Lake Hills, Bellevue

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Lake Hills neighborhood sign on the western end of Lake Hills Boulevard. 2018 Lake Hills sign.jpg
Lake Hills neighborhood sign on the western end of Lake Hills Boulevard.

Lake Hills is a neighborhood in Bellevue, Washington. It lies to the south of the Crossroads and north of the Eastgate neighborhoods. [1]

In the early 1900s, Japanese immigrants farmed the part of Lake Hills between present day Larsen Lake and Phantom Lake. [2] This agricultural activity was abruptly curtailed following the Japanese American Internment in 1942, and was eventually replaced by suburban housing. [3] [4] Lake Hills was annexed into Bellevue in 1969. [4]

Today the Lake Hills neighborhood contains Bellevue College, [5] the Lake Hills Greenbelt Urban Demonstration Garden (also known as the Bellevue Demonstration Garden), and Larsen Lake. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "City of Bellevue: Neighborhood Areas" (PDF). Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  2. "City of Bellevue Parks and Recreation: Lake Hills Greenbelt Trails". City of Bellevue. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  3. Marsha, Alia (19 February 2017). "How Bellevue businessmen who stoked fears benefited after Japanese American incarceration". The Seattle Globalist. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  4. "West Lake Hills (Official City of Bellevue Website)". Ci.bellevue.wa.us. Retrieved May 17, 2016.

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