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The Ginseng Farm in Wedgwood
On the census of the year 1900 in Seattle Mr. Charles E. Thorpe was listed as a lodger in a private home on Denny Way near present-day Seattle Center. By 1905 Mr. Thorpe had become one of the earliest residents of the future Wedgwood … Continue reading
Groceries and Growth in Wedgwood
Grocery stores in Wedgwood expanded with the growth of the neighborhood in the post-World-War-Two period of the 1940s and 1950s. Beginning with the economic downturn called the Boeing Bust in the 1970s, grocery stores and some other kinds of stores declined … Continue reading
Posted in apartments, businesses, Controversies, grocery stores, Neighborhood features
Tagged land use planning, Neighborhood History, Seattle
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McGillivray’s: the Biggest Little Store in Wedgwood
In the 1940s Arthur & Dorothy McGillivray decided to move from Minnesota to Seattle along with their daughter, Bette, while Bette attended the University of Washington. With past experience in merchandising, the McGillivrays were ready to try their hand at … Continue reading
The Mary J. Chandler plat in Wedgwood
Mary J. Chandler’s Addition to Seattle is the name of a plat in Wedgwood. The plat was filed in 1890 for land from 25th to 45th Avenues NE, NE 80th to 85th Streets. To file a plat means to have … Continue reading
The Gateposts of Wedgwood
When Albert Balch, the developer of the Wedgwood neighborhood, put up stone gateposts at the entrance to his new housing area, he tapped into the gateposts’ symbolism of permanence and protection, qualities desired by young couples in search of homes.
Posted in Balch, businesses, gateposts, Neighborhood features
Tagged Neighborhood History, Seattle
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Apartments in Wedgwood: Oneida to Jasper
In the early 1900s in Seattle, apartments were built along trolley routes to close-in neighborhoods such as Capitol Hill. Wedgwood was a remote neighborhood which didn’t begin to form an identity until the 1940s and was never served by a … Continue reading
Parks in Wedgwood
Albert Balch, the developer of Wedgwood, intended to have some park space in the neighborhood but not all of his plans were realized, as he got busy with house-building. In 1941 Balch platted a forty-acre tract of land from 30th to 35th Avenues NE, … Continue reading
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Tagged corner of 86th & 35th, Neighborhood History, Seattle
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Wedgwood Rock and Big Rock: the orphaned boulder-siblings
Wedgwood Rock has a sibling: Big Rock at 106 S. Main Street, Coupeville, Whidbey Island, about fifty miles north of Seattle. Testing of the mineral composition of both boulders has shown that they came from Mt. Erie, Fidalgo Island, near Anacortes … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Rock, glacial erratic, Neighborhood History, Seattle
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Wedgwood Rock: Fourth of July Picnic in 1881
Wedgwood Rock probably first came to the attention of white settlers in the 1870s. A land survey of north Seattle was done in 1855, but there was no notation of the existence of the Rock. The surveyors of 1855 described the terrain in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1880s in Seattle, Civil War, homesteaders, Neighborhood History, Seattle
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The Wedgwood Broiler
This article gives the history of the Wedgwood Broiler restaurant in Wedgwood at 8230 35th Ave NE, in a two-acre shopping center at Wedgwood’s main intersection at NE 85th Street. In 1959 a grocery store (Tradewell) was the first building … Continue reading
Wedgwood in Seattle History 