Hamlin Park
{{Distinguish|Hamlin Park Historic District}}
File:Guns from USS Boston in Hamlin Park, Shoreline, WA 02.jpg
Hamlin Park is an 80-acre public park in Shoreline, Washington. The park includes a wooded area with trails, a softball/baseball field with bleachers, two playgrounds, and a picnic shelter.{{cite web |title=Parks {{!}} City of Shoreline |url=https://www.shorelinewa.gov/Home/Components/FacilityDirectory/FacilityDirectory/30/135 |website=www.shorelinewa.gov |language=en}} An orienteering course with waypoint markers is laid out within the park.{{cite web |last1=Jensen |first1=Rebecca |title=Shorecrest-Hamlin Park |url=https://cascadeoc.org/map/hamlin-park/ |website=Cascade Orienteering |language=en}}
Two historic 8-inch/30-caliber guns from {{USS|Boston|1884|6}} are mounted near the park's main playground.{{cite web |title=Heritage Highlights {{!}} Shoreline Historical Museum |url=http://shorelinehistoricalmuseum.org/heritage-highlights/ |website=shorelinehistoricalmuseum.org}}
In 2017, the park was a subject of controversy in response to the city's proposal to convert part of the wooded area into a maintenance facility.{{cite web |url=https://mynorthwest.com/749071/environmental-activists-worried-about-shorelines-hamlin-park/ |title=Environmental activists worried about Shoreline’s Hamlin Park |website=mynorthwest.com |date=2017-09-11 |access-date=2023-10-26}} After a series of "Save Hamlin Park" protests from city residents, the proposal was withdrawn.{{cite web |title=City Council takes Hamlin Park off the maintenance facility list as supporters pack the Council meeting Monday |url=https://www.shorelineareanews.com/2017/10/city-council-takes-hamlin-park-off.html}}{{cite web |last1=Naby |first1=Nora El |title=Hamlin Park Isn’t Out of the Woods Yet |url=https://highlandpiper-sc.com/1036/news/hamlin-park-isnt-out-of-the-woods-yet/ |website=Highland Piper}}
History
Howard H. Hamlin was a real estate developer who owned land in 1907 in the area that would eventually become Hamlin Park.
| website=Seattle Public Library's Special Collections Online
| url = https://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16118coll2/id/469/rec/2
| title = Anderson Map Co's King Co. Atlas, 1907 - Page 09, Township 26N, Range 4E
| date = 1907
| page = 9
}}
In 1910, Ole Hanson’s North Seattle Improvement Company purchased the land to develop it into the city of Lake Forest Park.
| website=Racial Restrictive Covenant Project - Washington State
| url = https://depts.washington.edu/civilr/covenants/LakeForestPark.PDF
| title = Plat of Lake Forest Park
| date = 19 Dec 1911
}}
Hamlin died on January 13, 1926, at the age of 80 at his home on Capital Hill.
| title = Howard H. Hamlin Dies At Home Here
| newspaper = Seattle Daily Times
| date = 14 Jan 1926
| page = 7
| url = https://seattletimessubs.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:127D718D1E33F961@NGPA-WASTS-128E5C7932563C4D@2424530-128E59946BCF0A68@6-128E59946BCF0A68@?search_terms=Howard+Hamlin
| ref=Seattle_Times_Jan_14_1926
}}
In 1939, thirteen years after Hamlin’s death, the Seattle Trust and Savings Bank donated eight acres of land to King County to be developed into Hamlin Park with funds from the Works Progress Administration.
| title = Bank Is Thanked For Hamlin Park Site
| newspaper = Seattle Daily Times
| page = 22
| date = 29 Dec 1939
| url = https://seattletimessubs.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:127D718D1E33F961@NGPA-WASTS-129DCF8F8A26A830@2429627-12904BA60CD8D5D7@21-12904BA60CD8D5D7@?search_terms=hamlin+park
| ref=Seattle_Times_Dec_22_1926
}}
In 1948, community clubs and civic groups campaigned to have wooded land north of the Firland Sanatorium owned by the state added to the eight acre park.
| title = Clubs Ask State Tract For Park
| url = https://seattletimessubs.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:127D718D1E33F961@NGPA-WASTS-12AA5FAAA46B83CA@2432593-12AA59093110275C@10-12AA59093110275C@?search_terms=hamlin+park
| newspaper = Seattle Daily Times
| page = 11
| date = 11 Feb 1948
| ref=Seattle_Times_Feb_11_1948
}}
A ceremony dedicating the expanded Hamlin Park was held on May 8, 1949.
| title = Hamlin Park To Be Dedicated This Afternoon
| url = https://seattletimessubs.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:127D718D1E33F961@NGPA-WASTS-12AEF523568158A6@2433045-12A509BF76E1EBE0@12-12A509BF76E1EBE0@?search_terms=hamlin+park
| newspaper = Seattle Daily Times
| page = 13
| date = 8 May 1949
}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/hamlin-park-shoreline Hamlin Park] - Washington Trails Association
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