Farrar Biography Change Over Time The Lowering of Lake Washington Bert Farrar (1873 - 1960) Bert was born in Michigan on Christmas Day, 1873. By 1900 his family had moved to Seattle, where his parents ran a rooming house. In 1909 Bert teamed up with E. C. Burke to form Burke & Farrar, Inc., a real estate company. Bert’s brother Guy Farrar was one of their employees. Although their main office was in downtown Seattle, the men were interested in selling Eastside property, and they purchased the Kirkland Development Company from Peter Kirk in 1910. In 1918 Bert also bought a share in the East Side Journal, a Kirkland newspaper. “Change Over Time: The Lowering of Lake Washington” was developed by Eastside Heritage Center in collaboration with the Bellevue School District.
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Farrar Biography
Change Over Time The Lowering of Lake Washington
Bert Farrar (1873 - 1960)
Bert was born in Michigan on Christmas Day, 1873. By 1900 his family had moved to Seattle, where his parents ran a rooming house. In 1909 Bert teamed up with E. C. Burke to form Burke & Farrar, Inc., a real estate company. Bert’s brother Guy Farrar was one of their employees. Although their main office was in downtown Seattle, the men were interested in selling Eastside property, and they purchased the Kirkland Development Company from Peter Kirk in 1910. In 1918 Bert also bought a share in the East Side Journal, a Kirkland newspaper.
“Change Over Time: The Lowering of Lake Washington” was developed by Eastside Heritage Center in collaboration with the Bellevue School District.
“Change Over Time: The Lowering of Lake Washington” was developed by Eastside Heritage Center in collaboration with the Bellevue School District.
Farrar Map
Shoreline Map:Eastside/Kirkland
Source: Michael J. Chrzastowski, "Historical Changes to Lake Washington and Route of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, King County, Washington,” U.S. Geological Survey Water-Re-sources Investigations Report 81-1182.
“Change Over Time: The Lowering of Lake Washington” was developed by Eastside Heritage Center in collaboration with the Bellevue School District.
Farrar Map
Map Key
“Change Over Time: The Lowering of Lake Washington” was developed by Eastside Heritage Center in collaboration with the Bellevue School District.
Farrar Primary Source 1
Articles of incorporation of Burke and Farrar, Inc., February 17, 1909. Source: Eastside Heritage Center. L 95.16.
“Change Over Time: The Lowering of Lake Washington” was developed by Eastside Heritage Center in collaboration with the Bellevue School District.
Farrar Primary Source 2
Advertisement from the Kirkland newspaper East Side News, June 13, 1912. Source: Kirkland Heritage Society.
“Change Over Time: The Lowering of Lake Washington” was developed by Eastside Heritage Center in collaboration with the Bellevue School District.
Farrar Primary Source 3
Photograph of the Seattle ferry dock at Leschi Park on Lake Washington, circa 1914. Source: Eastside Heritage Center. L 95.020.189.
“Change Over Time: The Lowering of Lake Washington” was developed by Eastside Heritage Center in collaboration with the Bellevue School District.
Farrar Primary Source 4A
Editorial from the Kirkland newspaper East Side Journal, May 15, 1919. Source: Bellev-ue Regional Library.
“Change Over Time: The Lowering of Lake Washington” was developed by Eastside Heritage Center in collaboration with the Bellevue School District.
Farrar Primary Source 4B
Editorial from the Kirkland newspaper East Side Journal (Close up), May 15, 1919. Source: Bellevue Regional Library.
“Change Over Time: The Lowering of Lake Washington” was developed by Eastside Heritage Center in collaboration with the Bellevue School District.
Farrar Primary Source 5A
Advertisement from the Kirkland newspaper East Side Journal, June 5, 1919. Source: Bellevue Regional Library.
“Change Over Time: The Lowering of Lake Washington” was developed by Eastside Heritage Center in collaboration with the Bellevue School District.
Farrar Primary Source 5B
Advertisement from the Kirkland newspaper East Side Journal (Close up), June 5, 1919. Source: Bellevue Region-al Library.
