Monday, December 21, 2009

Boren Avenue South, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Boren Avenue South
From Yesler Way to Jackson Street


Southwest Side
none

Northeast Side
110 Triangle Service Station gas station
312 Crown Furniture

Boren becomes Rainier Avenue South at Jackson.

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.

Eleventh Avenue South, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Eleventh Avenue South
From Yesler Way to Charles Street

This street does not exist today in this area. The northern blocks, from Yesler to Main, are part of Yesler Terrace, with addresses on those streets; south of there, I don't think there was an 11th Ave. S. here even in 1960 -- if there ever was.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Tenth Avenue South, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Tenth Avenue South
From Yesler Way to Charles Street

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - West Side
111 Apartments (Yesler Terrace)
  510 Leonard R. Dawson
  511 Richard D. Haugen
  512 Vacant
  513 Mrs. Addie D. Driver
  514 Claude L. Johnson
  515 Hing Yee Locke
  516 Mrs. Loretta Gipson
119 Apartments (Yesler Terrace)
  503 John C. Rogers
  504 Paul P. Wittry
  505 Mrs. Ethel M. Walton
  506 William Bauman
  507 Richard G. Blaset
  508 James F. Simms
  509 R. Scott McKean

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - East Side
110 Apartments (Yesler Terrace)
  517 Mrs. Pauline Perez
  518 Vacant
  519 Jacobus C. Ferdouw
  520 Mrs. Hazel R. Goff
  521 Marguerite B. Morphis
  522 Mrs. Hattie B. Madison
  523 Walter M. Morrison
  524 Thomas Campbell
118 Apartments (Yesler Terrace)
  496 Jack Manson
  497 Sarah H. Nims
  498 Perry Ko
  499 Mrs. Pauline E. Johnson
  500 Mrs. Tommie L. Donaldson
  501 Darrell A. Kammer
  502 William P. Fisher

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
none

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

From Jackson St. to King St. - West Side
409 State Transfer Co.

From Jackson St. to King St. - East Side
424 Farwest Cafe

From King St. to Weller St. - West Side
none [note: seems wrong to have 500 & 600 numbers both between Weller and Lane; 500s should be between King and Weller normally]

From King St. to Weller St. - East Side
none

From Weller St. to Lane St. - West Side
515 Farwest Lubrication gas station - Seattle Farwest Service Corp. taxi operators - Farwest Cabs
515½ Farwest Lubrication gas station - Henderson Auto Service repairs
621 Mrs. Sho Tsuijimoto
625 Yasuo Ito

From Weller St. to Lane St. - East Side
none

From Lane St. to Dearborn St. - West Side
705 Cantrist Smith
709 Mrs. Fannie S. Hopgood
711 Joe Bonti
715 Mike B. Stefano

From Lane St. to Dearborn St. - East Side
702 Sakae Hamasaki landscape gardener
710 Alex Johnson Sheet Metal Co.

From Dearborn St. to Charles St. - West Side
none

From Dearborn St. to Charles St. - East Side
832 Mike's Transfer

Ninth Avenue South, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Eighth Avenue South
From Yesler Way to Charles Street

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

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

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
none

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

From Jackson St. to King St. - West Side
417 Western Gear Corp. manufacturers - James Brinkley Co. office

From Jackson St. to King St. - East Side
none

From King St. to Weller St. - West Side
525 Seattle Refinishers Inc. household appliance repairs

From King St. to Weller St. - East Side
504 Coast Hotel (side entrance)
506 Vacant
510 Western Gear Corp. (warehouse)
514 Japanese Presbyterian Church of Seattle

From Weller St. to Dearborn St. - West Side
none

From Weller St. to Dearborn St. - East Side
620 Beaver Wholesale Inc. variety

From Dearborn St. to Charles St. - West Side
none

From Dearborn St. to Charles St. - East Side
none

Eighth Avenue South, Seattle 1960

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Eighth Avenue South
From Yesler Way to Charles Street

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - West Side
111 Apartments (Yesler Terrace)
  256 Fook F Locke
  257 Donald L. Hanson
  258 August E Miller jr
  259 Don M. Lund
  260 Timothy F Brennan
  261 Mrs. Bernice Hedgeman
  262 Michael Gasster
  263 Rafael Kimpo
119 Apartments (Yesler Terrace)
  288 Moris Barsion
  289 Robert H. Louie
  290 Mrs. Willie M. Mallory
  291 Mrs. Erna E. Munske
  292 Marvin L. Bourne
  293 Richard M. Gordon
  294 Chong L. Chin
  295 Mrs. Mary E. Hester

From Yesler Wy. to Washington St. - East Side
110 Apartments (Yesler Terrace)
  344 George F. Herold
  345 Mrs. Mildred Cooper
  346 Dennis C. Taylor
  347 Mrs. Winnie C. Fletcher
  348 Arch Robertson
  349 Mrs. Ethel L. Hockett
  350 Mrs. Alma C. Cain
  351 Mrs. Anna M. DeMars
  352 Mrs. Maude Williams
  353 Vacant
  354 Mrs. Louise White
  355 Mrs. Nettie Long
118 Apartments (Yesler Terrace)
  356 Frank W. Green
  357 Nils Toftoy
  358 Mrs. Bessie B. Gaza
  359 Walter J. Dickson
  360 Allen G. Church
  361 Mrs. Etna Olson
  362 Daniel Moorhead
  363 Ed Austin
  364 Naz Watson
  365 Ira M. Saltz
  366 Mrs. Ida A. Allen
  367 Mrs. Daisy G. Moore

From Washington St. to Jackson St. - West Side
209 Apartments (Yesler Terrace)
  317 Mrs. Betty Johnson
  318 John C. McCallum
  319 Lewis H. Oliver
  320 Hong Chin
  321 Mrs. Marge J. R. Green
217 Apartments (Yesler Terrace)
  322 Chong Sun Kim
  323 Ernest Foottit
  324 Mrs. Maxine C. Morse
  325 Frank W. Blasher
  326 Mrs. Anna Fagan
  327 Amanda Wrice
  328 Harry A. Kirwin interpreters [local history author & photographer]
  329 Lawrence J. Walsh

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

From Jackson St. to King St. - West Side
405 Safeway Stores Inc. (branch)
417 Lock Bow Gum Club

From Jackson St. to King St. - East Side
410 Western Hotel lodgings - Peter A. Shimuzu
412 Yee Benevolent Association
414 Bak Chin
416 Young Wah Co. importers - Glee M. Lee
420 Hip Wah Sing Club
420½ Pak Y. Lau
422 Hen Sen Chin herbs

From King St. to Weller St. - West Side
507 Mrs. OuShee Eng
509 Vacant
511 Frank Dong
515 Henry S. Luke physician
515½ Doe Jing Chin

From King St. to Weller St. - East Side
506-08 Chong Tsue Co. (side entrance)

From Weller St. to Lane St. - West Side
607 Golden Hotel lodgings
611 King Eng
615 Gardner-Denver Co. construction equipment
619 Cutler Hammer Inc. electric equipment manufacturers
623 Vickers Inc. pump manufacturers

From Weller St. to Lane St. - East Side
616 Seattle Art & Photo Supply Co. [2009 = Reprographics NW]

From Lane St. to Dearborn St. - West Side
707 Lynell Chapman
709 General L. Porter
711 Joe L. Arnold

From Lane St. to Dearborn St. - East Side
none

From Dearborn St. to Charles St. - West Side
807 Glen Hotel lodgings - Taniguchi & Taniguchi plumbers
809 Vacant
811 Vacant
813½ Vacant

From Dearborn St. to Charles St. - East Side
none

Charles Street intersects

[Mission Macaroni was on eighth just one block south of here, between Plummer and Norman, at 1016; this is under I-90 interchange now.]

Canton Alley, Seattle 1960

[Canton Alley is between 7th Ave. S. and 8th Ave. S. only. The alley continues but is not separately numbered outside of this one block.]

Taken from 1960 Polk City Directory

Canton Alley
From King Street to Weller Street

West Side
1 Ben Tone Chinn
2 Mrs. Tio Wui Chinn
3 Sing Eng
4 Huie Watt
5 Chinn Song
6 Mrs. Toy Dong
[not sure why these are numbered this way, or if this is really the west side]

East Side
414 D. C. Jay
416½ Fong Dong