Fauntleroy, Seattle, Washington
Fauntleroy Way runs into the West Seattle Bridge, which runs across the Duwamish Waterway (Duwamish River).
History
The neighborhood, creek, and park all take their name from the cove, itself named by one Lt. George Davidson of the U. S. Coast Survey in 1857 in honor of the family of his fiancée, Ellinor Fauntleroy of Indiana. The development of Fauntleroy began in 1905.
Fauntleroy's history was chronicled by Roy Morse and Richard Brown in Fauntleroy Legacy (1989) and by Clay Eals in West Side Story (West Seattle Herald, 1987).
Community
Central to the Fauntleroy neighborhood are Fauntleroy Church (United Church of Christ), Fauntleroy YMCA, and The Hall at Fauntleroy (the closed Fauntleroy School), which now houses Fauntleroy Children's Center (childcare); a caterer, rental auditorium and meeting rooms; and several other business tenants.
An all-volunteer, Community organization (Fauntleroy Community Association) founded in the early 1980s brings neighbors together to address local issues such as Environmental quality, Traffic and Parking.
References
- ^ Richardson, Ron Historylink.org Seattle Neighborhoods: Fauntleroy -- Thumbnail History 2002-04-22 retrieved 2007-12-28
External links
- Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas — Fauntleroy
- Fauntleroy Community Association
- Neighborhood Groups: Fauntleroy (West Seattle Herald)
- Thompson, Nile; Marr, Carolyn J. (2002). "Fauntleroy School". Building for Learning: Seattle Public School Histories, 1862-2000. Seattle Public Schools. OCLC 54019052. Republished online by HistoryLink by permission of the Seattle Public School District: "Seattle Public Schools, 1862-2000: Fauntleroy School", HistoryLink, Seattle: History Ink, 2013-09-06