Laurence Pierce

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Southwest Seattle Historical Society

Pierce, Lawrence

Pierce, Lawrence

Name/Title

Laurence Pierce

Entry/Object ID

1999.46.8

Scope and Content

Lawrence Pierce oral history 1) transcript 2) 3 audio tapes Relocated from Boston in 1926 Live in University District with Ed Campbell Puget Power and Light Summer cottages in West Seattle Rent for summer,commute to work Mrs. Goodman, landlady Endolyne beach colony Inlaws - the Colmans Little Church in the Wild Married to Isabel Colman 4th and Columbus, family home 1883 Laurence and Ida Colman George and Gigi Colman James Colman, arrived in Seattle 1860 Colman Dock and Colman Building Married at Little Church in Fauntleroy, 1929 Lived on Colman property Courted for 2 years, while Colmans performed background check 1922 built home for other Colman daughter (who died) 6 bedrooms, 6000 square feet Fauntleroy, lived south of Lincoln Park Dr. Kilbourne, John Adams Would row to Seattle for shopping Fauntleroy Church developedby Congregation Society of Plymouth John Adams owned 35acres Laurence Colman owned many beach front acres. Sold home sites Fauntleroy Grade School, West Seattle High School The Great Depression Raised food at home Weyerhauser kidnapping Moved to Olympia Became Social Security director Philanthropy YMCA Horsehead Bay Edward Meany, planting trees at Lincoln Park Rhododendrons Seattle Bronze Co Seattle Steel Catherine Lee Bates Edward Makham