KENMORE www.cityofkenmore.com Engine along with a display of fire fighting and safety artifacts. The Kenmore Community Club City has owned the fire engine since it was purchased in 1928. The Anderson School (W.A. Anderson Building) Woodinville Cemetery 7304 - NE 175th St. This brochure is presented by cost was $3,136, more than half the city budget at the time. The fire NE 175th and Woodinville-Snohomish Road Inglewood Country Club The Kenmore Community Club opened in 1930 as a quasi-governmen- engine was outfitted by the Howe Fire Apparatus Company of Open all hours - small door in gate. Contact Linda McCune (425) 488-7414. 6505 - Inglewood Road NE tal entity focused on improvements to the local neighborhoods. It pro- Anderson, Indiana. It was the first-out fire engine until 1936. The fire The property was donated by the Woodin family for whom Woodinville The Inglewood Golf and Country Club opened in 1921. Fire destroyed vided community representation to the King county commissioner form engine was restored in 1999. Visit the exhibit or see the fire engine in is named. The first recorded burials were Regine Hammer and her the clubhouse in 1924 and it was rebuilt. of government at the time. Today, the clubhouse has been remodeled action as it leads out City of Bothell’s annual Fourth of July Grand sister who died in 1888. This is the burial site of many Woodinville and Kenmore Community Club members make the building available Rhododendron Park Parade as it has for more than 75 years. pioneers. The cemetery is located in the middle of the busy town. for occasions such as weddings, church services, dances and other On Simonds Road, one block north of Juanita Drive. community based events. Opened by Reginald Pearce in 1920 as the State Flower Nursery, the Stimson House park now houses the Kenmore Senior Center. A large assortment of 14111 NE 145th St Rhododendron plants brings visitors from far and wide. The Senior On the grounds of Chateau Ste. Michelle (425) 488-1133 Center can be reached at 425-489-0707 Built in 1910-11 by wealthy lumberman Frederick Stimson. The Country Village (Snohomish County) house was a country estate and an agricultural demonstration project. The production of this brochure 23718 Bothell Everett Highway (SR-527), Bothell, WA 98021 It is now part of the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery. It was placed on the was supported in part by This commercial village includes several historic buildings. The village National Register in 1978 and became a King County Landmark in 1983. also includes several other unique historic features such as a Spokane, Portland, & Seattle Railway Caboose built in 1904, a Great Northern Caboose built in 1923, and a Bristol Bay Gillnetter built in the early 1900’s. There is a self-guided walking tour brochure available. Lodging Tax Revenue Grant to Foreword Shoreline Kenmore Bridge Main Street-Bothell’s Historic Commercial Center and the cities of One block east of Bothell Way on Juanita Drive Main Street, Bothell, WA from the intersection of SR-522/SR-527 on the The Sammamish River, which stretches from Lake Washington to Lake west to the intersection of 104th Avenue NE/Kaysner Way on the east. Bothell, Kenmore, Lake Forest Park, Bothell’s historic center features a thriving commercial area with Sammamish, was once plied by the likes of Mosquito Fleet Steamers North Seattle, Shoreline and Woodinville until the completion of the Hiram Chittenden Locks in 1916 caused the buildings dating from 1908. Commerce in the City of Bothell can trace Tracy Owen Station/ Log Boom Park permanent lowering of Lake Washington. Shortly thereafter, the first its roots to 1884 when the first merchant, E. W. Allen, set up business NE 173rd and 61st NE Kenmore Bridge was built in 1917. Today it still stands on the east side on Main Street. He soon sold his shop to Gerhard Ericksen who owned Established in 1952, the park has matured to become a nature walk, of the crossing, a King County Heritage site, next to its more modern and operated the Gerhard Ericksen Mercantile. William A. Hannan, playground with equipment, picnicking site and a jumping-off point for With thanks to: 1970 companion on the west side. Frank Anderson and several other merchants soon followed. The the Burke-Gilman trail. Tracy Owen was a King county council mem- commercial center of Bothell was officially platted by David C. Bothell King County Councilmember Bob Ferguson ber from 1969 to 1980. The Tracy Owen Station with its interpretive and his wife, Mary Ann in the spring of 1889. The Town of Bothell was Kenmore Library and Council Assistant Shari Tracey, District 1; center was added to the park in 1992. incorporated April 14, 1909. Hollywood Tavern 18138 - 73rd Ave. NE Lisa Melton and Sally Henderson, City of Bothell; Kenmore’s first library opened in 1958 in a small barn-like structure, de- 14508 Woodinville Road NE (425) 488-0630 Steve Anderson, City of Kenmore and Jack signed to blend in with the countryside and provide an air of comfortable Regional Park at Thrasher’s Corner Built by Andrew Larson as a store and service station in 1920-22. Crawford, Kenmore Heritage Society; Sarah familiarity. In 1976 the library moved to a new modular construction 12th Avenue and 208th Street SE, Bothell, WA After Prohibition, it evolved into a tavern and has been one ever style building totaling 2,112 sq. ft.. Look for a new 10,000 sq. ft. library Opening in 2009, this park will feature a restored North Creek since. The gas pumps are gone, but the building has remained Phillips, City of Lake Forest Park; Karen Gordon, building at NE 181st St. near Bothell Way. Schoolhouse, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places relatively unchanged. City of Seattle; Suzi Freeman, Woodinville Weekly; and the Washington Heritage Register. This park is slated to be Gretchen Atkinson, Shoreline and Vicki Stiles, designed as a passive park with enhanced natural areas including Shoreline Historical Museum; David Endicott, wetlands and wildlife habitat. Forward Shoreline.

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Molbak’s 13625 NE 175th Street, Woodinville Plywood Supply, Inc. Photos Front Panel: Top, Interurban at Ronald Station in Blyth Park and Sammamish River Trail Trestle Bridge In 1956 Egon and Laina Molbak came to rural Woodinville from 7036 NE 175th St., just off Bothell Way Shoreline, 1910; Bottom, LaVilla Dairy in North Seattle; Back 16950 W. Riverside Drive, Bothell, WA Denmark. They started out with one employee and 4 acres. They Plywood Supply has been a part of the Kenmore scenery since 1953. Panel: North City Lounge, 1928, 15th NE and 176th, Shoreline. In 1888, a brick factory known as the Wayne Brick and Tile Company now have 200 employees and 36 acres south of Woodinville, which Courtesy of the Shoreline Historical Museum. Beginning with one warehouse, they eventually expanded to five more. operated on the site of what is now known as Blyth Park. It was started serves as a growing facility. The downtown location has 15 acres and Not the average tourist attraction, this largest business in Kenmore is by Henry Stanley, who lived at the Blyths’, who were owners of the has evolved into a tourist destination attracting over one million stunning for its multi-hangar-like size and massive quantity of materials. visitors each year.

property. The yard was located at the east end of the railroad bridge at BOTHELL www.ci.bothell.wa.us Kenmore Air and Davidson’s Marina Wayne (the trestle that is now part of the Sammamish River Trail) and a 6321 NE 175th St. / 6201 NE 174th spur rail line ran into the brick yard. The City of Bothell purchased Blyth Park at Bothell Landing Kenmore Air Harbor, Inc. was established in 1946 and is today the Park from the Bothell Lions Club in the late 1950s. Located along the The Park at Bothell Landing is set along the Sammamish River, adjacent largest sea plane facility west of the Mississippi. Take a flight to Sammamish River and the Sammamish River Trail, Blyth is Bothell’s to the Sammamish River Trail. The park features an amphitheater, anywhere in the northwest, including British Columbia and the San largest park. Juan Islands. Davidson’s Marina next door provides more traditional playground, and four historic buildings; the Beckstrom Log Cabin (1885): water transportation. Bothell’s First Schoolhouse (1885): the William Hannan House (1893): Bothell’s Historic Murals and the Lytle House (1898). The Bothell Historical Museum comprises 10042 Main Street and around the downtown/Main Street area the Log Cabin, Schoolhouse, and Hannan House. These fully restored The mural on the east side of the building located at 10042 Main Street The area of North King County was once forested buildings are places to discover and celebrate Bothell’s history. Each depicts the early logging industry, the river and various historic scenes in with deep woods and braided with creeks, where wild- building features period furnishings and invites visitors to experience Bothell. It is a re-creation of the original mural which was done in 1989 life roamed and fish flourished. Bothell’s past. This Museum is an interpretive center, an education as a Washington Centennial project. There are murals, painted figures The First People, resource and a base for preserving and sharing community history. and sculptural bike racks celebrating Bothell’s history throughout the DeYoung’s Mercantile ancestors of today’s Contact the Museum at 425.486.1889. city, including the Main Street area. Take the Bothell Arts Council Walk- 12601 NE Woodinville Drive members of the ing Tour to see all of this art work. Originally built in the late 1920’s. The DeYoung family came from Kent, Duwamish and WA, and bought the Teegarden mercantile business. They built their Muckleshoot tribes, Boone/Truly Ranch and Stringtown (University of Washing- new store just south of the original Teegarden store. It was small, but a populated the shores of Lake Washington with their ton–Bothell/Cascadia Community College Campus) later addition provided the post office with its own spot. The building permanent settlements, and created trails and open 110th Avenue NE and Beardslee Boulevard, Bothell, WA was used by the DeYoungs until 1960, when the business was relocated spaces that are today roads The UW-Bothell/CCC campus is located on land associated with the near the old Woodinville School. and housing developments. Boone-Truly Ranch and a residential area of Bothell known as Cozy Inn and Night and Day Market Stringtown. Benjamin Ewing Boone, a relative of the Revolutionary By the 1850’s, many changes were occurring. 6215 and 6233 NE Bothell Way War hero and explorer, Daniel Boone, purchased the land from its Explorers, logging companies, railroads and specu- Today’s Cozy Inn began as Henry’s Hamburgers in 1931, switching original homesteader, George R. Wilson, in 1916. Richard Truly lators awaited the United States government’s okay to more lively refreshments with the end of Prohibition in December married Boone’s youngest daughter, Beverly in 1953 and the couple to claim the timber, shores and rich land. Surveyors of 1933. Fifteen years after Henry’s was established, the Nite and acquired the Ranch after the death of Benjamin in November 1960. laid the framework, and the 1860’s brought the first Day Market opened as a full service grocery store, with fresh produce, The Boone-Truly family owned the property until 1994. Dr. Reuben government-authorized landholders to the area. meats and mixers. Chase, Bothell’s first doctor lived in Stringtown. He was Bothell’s The introduction of the Great Northern rail line along first doctor and the only one between Bothell and Edmonds until Puget Sound, and the Seattle, Lakeshore and Eastern Bastyr University / St. Edward State Park 1893. Both the Boone-Truly Ranch House (1924) and the Reuben along Lake Washington, sealed the economic fate of Bothell-Lake Forest Park Brick Highway/Red Brick Road Park 14500 - Juanita Drive NE Chase House (1889), which is listed on the National Register of the early territory, bringing with them hopeful settlers and Wayne Curve Bridge Bastyr University is located adjacent to St. Edward State Park, sharing Historic Places and the Washington Heritage Register, are located to name the communities of Woodinville, Bothell, Lake the same entrance off Juanita Drive near 145th St. In 1996 Bastyr SR 522 and 96th Avenue NE, Bothell, WA 98011 on the campus. Woodinville School Forest Park, Shoreline and North Seattle. leased the building on 50 acres owned by the Archdiocese of Seattle. This .2 mile stretch is all that remains of the old Bothell-Lake Forest 13203 and 05 NE 175th St The buildings once housed St. Thomas Seminary which was Park Highway (known today as Bothell Way or SR 522) which was Bothell Pioneer Cemetery Today, we can see the fruits of generations of effort. A Depression era construction project, the town was not able to fund established in 1932. Bastyr now owns the site and plans an completed in 1913. Greek and Italian immigrant craftsman laid each Valley View Road and 108th Avenue NE, Bothell, WA We continue to enjoy what they have left behind the building of this school unless it was done as a remodel. A expansion of student and faculty housing. brick by hand. The project took about one year and used approximately The Bothell Pioneer Cemetery is associated with the first white settlers, through the historical landmarks and indications 3 million bricks over a 4 mile stretch of road. The hand formed bricks most of whom were German and Scandinavian, in the Bothell area. section of the southwest wall was left, satisfying the requirements of days gone by, as well as developments that are came by train from the Renton brickyards. “Good Road Blowout Day” Many of the city’s original settlers are buried in the cemetery including for WPA funding. The “remodel” was completed in 1938 and in 1948 with us still, thriving as living history. a section was added. Since then, very few changes have been was celebrated to honor the completion of the road. Traffic speed on the Bothells’. The cemetery’s lawn type setting contains statuary and Please take time to drive by and visit every site on this made -- the original slate board still remains in the building. The this stretch of the highway was 10 mph. In 1934, the bricks were paved monuments representative of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. map. Take pleasure in the welcoming, cohesive nature, North Seattle land was donated by the Calkins family. over by machine except for this section of brick. This section was yet distinct identities, of the historic communities of preserved because the road was moved slightly north of its original Pop Keeney Field and W.A. Anderson Building Shoreline Hollywood School North King County. route. The site also includes a memorial to Barbara Grace, a former 18603 Bothell Way NE, Bothell, WA 98011 14810 NE 145th St City of Bothell planner who worked towards preserving this important The field is named after Harold ‘Pop’ Keeney, who graduated from Bothell Lake Forest Park Used for banquets and weddings. Contact owner (425) 481-7925. piece of history. The Wayne Curve Bridge is located just southeast of High School in 1920. He was a member of one of Bothell’s pioneer Built in 1912 on land donated by Carl Christian Johnson. Bricks used Red Brick Road Park. It was once part of the Lake Washington families and was the high school’s first football coach (1931-34 and 1945- Kenmore were from a local brick yard. The building was only used as a school for Boulevard system. 46). Football games have been played on this site since the early 1900’s. In 1931, Bothell Junior High School was opened for grades seven through about five years. It has been used as a grange and for social Bothell 1929 Ford Model A Fire Engine Exhibit nine. In 1956, the building was renamed the W.A. Anderson building in gatherings and dances, as well as an auction house. For a short time it City of Bothell Fire Station 42, 10726 Beardslee Blvd., Bothell, WA. honor of Mr. Wilbur A. Anderson, the first principal of the junior high. had a complex of small businesses inside. Woodinville This exhibit includes the City of Bothell’s 1929 Ford Model A Fire NORTH SEATTLE www.seattle.gov Sheridan Beach and Sheridan Heights Sheridan Beach and Sheridan Heights were opened for develop- Playland - Bitter Lake Community Center ment in the late 1920’s by the real estate arm of the Puget Mill 13035 - Linden Ave. N. • 206-684-7524 company called Pope and Talbot. The stock market crash of 1929 The famous Playland Amusement Park opened to great fanfare on and subsequent depression kept the area unpopulated though, Memorial Day of 1930. Complete with all the necessary rides plus the until the 1940’s, when the demand for real estate in areas outside Big Dipper roller coaster, Playland operated until 1960. Today’s Bitter of Seattle began to pick up. Lake Community Center houses a giant scrap book available to the Towne Centre public chronicling the area. Exhibits about Playland can be seen at 17171 Bothell Way NE the Shoreline Historical Museum. Public art commemorating the The Lake Forest Park Towne Center opened in 1964 as the first amusement park can be found off-site at 125th and Stone. shopping mall on Lake Washington. Originally anchored by Rhodes Department store and a carousel, it is now the home of Third Place Books and Third Place Commons, a gathering spot for residents and visitors alike. With many unique local shops and plenty of refreshments and entertainment, the Towne Center shouldn’t be missed. www.thirdplacecommons.org

Wurdemann Mansion 17602 - Bothell Way NE. On the National Register of Historic Places, this Georgian-style mansion was the most grand of the “first eight” showcase homes built in Lake Forest Park in 1914. The private residence is no longer visible from Bothell Way, but can be seen by driving “around Haller Lake Community Club back” and down the side street of 47th Ave. NE. North 128th and Densmore Avenue N. Throughout Northwest King County during the 1920’s community clubs formed in order to give unicorporated areas a voice in King County government. The Haller Lake Community club building was constructed in 1924 and has been in continuous operation for over 80 years.

Civic Club, Lyon Creek Park and the Burke-Gilman Trail 17013 Beach Drive NE The first Civic Club was built in 1934 using funds raised by the Women’s Improvement Club and labor provided by community members and the WPA. A new clubhouse was built in 1964 after a fire destroyed the original building. The Burke-Gilman Trail - origi- nally the Seattle, Lakeshore and Eastern Railroad line established in 1885 - and the adjacent Lyon Creek Park, provide a good view of the privately owned Civic Club grounds. The park and the trail also Sand Point Naval Air Station Historic District allow for excellent bird watching and other nature observances. / Magnuson Park Entrances at NE 65th and Sand Point Way NE, or NE 67th and Sand Burke-Gilman Trail Point Way NE West side Bothell Way NE, access directly across from Towne Construction of Sand Point Naval Air Base began in 1922 on a 268 Center. Established in 1887 as the track bed for the Seattle, acre peninsula on the west side of Lake Washington. It ceased to Lakeshore and Eastern railroad, the trail follows old rail lines from accept aircraft in 1970, although Navy support operations contin- Gasworks Park in Seattle to Lake Sammamish in Redmond. The ued there until 1990. Today, about half of the site is operated as a original railroad ran all the way to Snoqualmie Falls. The Lake multi-use community center with the City of Seattle’s Magnuson Park, Forest Park depot, known as the Terrance Stop, stood next to the dedicated in 1977, as its crown jewel. The other half is headquarters rails at the intersection of Bothell Way and Ballinger Way. for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). From historic buildings to trails, fields, a boat launch and an off-leash Lake Forest Park School dog park, Sand Point Historic District and Magnuson Park can be 18500 37th NE enjoyed by all. The school started in 1912 in a small real estate office turned over to the community by the North Seattle Improvement Company, the Lake City Way developers of Lake Forest Park. A real school building was built on Although the route for this historic road took a few twists and turns the current site in 1914, with a grander structure taking its place in current site of the Lake City branch of the Seattle Public Library. The Horace Henry, 34 acres of wilderness became home to the expansive that Judge Ronald dug that section of the Lago Vista Community Club over the years, the current path was established in 1922. It was one brick school building on 125th was built in 1931. The school was closed campus of Firland Sanatorium in 1911. The Walter Henry Administration road with his own hands. 1922. Lake Forest Park School district merged to form Shoreline of two major routes from Seattle to the outlying north prior to the 14th N.E. and N.E. 198th School District in 1994. That building was replaced in 1969 with the in 1981, and has been restored and adaptively reused as an office build- building is named for Horace Henry’s son who died of TB in 1910. In 1947 A private residence today, the clubhouse was built in 1929 as part of the advent of the I-5 freeway. The original road, called the Gerhart Er- Boeing Shopping Mall - Aurora Square modern school. www.shorelineschools.org ing. A city park exists behind the building where the playfield was. The the patients were moved to the closed Naval Hospital, a larger facility at new Lago Vista development. The Lago Vista Improvement Club gave ickson Road, lies just east of today’s Lake City Way, along Ravenna N 155th and Westminster Lake City Library was built in 1962 and is a designated City of Seattle NE 155th and 15th NE, and the original Firland campus was sold to Crista rise in 1959 to the Shoreline Historical Society which was the forerun- Avenue NE and 35th NE, which rejoins with Lake City Way at 135th. In 1948 William Boeing planned to build the first ever shopping mall in the Acacia Cemetery Landmark. There is also a small park adjacent to this building in which a Ministries. ner of the Museum. Improvement clubs such as this helped establish As you drive along either route, notice the many vestiges of the rural United States. His idea was to gather department stores and specialty 14951 Bothell Way NE monument to Will Rogers is situated. community rules, paved roads, playgrounds and street lights. Started in district that still remain. The route has also been known as a part Compton Sand and Gravel - Richmond Beach Saltwater Park shops into one place for the convenience of suburban shoppers. The Began as a Masonic cemetery in 1926, Acacia opened to the public 1928 by Crawford and Conover, Lago Vista was one of several Spanish- of the Pacific Highway system, and as Victory Way and is still called Ramsing House NW 190th and 20th NW. land was cleared and readied for construction - but without a sewer less than a year later. The cemetery encompasses over 63 acres, named land developments by that company. Roughly cleared lots with State Route 522. Crossing 145th, the road becomes Bothell Way, 540 - NE 80th St Great Northern Railroad Co. opened the sand and gravel pit as early system in place, the permits were a no-go and the mall could not be built. and there area 260 species of plants on the grounds, including gravel roads and affordable prices beckoned Depression era families alluding to its next major destination. Built in 1908, this Folk Victorian revival house is a designated Seattle as 1888 to be used in preparing the rail bed that now runs along Puget (see the Northgate site in Seattle). The cleared land finally became the Sequoias and Redwoods. Contact Acacia for more information at that could scrape together the $5.00 down and the $1.00 a week. Landmark and is a private residence. It’s colors of lavender and purple Sound. After the railroad was completed in 1893, the land was leased home of Sears, Roebuck & Co. in 1967, attracting numerous other busi- (206) 362-5525 or at www.acaciafuneralhome.com LaVilla Dairy Building are classic Victorian, along with the elegant excess of gingerbread and to the Compton Sand and Gravel Co., which operated until about 1915. nesses and shops, including Central Market, a regionally renowned store North City Lake Forest Park Presbyterian Church 10228 Fischer Place NE varying roof levels. From the early 1920s until the 1950s, salvage companies hauled wooden specializing in produce, seafood, cheeses, vegan and Asian fare. Built in 1922, the La Villa Dairy building is the first business known to Traveling on 15th NE from NE 165th to NE 198th 17440 Brookside Blvd. ships to the sand pit beach and burned them to obtain the scrap metal. The third oldest business district in Shoreline, North City was named in a have been built alongside the newly-opened Victory Way, now Lake The Interurban Trolley - Interurban trail The land for a church in Lake Forest Park was donated by a local SHORELINE www.cityofshoreline.com Picnicking crowds gathered to watch the fires, which were announced in 1940s contest held by business owners to give a defined name to their area. City Way NE. It is the longest continually occupied commercial build- Entries at: Linden on the north side of 145th; 155th and Aurora, west side; resident, and in 1923 the Presbyterian church began as a “basement the newspapers. The site became a park in 1958. Scrap metal from the The district sprung up along the “main drag” of 15th NE in the late 1920s in ing in the north end of Seattle. Its charming façade evokes memories 200th and Ashworth (east side of Aurora) and at other points in between. church.” According to local lore, after the four foundation walls were ship fires can still be found on the beach. response to the many homes being built in neighboring areas such as Lago of the rural character of the area. Houses near it belonged to the Ronald School - Shoreline Historical Museum The Interurban electric trolley line ran through this area by 1906, and was constructed, the money ran out. The basement was roofed, and Vista and Monte Vista. The North City Lounge at 176th was constructed in original operators of the dairy. The Blindheims and the Fischers, for 749 - N.175th • www.shorelinehistoricalmuseum.org completed from Seattle to Everett by 1910. The run was expanded to used that way until 1949, when a new pastor, Rev. Robert Smith, 1928 as a store and gas station. rallied the congregation and caused the church to be finished. For whom the street is named, owned the Dairy and the land below where Judge James T. Ronald, King County Superior Court Judge from 1909 to go from Everett to Bellingham and from Seattle to Tacoma, but by 1930, more information contact (206) 364-2712 or www.lakeforestpark- Nathan Hale high school now stands. 1949, and mayor of Seattle in 1892-93, donated an acre of his orchard to the those outlying runs were abandoned. The Interuban made its last Seattle church.org community for a school. A one room school opened in 1906, followed by the to Everett run in February, 1939. The route is largely traceable today via LAKE FOREST PARK www.cityoflfp.com Jackson Park Golf Course the Interurban Trail, which gives walkers and cyclists the opportunity to current brick structure in 1912. The Shoreline Historical Museum opened as Nike Site/Horizon View Park 10th or 15th Ave NE at NE 135th 206-363-4747 • www.seattlegolf.com traverse this historic line from Seattle to Everett. Bothell Way - State Road #522 the community’s Bicentennial project in 1976. The building is a designated 47th Ave. NE and 201st Pl. NE Named for President Andrew Jackson, the historic 1930 Jackson One of the oldest established roads in North King County, Bothell Way Landmark and fully accessible. From 1957 to 1964, two of the eleven Nike Sites built as a defensive Park Golf Course became a city of Seattle municipal golf course in originated as Telegraph Road, really little more than a trail for maintain- ring in the Seattle area were active in Lake Forest Park and Bothell. 1954. Laid out in what was then rural northwest King County, the ing the telegraph lines. David Bothell, whose namesake is the city of Known as the C-03C Site, the Lake Forest Park location was the course still has that “out in the country” feeling despite its current Bothell, found his property at the north end of Lake Washington via the Integrated Fire Control (IFC) site for the Launcher Site at Canyon urban setting. Jackson Park is in the middle of the Thornton Creek trail. In 1908, it became a two lane hard surface road called the Gerhart Park at 130 - 228th SW in Bothell. The site originally contained Watershed with two separate creeks running through it. A unique Erickson Road in honor of the Bothell grocer who took up the fight for the Nike radar system for detecting enemy aircraft, and guiding the “Hillmaster Lift” constructed in 1956 between holes 10 and 11 aids “Good Roads” laws at the state legislature. In 1913, it was paved with Richmond Beach Business District surface to air missiles to their targets. The Lake Forest Park site is the golfer over the back terrain. bricks from Lake Forest Park to Bothell and became known as Lake For- Triangle formed by the streets of NW 195th Pl., Richmond Beach Drive, now a community park called Horizon View. est Boulevard. In 1922 the road was rerouted and renamed Victory Way Northgate Mall and NW 196th Pl. in honor of World War I. It also received its State Road 522 designa- 5th Ave NE and NE Northgate Way, I-5 Freeway entrance and exit Established officially in 1891, the hamlet of Richmond Beach is the lon- Ballinger Way tion. In 1928 it became part of the Pacific Highway system, and finally Northgate was the first shopping mall in the United States. Its 1951 gest-settled part of the City of Shoreline. Boasting numerous historically From Aurora Avenue N., travel east on 205th, which becomes received its Bothell Way name in the 1940s. South of 145th in Seattle, opening was heralded as a major breakthrough in shopping conve- significant sites, the area still retains the flavor of its early character. Visit Ballinger Way in Lake Forest Park. A two lane dirt road it is known as Lake City Way. nience, boasting dozens of stores all in one location and 100’s of the Shoreline Historical Museum to obtain a printed historical walking tour until 1938, Ballinger Way was the main east-west trail for parking spaces. From the Bon Marche to Woolworth’s, there was guide for this area. Ronald Bog Park those wanting to visit Puget Sound from something for everyone. Today, Nordstrom’s, Macy’s and J.C. Penny’s NE 175th and east of Meridian 1/2 block. Lake Washington and vice versa. The road share flag store honors. Historic Northgate, now beautifully modern- Ronald Place and Ronald Station Headwaters to the northern part of the Thornton Creek watershed, the ancient as well as Lake Ballinger, are ized, continues to attract an appreciative crowd. Red Brick Road at 176th and Aurora. peat bog covered several acres of land. Native Americans living in the area named for Richard A. The last remaining exposed piece of the North Trunk Road curves in an arch picked cranberries there, as did settlers into the 1940s. A small pond formed at Ballinger, a prominent Lake City School and Lake City Library across 175th , connecting with Aurora Ave. N. (Highway 99) on both ends. certain times of the year, and people reported having ice skated on it. At one local attorney who be- 2611 - NE 125th St. and 12501 - 28th Ave. NE Firland Tuberculosis Sanatorium - Crista Ministries The original road was brick-paved in 1913. The road was straightened and time, a wooden bridge on 175th crossed the north side. The bog was mined came U.S. Secretary The Lake City Elementary School, once a part of the Shoreline School 19303 - Fremont Ave. N. widened in 1928, in preparation for the new national highway, and paved for its peat throughout the late 1940s and 1950s. In 1974 the land was pur- of the Interior. District, originally occupied a 1914 wooden structure located at the Donated to the Seattle Anti-Tuberculosis League by its own president, over shortly thereafter. The remaining curve was left in place, a reminder chased by King County and turned into a park, now a City of Shoreline park.