Haller Lake, Seattle, Washington

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Haller Lake is a small lake and neighborhood in north central Seattle, Washington, named for Theodore N. Haller, who platted the neighborhood in 1905. His father, Granville O. Haller, was one of Seattle's early settlers, an army officer who amassed a large estate in the region.

The Duwamish tribe called the lake "Calmed Down a Little" (Lushootseed: seesáhLtub), probably referring to the lakesite as a place of refuge during slave raids. [cite book |last= Thrush |first= Coll |title= Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place |year= 2007 |publisher= University of Washington Press |isbn= 0-295-98700-6 |pages= p. 220] Called Welch Lake by early settlers, the lake is located between N. 128th Street to the north, N. 122nd Street to the south, Densmore Avenue N. to the west, and Corliss Avenue N. to the east.

The lake covers 15 acres (61,000 m²); its volume is 247 acre-feet (305,000 m³) and its maximum depth is 36 ft (11 m). Its shoreline is private except for two public access points, the Meridian Avenue N. right-of-way on the north shore and the N. 125th Street right-of-way on the west.

The boundaries of the neighborhood are N. 145th Street to the north, beyond which is the city of Shoreline; N. 110th Street to the south, beyond which is Northgate; State Route 99 (Aurora Avenue) to the west, beyond which is Bitter Lake; and Interstate 5 to the east, beyond which is Jackson Park.

Within the neighborhood are Northacres Park, a large, forested public park just east of the lake on 1st Avenue N.E.; Ingraham High School, just north of the lake on N. 130th Street; Lakeside School, alma mater of Bill Gates,Paul Allen,and Adam West in the northeast corner of the neighborhood just west of I-5; and Northwest Hospital and Medical Center, which occupies a 33 acre (13 hectare) campus southwest of the lake on N. 115th Street.

The Haller Lake Community Club, just northwest of the lake at 12579 Densmore Avenue N., was formed in 1922 as the Haller Lake Improvement Club. It features a Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ installed in 1969.

In September 2005, the Seattle City Council unanimously approved projects to be funded through the second cycle of the Pro Parks Levy Opportunity Fund, including $150,000 for the Haller Lake Community Street End project. This project started in 2006. [http://www.seattle.gov/parks/proparks/projects/HallerLake.htm]

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External links

* [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=3455 HistoryLink]
* [http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/fw_lakes/lkhalki1.html Washington State Department of Ecology]