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English: Morgan J. Carkeek   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
English: Lothrop, J. W.
Title
English: Morgan J. Carkeek
Description
English:

Caption on image: Morgan J. Carkeek

Caption on mount: Lothrop, Walker Bldg., University & Second Ave., Seattle

Filed in Portraits--Carkeek, Morgan

Morgan J. Carkeek was a prominent builder and contractor in Seattle, Oregon and Victoria, BC. He was born in England ca. 1849, migrating to California in 1866 to invest in mining operations, transferring his interests to Port Townsend in 1870. He came to Seattle in 1875 as a building contractor, investing in Puget Sound Stone Yards and Builders Masonry. Mr. Carkeek built many of the major pioneer stone buildings: Pioneer Square area, Fort Lawton barracks, etc. He organized the first street railway in Seattle and developed a large farm on Duwamish River. Carkeek Park in Seattle is named after him

  • Subjects (LCSH): Carkeek, Morgan J.; Contractors--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date between 1875 and 1927
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1875-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1927-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
40
Source
English: Portraits Collection
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Order Number
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POR0021

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