Comments on: West Seattle, A Good Investment

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:42:01 +0000

Could that be the old Fisher Flour Mill on the west side of Harbor Island ?
Also, Railroad Avenue is the old name of Alaskan Way, north of Spokane Street (used to be a high trestle there, I believe).

By: Cliffe

Cliffe — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:54:01 +0000

Nice, Todd and Eric. Thanks for the information — very interesting.

Cliffe

By: Todd

Todd — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:36:35 +0000

Thanks Eric. Are you Eric from the WSB? Cheers.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:29:49 +0000

Indeed it is the old West Seattle School. There is a good history and a picture (from a different angle, but clearly the same tower) at the Seattle Public Schools archive
http://www.seattleschools.org/area/historybook/lafayette.pdf

By: Cliffe

Cliffe — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:19:23 +0000

Hmm, now that I loook at it, this must just be for the lot. So, that price makes sense.

I’ll correct the post.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:48:10 +0000

The $150 - $400 isn’t a monthly mortgage. It’s a full purchase price. REALLY not too bad!

By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:39:00 +0000

To answer one of your questions, I think the school was named “West Seattle School” and was on the site where Lafayette Elementary is now (California Ave). According to MOHAI, it was used as a school for all grades in the late 1890’s/early 20th century until a high school was built basically across the street where it still stands today. The high school has been added on to etc.. West Seattle School was renamed The Lafayette School, which I think is Lafayette Elementary now. It looks extremely different as it was rebuilt after an earthquake or something damaged it. It looks like a 50’s brick rambler now.