kirkland central houghton neighborhood association: Houghton WA Goes from Blue Collar to Blue Blood - 07/26/11 07:35 AM
Houghton Wa has a long history being one of the oldest communities on the east side of Lake Washington, opposite the City of Seattle. First settled by the McGregor and French families in the 1870's.  Later named after Sarah Jane Houghton, a Boston woman, who donated the steeple bell for the settlement's first church
Houghton's start was very rural. Beginning as a loose collection of farms, setting it apart from it's neighbor, Kirkland just to the north, which in contrast, was a plat plan city very early on. As Seattle grew into a large metro complex, the Houghton area still fairly rural became know … (1 comments)

 
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