The Unmaking of a Seattle Landmark
As the city rapidly expands, the historic Wyckoff house is vacated, marking a shift in the central business district’s character.
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The Wyakoff house, on the corner of Second and Cherry streets, was vacated yesterday by the Kiaraki family, who moved into the Maddocks house on Front Street.
An advertisement offers the house for lease for a term of years at a low rate. It contains sixteen rooms, is in good order, and is suitable for a boarding and lodging house.
“The Wyckoff house, on the corner of Second and Cherry, was vacated yesterday.”
The transition of residential housing into commercial territory in 1886 mirrors the ongoing tension in modern Seattle, where historic single-family homes near the downtown core are frequently replaced by dense development, pushing long-time residents further out.
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