Last week, several former employees of the Seattle School District gathered to commemorate the district's former location with an historical marker placed the base of the Merrill Gardens sign at the corner of 4th Ave. N. and Valley St.
The marker says: Site of Seattle Public Schools Administrative and Service Center 1949-2002 and the Mercer Grammar School 1890-1940, on part of the Thomas Mercer Donation Land Claim of 1852.
Presenting the marker was Olaf Kvamme, a former administrator for the district. Those attendance were Dorothy Hollingsworth, Paul Hoerlein, Ralph and Marilyn Stevens, Jeri Bottomly, Pat Hitchens, Cheryl Chow, Ellen Roe, Barbara Peterson and Don Nielsen.
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