The Price of a 1876 Pioneer Homestead
A modest classified advertisement offers a glimpse into the vanished residential geography of downtown Seattle’s First Hill.
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A cleaned-up reading of the newspaper page: spelling and layout repaired, one story lifted off a crowded page. It follows the original closely but it is not a transcription. The original page is below; read it if a detail matters.
FOR SALE: One house and one lot, 60x120 feet, located on 3rd Street, between Seneca and University. Apply to R. J. Moore.
“One house and one lot 60x120 feet located on 3rd street.”
Today, 3rd Avenue between Seneca and University in Seattle is dominated by high-rise office towers and luxury hotels. In 1876, this was a residential plot, reflecting the rapid transformation of the city from a small collection of wood-frame homes to a vertical, commercial dense hub.
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