<p>Caption on image: Morgan J. Carkeek
</p><p>Caption on mount: Lothrop, Walker Bldg., University &amp; Second Ave., Seattle
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<p>Morgan J. Carkeek was a prominent builder and contractor in Seattle, Oregon and Victoria, BC. He was born in England ca. 1849, migrating to California in 1866 to invest in mining operations, transferring his interests to Port Townsend in 1870. He came to Seattle in 1875 as a building contractor, investing in Puget Sound Stone Yards and Builders Masonry. Mr. Carkeek built many of the major pioneer stone buildings: Pioneer Square area, Fort Lawton barracks, etc. He organized the first street railway in Seattle and developed a large farm on Duwamish River.  Carkeek Park in Seattle is named after him

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<ul><li>Subjects (LCSH): Carkeek, Morgan J.; Contractors--Washington (State)--Seattle</li></ul>
Lothrop, J. W.
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