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House History: 1109 North 47th Street

This house was built in 1909 for an estimated construction cost of $1,350, according to the building permit. The builder was Albert J. Carr, a contractor who lived in Wallingford. He was known for building houses throughout the University District, Wallingford and Fremont neighborhoods.

The house is a “plan book” design in Craftsman Bungalow style. The plan-book house could be built by a contractor without the use of an architect, and the construction was done by skilled craftsmen such as carpenters,

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House History: 617 North 47th Street

This house is an outstanding and well-preserved early example of a Craftsman Bungalow cottage constructed by Jud Yoho. It was built in 1910 as the home of Fred J. Kerr, a real estate developer, who had his office at 4228 Fremont Avenue.

Known as “The Bungalow Craftsman” Jud Yoho (b.1882) is considered to have been Seattle’s most active and market-oriented bungalow entrepreneur. He was the owner of the Craftsman Bungalow Company and the Take-Down Manufacturing Company, …Read More

3400 Phinney Avenue North: the original trolley car barn

The red-brick trolley car barn in Fremont was built in 1905 as a home base for the five lines which traveled around the Fremont, Ballard, Phinney, and Greenlake areas. The parking area had pits below, used by mechanics who repaired the underworking of the cars. On the east side of the building was a yard with a wash tower for cleaning the cars.

The building was the first major streetcar service facility to be built in north Seattle,

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The Fremont Neighborhood in Seattle is Founded in 1888

Each neighborhood of Seattle proudly waves the banner of its unique name, and yet many were named in a similar way:  by real estate investors.   Fremont in Seattle was also named by real estate investors.  What made the Seattle neighborhood called Fremont stand out from others, was its good location, its jump-start after Seattle’s Great Fire of 1889, and its vigorous developers who utilized the growing streetcar system to advantage.

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House History: 4905 Woodland Park Ave North

This large home is located at the northwest corner of Woodland Park Avenue North, and North 49th Street, just a block south of today’s Woodland Park & Zoo. The house, built in 1906, was in a convenient location along streetcar lines. The house is unusually large for the Fremont neighborhood and is distinctive with eighteen wood columns supporting its wrap-around porch. The house was “apartmentized” in 1951, divided up into multiple living units and is still used for apartment housing today.

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*1937 Photos Courtesy of Puget Sound Regional Branch,
Washington State Archives

Digitization of 1937 photos by Heather McAuliffe

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