Hamlin Park

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Hamlin Park is an 80-acre public park in Shoreline, Washington. The park includes a wooded area with trails, a softball/baseball field with bleachers, two playgrounds, and a picnic shelter. [1] An orienteering course with waypoint markers is laid out within the park. [2]

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Two historic 8-inch/30-caliber guns from USS Boston are mounted near the park's main playground. [3]

In 2017, the park was a subject of controversy in response to the city's proposal to convert part of the wooded area into a maintenance facility. [4] After a series of "Save Hamlin Park" protests from city residents, the proposal was withdrawn. [5] [6]

History

Howard H. Hamlin was a real estate developer who owned land in 1907 in the area that would eventually become Hamlin Park. [7] In 1910, Ole Hanson’s North Seattle Improvement Company purchased the land to develop it into the city of Lake Forest Park. [8] Hamlin died on January 13, 1926, at the age of 80 at his home on Capital Hill. [9] In 1939, thirteen years after Hamlin’s death, the Seattle Trust and Savings Bank donated eight acres of land to King County to be developed into Hamlin Park with funds from the Works Progress Administration. [10] In 1948, community clubs and civic groups campaigned to have wooded land north of the Firland Sanatorium owned by the state added to the eight acre park. [11] A ceremony dedicating the expanded Hamlin Park was held on May 8, 1949. [12]

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References

  1. "Parks | City of Shoreline". www.shorelinewa.gov.
  2. Jensen, Rebecca. "Shorecrest-Hamlin Park". Cascade Orienteering.
  3. "Heritage Highlights | Shoreline Historical Museum". shorelinehistoricalmuseum.org.
  4. "Environmental activists worried about Shoreline's Hamlin Park". mynorthwest.com. 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  5. "City Council takes Hamlin Park off the maintenance facility list as supporters pack the Council meeting Monday".
  6. Naby, Nora El. "Hamlin Park Isn't Out of the Woods Yet". Highland Piper.
  7. "Anderson Map Co's King Co. Atlas, 1907 - Page 09, Township 26N, Range 4E". Seattle Public Library's Special Collections Online. 1907. p. 9.
  8. "Plat of Lake Forest Park" (PDF). Racial Restrictive Covenant Project - Washington State. 19 Dec 1911.
  9. "Howard H. Hamlin Dies At Home Here". Seattle Daily Times. 14 Jan 1926. p. 7.
  10. "Bank Is Thanked For Hamlin Park Site". Seattle Daily Times. 29 Dec 1939. p. 22.
  11. "Clubs Ask State Tract For Park". Seattle Daily Times. 11 Feb 1948. p. 11.
  12. "Hamlin Park To Be Dedicated This Afternoon". Seattle Daily Times. 8 May 1949. p. 13.

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