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Cascade Playground
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333 Pontius Avenue N Cascade Playground
The playground originated as the playfield for Cascade School. The
six-room Cascade School was built in 1894 at the corner of Pontius and E
Thomas on land formerly owned by the Pontius family. Additions in 1898
and 1904 brought the classroom total to 24 and the student body to
nearly 1,000.
Cascade School was damaged by the April 13, 1949, earthquake and abandoned as a school. It was demolished in 1955.
The City of Seattle purchased Cascade Playground in 1926 and it
was improved using WPA (Works Progress Administration) labor from 1936
to 1938. It was redeveloped in 1971 thanks to community effort, and was
renovated again in 2005 with financial support from the Pro-Parks Levy,
Vulcan Inc., PEMCO, Harbor Properties, and other neighbors.
By Paula Becker, September 25, 2012
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