Loyal Heights, Seattle

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Loyal Heights is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. It is considered part of greater Ballard.

Seattle City in Washington, United States

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Ballard, Seattle Seattle Neighborhood

Ballard is a neighborhood in northwestern Seattle, Washington, U.S. The City of Seattle's official boundaries for Ballard are that it is bounded to the north by Crown Hill, ; to the east by Greenwood, Phinney Ridge and Fremont ; to the south by the Lake Washington Ship Canal; and to the west by Puget Sound's Shilshole Bay. Other neighborhood or district boundaries existed in the past, and other boundaries are recognized by various Seattle City Departments, commercial or social organizations, and other Federal, State, and local government agencies.

The neighborhood is bounded to the west by 28th Avenue NW, beyond which is Sunset Hill; to the north by NW 86th Street, beyond which are North Beach and Blue Ridge; to the east by 15th Avenue NW, beyond which is Whittier Heights; and to the south by NW 65th Street, beyond which is central Ballard.

Sunset Hill, Seattle human settlement in Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Sunset Hill is an area located in the northwest corner of the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It is home to the Sunset Hill Community Association. Founded in 1922, it was one of the first Seattle neighborhood associations. It is also home to the Sunset Hill Viewpoint Park, located at 7531 34th Ave NW. This park provides a scenic overlook onto the Shilshole and Elliott bays and provides a popular vantage point for photographs of the Olympic Range.

Blue Ridge is a neighborhood in the city of Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington.

Whittier Heights, Seattle

Whittier Heights is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. It is considered part of greater Ballard.

Loyal Heights was established by businessman Harry Whitney Treat in 1906 as part of the independent city of Ballard. Named for his daughter Loyal Graef Treat, the area would be plotted for development as a streetcar suburb after the construction of a new electric streetcar line operated by the Loyal Railway Company. [1]

A streetcar suburb is a residential community whose growth and development was strongly shaped by the use of streetcar lines as a primary means of transportation. Early suburbs were served by horsecars, but by the late 19th century cable cars and electric streetcars, or trams, were used, allowing residences to be built further away from the urban core of a city. Streetcar suburbs, usually called additions or extensions at the time, were the forerunner of today's suburbs in the United States and Canada. Western Addition in San Francisco is one of the best examples of streetcar suburbs before westward and southward expansion occurred.

In 1907, the city of Ballard—including Loyal Heights—was annexed into the city of Seattle. [2]

The city built an elementary school in the neighborhood in 1932, [3] and opened a playfield in 1941. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ McRoberts, Patrick (November 4, 1998). "Ballard votes to annex to Seattle on November 6, 1906". HistoryLink. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Loyal Heights". Seattle Public Schools . Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Don Sherwood Parks History Collection, 1876-1979". Northwest Digital Archives . Retrieved August 31, 2016.

Coordinates: 47°40′59″N122°23′03″W / 47.6831°N 122.3843°W / 47.6831; -122.3843

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