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Howell Place

This street was named in 1923 by Ordinance 45722, which provided that:

That certain alley in the City of Seattle, being the alley in Block one (1), Yesler & McGilvra Addition, running from East Howell Street to East Olive Street, and lying between Fortieth Avenue and Lake Washington, be and the same is hereby designated as, and named, EAST HOWELL PLACE.

It was named after E Howell Street, itself named for Jefferson Davis Howell (1846–1875).

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