You may have seen this house on 7321 35th Ave, it sits right by the Starbucks. Built in 1903 it is Wedgwood's oldest building.
Don't think it's worth saving? Well the folks in Fremont worked with the Historic Seattle Preservation Socity to save their 1902 residence below.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Should this 1904 Wedgwood house be saved?
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I much rather see homes moved instead of torn down. It saddens me to see some of the great old homes in my neighborhood of West Seattle demolished.
I thought it would be cool to turn this property over the city and turn it into a 'community meeting house'. That way different neighborhood groups could rent it out for meetings and possibly even smaller recitals.
If you enjoy seeing photos of Wedgwood in the old days, please visit the neighborhood history display at the North East Branch Library, 6801 35th Avenue NE, in the month of February. The display includes Wedgwood, Meadowbrook, Laurelhurst and others. I'll be there every Wednesday at 1 PM to hear your questions and comments.
--Valarie Bunn, Wedgwood neighborhood historian
So is anybody doing anything to try and save this building? Are there any groups out there working on protecting it?
I think Wedgwooders are writing about it, but I don't know if anything organized is being done right now.
I have investigated historic preservation and have found that the house at 7321 probably doesn't meet the criteria: design, historic significance such as association with an event or a person (such as a Seattle pioneer.) Unfortunately, just being old (perhaps the oldest house in Wedgwood) doesn't qualify the house as "historic." If anyone wants to buy the house and have it moved, they could contact the developer; the developer plans to tear the house down.
I used to know the family who lived there. Many nice memories. It's a great old house, probably not preferred by the type of folks who could afford it now! The yard used to go right thru the block to 34th NE, but half the yard got cut off to build a big new house a few years ago. The house just south of it on 34th NE used to be the barn for this house when it was a farm long ago.
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