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- Seven Years of Sagebrush
A Highlands farmer transforms raw desert land into a productive bungalow estate.
- German Lutheran School Expands in Kennewick
A new bungalow-style schoolhouse rises on Tacoma Street as the local German Lutheran community invests in its own educational infrastructure.
- The Great Kennewick Housing Shuffle: Who Gets the Key?
As spring arrives in 1914, residents are scrambling to secure shelter. From newly arrived families claiming bungalows to long-time locals renting out their homes, the local real estate market is heating up faster than the fruit blossoms.
- A Panic Year Boom: Newport Built Through Hard Times
Despite a national financial panic, Newport added 87 homes, six concrete business blocks, new depots, churches, and a reshaped downtown—proud evidence of a town betting on itself.
- The Boom on the City's Edge
Tacoma’s Builders' Exchange reports a record year of growth, noting that hundreds of new homes were built in 'outside additions' beyond the official city limits.
- The Rapid Rise of the Kennewick Valley Club
Valley farmers organize, design, and break ground on a new clubhouse in less than two weeks, planning to complete the project with donated labor.
- The Ghostly Return of Mr. Folliott
A Seattle husband returns from a harrowing journey in India to find his 'widow' has remained faithful—despite the local gossips who were eager to see her remarry.
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- A Clubhouse for Community: Filipino Seattleites Organize to Buy a Home Base
The University Filipino Club moves toward purchasing a lot and house, seeking a permanent space to solve 'serious problems' together—not to separate from the city but to meet it.
- The Housing Squeeze of 1889
With not a single vacant house in town, developer W.H. Kneeland is rushing to build four new double tenements.
- The Unattainable Dream of a Seattle Boarding House
A glimpse into the precarious housing market of 1880s Seattle, where a small slice of land near the bustling Occidental Hotel could cost a fortune.
- A Wife, a 25-Cent Bed, and a Husband's Public Complaint
Mandy Heinegabubler left her husband for the Missouri Chop House in Old Town Newport—and Alec's notice disavows her debts before admitting he hates sleeping alone.
- The House on Wheels Departing for the Sun
A Port Angeles man constructs a custom 'prairie schooner' to transport his family south in search of warmer weather.
- A Glimpse Inside Fred Gasch’s Modern Seventh and Union Home
A detailed look at a high-end Victorian residential build in 1885 Seattle, highlighting the era's transition toward 'hard-finished' interiors and local craftsmanship.
- The Clubhouse Seattle Would Not Rent
In 1923, a landlord was talked out of leasing a house to Filipino students after a University of Washington professor objected to living near them—prompting an editorial demand for a permanent home the community could call its own.
- The Boarding House Debt
A legal dispute over unpaid bills for housing and goods reveals the precarious reality of daily life in the Washington Territory in 1877.