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Burrows-Warren photograph collection, circa 1884-1935
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Burrows-Warren photograph collection
- Dates
- circa
1884-1935 (inclusive)18841935
1890-1900 (bulk)18901900 - Quantity
- 27 photographic prints (1 box )
- Collection Number
- PH0141
- Summary
- Photographs of the Burrows and Warren families, early settlers of Bellevue, Washington, and their homesteads.
- Repository
-
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
Collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
In 1882, Albert Burrows (1837-1896) moved his family from Des Moines, Iowa, to Seattle, Washington, where he got a job in a sawmill. He met George Miller, who had homesteaded with his family at Beaux Arts (area of present-day Bellevue) in 1883 and was looking for other families to settle nearby in order to organize a school. As a Civil War veteran, Burrows was entitled to a homestead, and Miller led him to the 160 lakefront acre homestead at Killarney (area of present-day Bellevue), where Burrows built a cabin and later a more substantial house. Albert Burrows served in the 1894 state legislature and died of bronchitis in 1896.
His son, Albert Selden Burrows (b.1871), graduated from University of Washington and taught in area schools, including Bellevue, beginning in 1898. He became King County superintendent of schools in 1905. Burrows married the daughter of homesteader Jesse B. Warren and settled on 80 acres south of the Miller farm. His aunt (Albert Sr.'s sister), Calanthia Wyoming Burrows, had been Bellevue's first schoolteacher in 1884. Her seven pupils were the five Miller and two Burrows children. Calanthia married Charles Meyers and moved to Capitol Hill. She died in 1930.
Just to the east of the Burrows farm, Jesse B. Warren (1839-1913) purchased 25 acres at present-day 100th Avenue & NE 8th Street. Warren was born in Northern Ireland. He brought his family to Bellevue via the Dakotas in 1890 where he farmed and raised an orchard. His daughter married Albert Selden Burrows. The Warren property was to become Bellevue Square Shopping Center in 1946.
Historical BackgroundReturn to Top
The first schoolhouse in Bellevue was a cabin at Killarney ( at 108th Avenue and SE 25th Street, Bellevue) built by Albert Burrows and George Miller. The location of the school moved several times to accommodate homesteading families. With statehood in 1889, tax levies were permitted to raise funds for the construction of the schoolhouse. The initial Bellevue school board consisted of Albert Burrows, Jesse Warren, and A.H. Sheehy, who passed a construction bond for $1,500. The two-room house with bell tower stood at Main Street and 100th Avenue SE. It was fed by the Clyde Hill, Beaux Arts, Medina, and Bellevue areas. The school operated there till 1930. The building was demolished in 1969.
Ferry service between Seattle and Bellevue began in 1885 with stops at Meydenbauer Bay. In the beginning, ferries stopped when hailed by passengers on shore. A regular schedule developed with the 1892 arrival of the 78-ft. steamer C.C.Calkins .
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of photographs of two early Bellevue families, the Burrows and the Warrens, and images of their orchards, farms, and homes. Images also show the first permanent schoolhouse of Bellevue, the Calkins Mercer Island Hotel, early Lake Washington ferries, and other early Bellevue settlers.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Warren Family and FarmReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | item | ||
| 1 | 1 |
Warren farm and
other farm houses Handwritten on verso: "Hip roof house Warren Farm. NE 9 from the
proximity of 100th [Bellevue]."
|
ca. 1900 |
| 1 | 2 | 1935 | |
| 1 | 3 | 1935 | |
| 1 | 4 | 1903 | |
| 1 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 6 | Horse and cart
loaded with hay, with man standing on top of hay and man in front, Warren
farm |
ca. 1900 |
| 1 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 8 | ca. 1905 | |
| 1 | 9 | ||
| 1 | 10 |
Boy with
calf Handwritten on verso: "This 1913 picture was taken on the J.B.
Warren farm towards the NE of the present [Bellevue] Square. The boy is Rody
Burrows, grandson of Warren."
|
1913 |
| 1 | 11 |
Family
portrait Handwritten on verso: "Lena, Margaret, William, Eleanor &
Elizabeth Warren."
|
ca. 1895 |
Burrows FamilyReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | item | ||
| 2 | 12 |
Log
cabin Handwritten on verso: "Restored Burrows log cabin built
originally above Burrows Landing (SE 15th St.) in 1883."
|
|
| 2 | 13 |
Group of adults
on porch of Burrows house in clearing Handwritten on verso: "Burrows house at Burrows Landing,
destroyed by fire in 1890s. A family group in the 1880s. This house was located
at the lake end of SE 15th. The lady wearing the hat was Bellevue first teacher
in 1884."
|
1880s |
| 2 | 14 | ca. 1905 | |
| 2 | 15 | ||
| 2 | 16 |
Portrait of
Calanthia Wyoming Burrows Handwritten on verso: "Bellevue's first teacher in 1884; there
were seven pupils. Her pay for three month term was forty dollars."
|
|
| 2 | 17 |
Portrait of
Albert Burrows Handwritten on verso: "Homesteaded a mile of waterfront around
S.E. 15th St. in 1883."
|
1890 |
| 2 | 18 |
Swimmers in Lake
Washington at Burrows Landing Back row: Albert, Margaret and Don Burrows, Chester Kelsey,
Watson McDowell, Leonard Ashwell. Front row: Unknown, Mrs. Kelsey, Marian
McDowell, Eleanor Burrows.
|
1919 |
Scenes of Bellevue and surrounding areaReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | item | ||
| 3 | 19 | 1900 | |
| 3 | 20 |
Young woman and
twin toddlers on rural lane with farm house Handwritten on verso: "108 Ave NE & NE 15 - 1907. Those in
the picture are Ruby Sharpe & her twin brothe[r]s Tom & Andy."
|
1907 |
| 3 | 21 |
Log cabin in
snowy scene Handwritten note on verso: "Log cabin at approx. N.E. corner of
NE 8th & 100th Ave NE."
|
|
| 3 | 22 |
C.C. Calkins
Hotel with people standing on porches and balconies. Located on Mercer
Island Handwritten on verso: "C.C. Calkins Mercer Island Hotel in
1890. It was located about 1/2 mile so of the floating bridge, vacant after
1902 and destroyed by fire in 1908."
|
1890 |
| 3 | 23 |
Group of
children and adults Handwritten on verso: "A church social held in Wildwood Park,
1900. Wildwood Park is now the location of Meydenbauer Yacht Club."
|
1900 |
| 3 | 24 |
Woman on
horse Handwritten on verso: "May Johnson delivering bulk mail from
Houghton to Bellevue - 1898. NE 8th just east of 100th."
|
1898 |
| 3 | 25 | ca. 1915 | |
| 3 | 26 |
Ferry
C.C.Calkins handwritten on verso: "The S.S. 'C.C.Calkins' in 1890. It was
one of the earlier boats on the lake. It ran from Leschi to East Seattle
(Mercer Island) in 5 minutes."
|
1890 |
| 3 | 27 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Family farms--Washington (State)--Bellevue--Photographs
- Farmhouses--Washington (State)--Bellevue--Photographs
- Frontier and pioneer life--Washington (State)--Bellevue--Photographs
- Livestock--Washington (State)--Bellevue--Photographs
- Log cabins--Washington (State)--Bellevue--Photographs
- Pioneers--Washington (State)--Bellevue--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Burrows, Albert Selden, 1871- --Photographs
- Burrows, Calanthia Wyoming, d. 1930--Photographs
Family Names
- Burrows family--Photographs
- Warren family--Photographs
Geographical Names
- Bellevue (Wash.)--Photographs
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographic prints
