Montlake is a wealthy residential neighborhood in central Seattle, Washington . It is located along the Montlake Cut of the Lake Washington Ship Canal , bounded to the north by Portage Bay , to the east by the Washington Park Arboretum , and to the south and west by Interlaken Park . Capitol Hill is on its south and west sides, and the University of Washington campus lies across the Montlake Cut to the north. State Route 520 runs through the northern tip of Montlake, isolating four blocks from the rest of the neighborhood. The (unofficial) City Clerk's map of Montlake considers it to extend further west, past Interlaken Park, extending to Broadway Avenue E. and, between Lynn Street and State Route 520, all the way to Interstate 5 .
41-505: Though sports at the University of Washington are referred to metonymically as "Montlake," UW sports facilities are not located within the traditional bounds of the neighborhood; instead, they are located on Montlake Boulevard , across the Montlake Cut from the neighborhood. Montlake was primarily developed by John E. Boyer and Herbert Turner (also known as H.S. Turner) from 1903 through
82-411: A $ 2.8 million budget cut in the athletic department. In 2000 the it was announced that both the men's and women's team would be cut but an outpouring of mail and phone calls, plus concern in the media about discontinuing the sport, led to a reversal of the decision and both programs were reinstated. In 1975 UW announced it was cutting the men's team, citing financial issues involved in having to implement
123-476: A failed battle to move or avoid building State Route 520 through the northern section of the neighborhood and the arboretum. The neighborhood's efforts were unsuccessful and SR 520 was opened in 1963. The Montlake Community Club lobbied to halt planning of the R.H. Thomson Expressway project of the 1960s. The expressway was to be a second north–south freeway through the city, parallel to Interstate 5 but cutting through Ravenna , Montlake, Madison Valley , and
164-509: A live Alaskan Malamute , currently named Dubs , traditionally leads the football team onto the field at the start of games. The school colors of purple and gold were adopted in 1892 by student vote. The choice was purportedly inspired by the first stanza of Lord Byron 's The Destruction of Sennacherib . On-campus facilities include Husky Stadium (football), Hec Edmundson Pavilion (basketball, gymnastics and volleyball), Husky Ballpark (baseball), Husky Softball Stadium (softball),
205-581: A member of the Big Ten Conference . Washington students, sports teams, and alumni are called Huskies . The husky was selected as the school mascot by the Associated Students of UW in 1922. It replaced the "Sun Dodger", an abstract reference to the local weather that was quickly dropped in favor of something more tangible. The costumed " Harry the Husky " performs at sporting and special events, and
246-550: A new women's program to comply with Title IX and decreasing revenue from a shaky economy and a struggling football team. The men's team was reinstated a couple of months later but with fewer scholarships. Throughout the history of the swimming programs at UW there were many successful athletes to compete for the huskies. The UW swimming program produced several Olympic medalists. These include Jack Medica , Rick and Lynn Colella , Rick DeMont , Doug Northway , and Robin Backhaus . In
287-540: A precedent for many victories, as during this period, Washington won 40 games in a row under coach Gil Dobie , currently the second longest winning streak in NCAA Division I-A history. From 1907 to 1917, Washington football teams were unbeaten in 64 consecutive games, an NCAA Division I-A record. In 1916, Dobie finished his remarkable coaching career at Washington with an undefeated 58–0–3 record. The 1925 team posted an undefeated record but lost to Alabama 21–20 in
328-479: A spike in housing prices and the demolition or renovation of several smaller homes starting in the late 1980s, as new residents bought up properties in the neighborhood because of its charm, good schools, and central location. The neighborhood's main thoroughfares are Boyer Avenue E. (northwest- and southeast-bound), 24th Avenue E. and Lake Washington and Montlake Boulevards E. (north- and southbound), and E. Lake Washington Boulevard (east- and westbound). Montlake has
369-615: A team the Huskies won three Pac-8 championships and finished in the top 10 at the NCAA national meet several times. The Amateur Wrestling News rated Washington among the 20 best college programs of the 1970s. Both the men's and women's boxing teams compete in the National Collegiate Boxing Association . The Huskies won the very first NCBA national women's championship in 2014, and won again in 2015 and 2016. Founded in 1963,
410-574: A very small commercial corridor along 24th Avenue East. It includes the Italian restaurant Cafe Lago, Mr. Johnson's Antiques, a branch of Seattle Public Library , a small market, and dry cleaner. The houses in Montlake are primarily single-family homes, mainly early 20th century American Craftsman bungalow and Tudor style. Also distinctive are the Old Seattle-style brick and wood frame homes of
451-569: The Central District , taking out the western section of the Arboretum in the process. It was designed as a bypass around Downtown for through traffic. Interchanges with State Route 520 and I-90 were planned, the former being partially built, but the project was halted before construction went further. Never-used on- and off-ramps stood at the north end of the Arboretum until the SR 520 bridge expansion of
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#1732851832201492-698: The National Marine Fisheries Service . Montlake's median household income is $ 208,636 according to the 2019 U.S. Census 5-Year estimate, compared to $ 92,263 citywide. Washington Huskies The Washington Huskies are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Washington , located in Seattle . The school competes at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as
533-1337: The Nordstrom Tennis Center, the Dempsey Indoor practice facility, and the Conibear Shellhouse (rowing). Recently added was the Husky Track located just north of the Husky Ballpark. The golf team's home course is at the Washington National Golf Club in Auburn . "Montlake" is used as a metonym for the athletic department and its teams, with most on-campus facilities located north of the Montlake Cut and on or near Montlake Boulevard in Seattle. The Washington Huskies have won 9 NCAA team championships, 35 non-NCAA rowing national championships (1 AIAW), and 10 other team national championships. They also claim 2 national championships in college football . The championships are as follows: Washington claims two national championships in college football: 1960 and 1991. The 1960 team
574-465: The Rose Bowl . The 1960 team finished 10–1, under coach Jim Owens , and won its second consecutive Rose Bowl by defeating national champion Minnesota 17–7 (the national champion was declared before the bowl games in 1960). Coach Owens served from 1957 to 1974. Don James became head coach in 1975 and transformed the team into a national power while compiling a 153–57–2 record. James' first successful year
615-400: The 1970's the men's team had multiple top five finishes at the NCAA championship meet. In 2008, the year before the program was eliminated, the women's team finished 15th while the men's team finished 16th at the NCAA championship. The men's wrestling team at Washington was cut in 1980. The highlight of the program came in 1972 when UW wrestler Larry Owings defeated Dan Gable of Iowa State in
656-572: The 2010s. Members of the Montlake community continue to negotiate with state and local officials over planned improvements to SR 520 and other local roads. Recently, a neighborhood group called Better Bridge endorsed a proposal to expand SR 520 to six lanes, move it north, and build a lid over the existing 520 freeway to reconnect the Shelby and Hamlin blocks to the rest of the neighborhood. The proposal has been endorsed by some members of Seattle City Council but has not yet been formally approved. Montlake saw
697-466: The Cougars, who adopted their nickname in 1919, by a score of 40–10. The "Husky" nickname was the selection of the committee formed to replace "Sun Dodger". Other suggested names considered by the committee were "Wolves", "Malamutes", "Tyees", "Vikings", "Northmen", and "Olympics". The Husky was likely chosen due to its relative ease to draw, short name for use in newspapers at the time, and it represented
738-544: The Division 1 of the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) against local rivals such as Washington State, Oregon, Oregon St. and Western Washington. The Lacrosse team plays their home games on the IMA fields, and are regularly attended and popular amongst UW students; especially when in-state rival, Washington St. comes into town. The Husky's Lacrosse team is funded by annual dues paid by
779-537: The German and Italian crews, chronicled in the 2023 film The Boys in the Boat . The crew's traditional rival has been the other West Coast powerhouse, the University of California Golden Bears . The University of Washington swimming team dates back to 1932 when the men's team was founded. The women's team was founded in 1975. In 2009 the athletic department announced both the men's and women's programs would be eliminated due to
820-617: The Huskies from Rose Bowl appearances by defeating them in the last game of the 1982 and 1983 seasons, in 1984 Washington posted an 11–1 record and beat Oklahoma 28–17 to win the Orange Bowl. Senior running back , Jacque Robinson won the MVP award and was the first player to win MVP awards for both the Orange and Rose Bowls . The 1991 team is considered to be the best Washington Husky football team and among
861-455: The NCAA 142-pound championship. Gable, a senior competing in his final college match, had been undefeated in seven years and 181 matches of high-school and college wrestling. Gable never would lose again, including in the 1972 Olympics when he was unscored upon on his way to a gold medal. The upset over Gable by Owings was called "one of the most unforgettable moments in the history of the sport and possibly all sport" by The Chicago Tribune . As
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#1732851832201902-648: The University of Washington Husky Rugby Club plays college rugby in Division 1 in the Northwest Collegiate Rugby Conference against local rivals such as Washington State and Oregon. The Huskies won the Northwest championship in 1996, 2002, 2004 and 2005 and the D1AA Varsity Cup in 2014. The Huskies rugby team is partially funded by an endowment from the alumni association. The University of Washington Husky Lacrosse Club plays college lacrosse in
943-520: The best in college football history. The team went undefeated, winning against opponents by an average score of 42–9 in regular season, including wins over No. 9 Nebraska, No. 7 California and a 34–14 win over No. 4 Michigan in the Rose Bowl. In 2000, Washington finished with an 11–1 record, and won its seventh Rose Bowl under the leadership of Marques Tuiasosopo . Washington officially claims two national championships in football: 1960 and 1991. Washington
984-491: The builder built an 860-square-foot (80 m) house at 2022 24th Avenue E. that blocked the neighbors' open space. The house is 55 inches (1.4 m) wide at the south end and 15 feet (4.6 m) wide at the north end. The Montlake Spite House still is standing and occupied. The Montlake Community Club, an organization of neighborhood residents, has a distinguished history of grassroots activism. (Critics have called it NIMBY -ism.) Montlake first became politically active in
1025-459: The early 1930s. In 1916, the northern boundary of Montlake was fixed by the opening of the New Portage Canal, later known as the Montlake Cut, between Lake Washington and Lake Union . The Montlake Bridge , a distinctive bascule bridge crossing the Montlake Cut, opened in 1925. In 1925, a Montlake neighbor made a low offer for a tiny slice of adjoining land. Out of spite for the low offer,
1066-741: The early 20th century, particularly those bordering the Montlake Community Center . Montlake has one church, the Greek Orthodox St. Demetrios , built in 1963 on the grounds of a former garden business called Dahlialand. Montlake was the home of the Museum of History & Industry from 1952 to 2012 and is currently the home of the Seattle Yacht Club (1920) and the Northwest Fisheries Science Center (1931), part of
1107-579: The ferocity of the athletic program. The ASUW felt that The Husky was a true representation of the Seattle area because many viewed Seattle as the "Gateway to the Alaskan frontier", a phrase dating back to the Alaskan Gold Rush . Dubs (first of his name) became the Husky mascot in 2009. He is an Alaskan Malamute from Burlington, Washington and was born in November 2008. Following tradition, an online vote
1148-616: The first NCAA Skiing Championship in 1954. The University of Washington sponsors teams in nine men's and twelve women's NCAA-sanctioned sports, plus men's rowing, primarily competing in the Pac-12 Conference , with men's rowing in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association and both track and field programs in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . The university football team's first game
1189-468: The mascot Sunny Boy , a 3.5 foot gold-painted wooden statue of a Washington undergraduate standing in front of the university's four columns . After being stolen from a fraternity trophy room and missing for decades, Sunny Boy was rediscovered in South Bend and returned to the Huskies prior to the 1948 game versus Notre Dame . Seattle newspapers ran joint editorials on December 25, 1921, calling for
1230-481: The players, as well as assistance from the IMA, and fundraisers. In the university's early history, Washington athletic teams were unnamed. Local sportswriters dubbed the varsity teams the "Vikings", "Indians", "Cougars", and other names in their headlines. On January 28, 1920, the Associated Students of the University of Washington (ASUW) chose the Sun Dodgers as the official nickname of varsity athletic teams at
1271-614: The retirement of "Sun Dodgers" and proposing "Vikings" as a new nickname for Washington's athletic teams. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer wrote that Sun Dodgers "lacks punch" and that "nobody knows what it means, anyway." The new name was said to be supported by head football coach Enoch Bagshaw and professor Edmond S. Meany , among other coaches, athletes, and administrators. The newspapers immediately began using "Vikings" in their headlines. Upon returning to campus following Christmas vacation, students were surprised to learn that their teams had been renamed without consultation. "Vikings"
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1312-541: The team out of the tunnel during Senior Day 2018 (though he later reappeared in a home game against the Oregon Ducks in 2019). Dubs II took over at halftime leading the football team out against the Oregon State Beavers. Dubs II is present before every home Husky football game. Seattle Yacht Club Seattle Yacht Club is a yacht club and historic building in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. It
1353-419: The university. The name ranked first from a list of names submitted to the 3,233 voters. The Sun Dodgers nickname was suggested by students and sportswriters in November 1919 before coming up for the vote. The name was derived from Sun Dodger , a campus humor magazine published by the students, and as a tongue-in-cheek allusion to the city of Seattle 's rainy weather. The Sun Dodgers were represented by
1394-547: The women's national intercollegiate individual golf championship (an event conducted by the Division of Girls' and Women's Sports through 1981, the first year of the rival NCAA women's golf championship). The University of Washington rowing is a longstanding tradition at the UW dating back to 1899. The Washington men's crew won the gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, defeating
1435-404: Was conducted at GoHuskies.com for the name. With more than 20,000 votes cast, "Dubs II" was chosen. Dubs II was officially unveiled as Dubs' successor on March 23, 2018 (National Puppy Day). He had been selected from a group of 90 puppies to become the 14th live mascot for the University of Washington. Dubs continued to fill in as mascot during the 2018 season, with his final performance leading
1476-465: Was in 1889. On November 20, 1903 Chief Joseph and his nephew Red Thunder watched a game that ended 2 - 0, a score on safety and Washington victory, and he concluded that "I saw a lot of white men almost fight today. I do not think this good. I feel pleased that Washington won the game. Those men I would think would break their legs and arms, but they did not get mad. I had a good time at the game with my white friends." This both spirited approval and set
1517-422: Was in 1977 with the team quarterbacked by Warren Moon culminating in a 27–20 victory over Michigan in the Rose Bowl. Washington and Michigan played again in the 1981 Rose Bowl , a 23–6 loss. The next year, the Huskies returned to the Rose Bowl and defeated Iowa 28–0, the last Rose Bowl shutout and the only shutout in the past half century. Following a two-year hiatus during which cross-state rival WSU prevented
1558-464: Was quickly abandoned. With "Sun Dodgers" having been found unsuitable, a joint committee of students, coaches, faculty, alumni, and businessmen was assembled in order to choose a permanent name for the university's athletic teams. UW teams were first introduced as the Huskies on February 3, 1922, during the halftime intermission of a basketball game vs. Washington State. The newly christened Huskies beat
1599-663: Was selected by the Helms Athletic Foundation following Washington's victory over AP and UPI national champion Minnesota in the 1961 Rose Bowl . In that era, the final wire service polls were taken at the end of the regular season. The 1991 team finished No. 1 in the Coaches Poll and earned The Coaches' Trophy as well as the NFF MacArthur Bowl and the FWAA Grantland Rice Trophy . The title
1640-466: Was selected in 1960 by the Helms Athletic Foundation and in 1991 by the Coaches Poll and other selectors. The men's golf team has won seven Pac-12 Conference championships: 1961, 1963, 1988, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2022. James Lepp won the NCAA (individual) Championship in 2005. The women's golf team won their first NCAA national championship in 2016 by beating Stanford 3–2. In 1961 Judy Hoetmer won
1681-553: Was split, with the AP Poll selecting Miami (FL) . In addition to their claimed titles, NCAA-designated "major selectors" also selected Washington for 1984 and 1990 . Washington won 7 National Rifle Association intercollegiate team championships prior to the introduction of the NCAA Rifle Championship in 1980. The Huskies won the 1940–1942 intercollegiate championship ski meets held at Sun Valley, Idaho , prior to