Twelfth Avenue South, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Twelfth Avenue South
From Yesler Way to Dearborn Street (12th Ave. Bridge)

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - West Side
none

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - East Side
106 Vacant
110 George Hickman

From Washington St. to Main St. - West Side
none

From Washington St. to Main St. - East Side
none

From Main St. to Jackson St. - West Side
309 Electro-Chrome Co. Inc. platers
311 Electro-Chrome Co. Inc. (mill division) [photograph exists; see http://www.foresthistory.org/ead/Forest_Industries_Magazine.html; I haven't seen it]

From Main St. to Jackson St. - East Side
304 Vacant
306 Church of God in Christ (side entrance)
308 Mrs. Laura C. Beckwith
310 Vacant
312 Jimmy Jue
314 Floyd J. Wright
316 Vacant
318 Vacant

From Jackson St. to King St. - West Side
409 Northwestern Safe Co.

From Jackson St. to King St. - East Side
404½ Vacant
406-08 Richard Tidwell
414 Henry E. Barnes
416½ Calvary Pentecostal Mission - Rev. Jack C. Nelson

From King St. to Weller St. - West Side
501 Vines Body & Fender Repair
507 Apex Radiator Works
507-11 Apex Fender Works - Apex Automotive Works
519 Seattle Glove Co. manufacturers

From King St. to Weller St. - East Side
500 Jack Loo
504 Tobo Co. oriental gift & gifts [sic]
506 George Y. Suzuki
510 Roberta Gonzalez
512 Lorenzo Nabarro
520 Tom's Service Station gas station

From Weller St. to Dearborn St. - West Side
611 Bailey Gatzert School [1921-1987; still exists five blocks north on Yesler)

From Weller St. to Dearborn St. - West Side
606 Mrs. Ruth L. McCain - Harvey F. Mayfield junker
608 Gim Yueng Eng
612 Vacant
616 Vacant

Dearborn Street intersects at the 12th Avenue Bridge.