posted 12/28/08 01:05 PM

Millionaire's Row in the Snow

Even though I have studded tires, I just stayed on foot most of our holiday snowstorm and walked between my house on 17th and my office on Olive Way.  One of the detours I took was on 14th Ave. E, between Prospect and Roy, down what's known as "Millionaire Row".  This promenade makes a grand entry into the North entrance of Volunteer Park and few streets in Seattle better reflect a period of time in our history than this street. Although this is not quite Seattle's (or even Capitol Hill's) most opulent or architecturally distinguished neighborhood, it remains a largely intact grouping of grand early 20th century residences.

 

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Lovely homes on Millionaire Row!
A story of mine, Goodnight Eleanor that I'm posting on Tumblr. has the main character, Eleanor working as a domestic for a family on that street back in 1909. I absolutely love the history of Seattle during that time when so many things came to be. I am using many details of Seattle and how they help the cast of characters. My great-grandfather arrived in Seattle, from Vienna, Austria, on the day of the Great Fire. What a welcome!

Thanks again for the movie,

Margie Bayer
Comment by Mary Margaret Bayer
January 12, 2011