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Seattle, Washington: Hat n' Boots

Famous landmark south of Seattle, a former cowboy-themed gas station built in 1954 as part of a never-completed "Frontier Village" shopping center.

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Hat 'n Boots restoration project underway

A community organization in the Georgetown section of Seattle is repairing the long neglected Hat 'n Boots gas station. The Georgetown Community Council has raised some fund and recruited volunteers to restore the two buildings and move them to a more attractive space in a public park up the road.

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[09/09/2001] Complete News Story

Hat n' Boots - Renovation Plans

Good news! It would appear that hat and boots will definitely be saved from demolition. They will be moved from the current location off Marginal Way to a new park nearby, repainted, and repaired.

[s plumb, 08/04/2001]

Hat n' Boots

Oxbow Park

Address:
6430 Carleton Ave. S., Seattle, WA
Directions:
I-5 exit 162 onto Corson Ave,, then south a half-mile. On the left, in a little park midway between S. Eddy and S. Warsaw Sts, across from the Dept. of Transportation maintenance shops.
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Major Fun
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