter Tree Farm at 7744 are on the former site of the Herkenrath house, built in 1926.
The McVicar Hardware Store in Wedgwood
After Grant McVicar finished service with the Navy in World War Two, he returned to Seattle and went into business with his father. The McVicars rented a brand-new storefront on the west side of 35th Ave NE between NE 85th … Continue reading
Posted in businesses, name of the neighborhood
Tagged Halloween, Neighborhood History, post office, Seattle
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Wedgwood’s First Business District
The development of Wedgwood’s first business district began with J.W. (Joe) Shauer, an enterprising businessman who moved his family from Greenwood to Wedgwood in 1918. Mr. Shauer (pronounced shower) paid $1,000 for an acre of property on the west side … Continue reading
Posted in businesses, ginseng farm, taverns
Tagged 1920s in Wedgwood, Neighborhood History, Prohibition, Seattle
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Wedgwood in Seattle History 