MIKE SIEGEL / the SEATTLE TIMES South Lake Union 1882
Photo credit: MIKE SIEGEL / THE SEATTLE TIMES South Lake Union 1882 http://pauldorpat.com/seattle-now-and-then/seattle-now-then/ Westlake 1902 Top, Westlake 2013 The Club Stables earlier home on Western Ave. north of Lenora Street: Photo Credit MOHAI Reported in the Seattle Times Sept. 26, 1909, read the headline, "Club Stables Now In Finest Quarters in West." Article describes the scene "in the very heart of the city . These up-to-date stables contain ample accommodations for 250 horses, with every safeguard and comfort in the way of ventilation, cleanliness etc. that modern sanitary science can provide . An elaborate sprinkler system of the most approved and efficient type . is practically an absolute guarantee against serious damage by fire. The management solicits an inspection at any time." Development Western Mill, early 1890s, at the south end of Lake Union and the principal employer for the greater Cascade neighborhood Development accelerated after David Denny built the Western Mill in 1882, near the site of today’s Naval Reserve Center, and cut a barrier at Montlake to float logs between the lakes. Homes soon began to appear on the Lake Union’s south shore, ranging from the ornate Queen Anne-style mansion built by Margaret Pontius in 1889 (which served as the “Mother Ryther Home” for orphans from 1905 to 1920) to humble worker's cottages. The latter housed a growing number of immigrants from Scandinavia, Greece, Russia, and America’s own teeming East, attracted by jobs in Seattle’s burgeoning mills and on its bustling docks. Beginning in 1894, their children attended Cascade School -- which finally gave the neighborhood a name -- and families worshipped on Sundays at St.
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