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Now an upscale
neighborhood of Beautiful and lavish waterfront and view
properties.
A bit of
Historical lore...by 1900 most
of the land in “the Points Country” was being homesteaded. Many
of these settlers maintained jobs in Seattle. They would commute
by ferry boat or rowboat daily and in the evenings, and
weekends, they would be free to work their farms and improve
estates. Many vegetable plots, strawberry, blueberry patches,
grapes and melon patches began to dot the countryside. By the
early 1900’s, many of these local farmers began shipping their
produce to Seattle’s Pike Place Market.
In 1910,
Walter Hoggenstein, a Seattle grocer, decided to open a grocery
store in Medina. He purchased a building for $2,200 and began
the first and only grocery store on the Points. That same year a
post office was established in the back of his store.
James Clapp,
an early Medina pioneer, purchased a large dairy farm in 1920.
He drained and developed the land into one of the finest golf
courses in the state. Overlake Golf Course became a big
attraction to the eastside. People from Seattle would take the
ferry from Leschi to Medina, play a round of golf, purchase
vegetables and berries, and return to Seattle by ferry that same
day.
Several small
schools were built on the Points during the early 1900’s. Miller
Freeman, a local community activist, lead the drive to
consolidate these schools into on district. It became known as
the Overlake School District. Mr. Freeman continued to be an
influential community leader and by 1930 he had begun a campaign
to convince the State Legislature of the need and feasibility of
a bridge from Seattle to the eastside.
During the
1920’s and 1930’s, automobiles increased on the eastside and
more and more of the paths became roads. These roads were
usually named after property owners that had developed them. NE
8th Street was originally named Downie Road and NE 24th Street
was known as Bodie Road. Both were named after the Irish
property owners who developed them. One legend has it that a
local Scotsman resented these roads being named after Irishmen.
Some neighbors encouraged him to select a Scottish name for this
road. He chose Clyde’s Road, named after the Firth of Clyde in
Scotland because of the green hillside overlooking the blue
lake.
By 1940, many
of the large home sites had been divided into smaller lots and a
community club developed in the area around Clyde’s Road. In
their search for a distinctive identity and boundary, they chose
the name Clyde Hill Community Club. As this community club
became more active, it began to take exception with the King
County zoning ordinance, which provided for a relatively small
minimum lot size. The club decided to examine the possibility of
becoming a city to protect itself from the county zoning. In
March of 1953, with boundaries drawn, the voters of Clyde Hill
were given the choices of, incorporation as the Town of Clyde
Hill, incorporation as part of Bellevue a new city, or remaining
part of unincorporated King County. They chose to incorporate as
the Town of Clyde Hill.
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Shortly after Clyde Hill incorporated, the Medina Three
Points Committee, together with Professor Edgar Horwood,
compiled a 60- page survey on the pro’s and con’s of
incorporation. This Committee then made the following
recommendations:
“First
preference was to incorporate with the Town of Clyde
Hill. Second preference was to incorporate separately or
collectively with any combination of the communities.
Third preference was to incorporate with Bellevue.” In
December of 1954, there was a public hearing on the
three proposals and according to the Journal American;
“A
capacity crowd including representatives from the
community clubs of the Three Points, filled the Medina
Clubhouse for the meeting. Members voted overwhelmingly
against annexation to Bellevue and Clyde Hill.” On July
26, 1955, Medina and Hunts Point residents voted in
favor of incorporation. Yarrow Point voters rejected it
initially. However, a short time later, in June 1959,
they voted in favor of incorporation.
On
April 13, 1970, the Medina City Council adopted
Resolution No. 100, which established the City’s
classification as a non-charter code city with a
council-manager form of government.
The
City provides general governmental services, which are
authorized by state law, including public safety,
highways and streets, parks and recreation, planning and
zoning, permits and inspections, general administration
and storm drainage services.
The
City is served by congressional district 1 and
legislative district 48
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