Did You Know? Fun Facts and Bits of Mirrormont’s History
Did You Know? By Tom Cole Because over 180 new families moved into Mirrormont during the past five years (2013—2017), and may not have...
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- Jan 2, 2018
Infrastructure: Mirrormont’s Front Entrance
Mirrormont’s Entrance: History and Controversy Did you know that your MCA dues keep our entrance to Mirrormont looking nice? Did you know...
- Dec 31, 2017
Mirrormont Stables Today
Heidi Kayler started a Nextdoor group to brainstorm what might be done with Mirrormont Stables at 15201 Issaquah Hobart Rd SE. Many...
- Aug 25, 2017
Infrastructure: Water in the 21st Century
Mirrormont Water: Close to the Best in the World I feel grateful that we have such wonderful crisp, pure-tasting water in Mirrormont. I...
- Feb 20, 2017
Logging and Rail History
Have you ever wondered about those huge stumps in your yard? Have you ever hiked or biked one of the many trails on Tiger Mountain that...
- Feb 20, 2017
Flying Saucers? Real or Just a False Show?
From The Seattle Times: FLYING SAUCERS! REAL — OR JUST A FALSE SHOW? More and more people are beginning to believe in “Flying Saucers,”...
- Feb 20, 2017
Infrastructure: Gravel Roads and Relaxed Standards
Plats 35,000 sq. ft. or larger were the type of plats you could do as “relaxed standards” plats because you didn’t have to build roads to...
- Feb 20, 2017
Infrastructure: Underground Heating Oil System
The oil system was unique at that time. A lot of developments had gas underground, and electricity for furnaces, but most places used oil...
- Feb 20, 2017
Infrastructure: Water in the “Early Days”
From an interview with Mirrormont’s developer Rod Loveless: It was difficult to get water out here. Everybody had wells. So we started...
- Feb 20, 2017
An African Lion in Mirrormont?
From The Seattle Times, May 19, 1975: From James Carey Elder II, whose parents moved to Mirrormont in 1966: It was a calm, quiet summer...
- Feb 20, 2017
Mirrormont Stables & Bridle Trails “Back in the Day”
Research and interviews by Linda Jean Shepherd From Heidi Kayler: When I was a girl growing up in Mirrormont, we kept horses at the...
- Feb 20, 2017
The House That TV Built
We did a deal to build up interest in Mirrormont. In cooperation with Channel 7, we built a house. We had big advertisements on J.P....
- Feb 20, 2017
Chalet Style A-Frame Homes
I designed all the chalets, built them as spec houses, then sold them after they were completed. Mountain chalet-houses were a whole new...
- Feb 20, 2017
The First House in Mirrormont
First House: 26004 SE 158th St The Mirrormont property was a wild and wooly area, no roads, just logging trails. J.J. Welcome Co of...
- Feb 20, 2017
2012: Mirrormont’s 50th Anniversary
While Seattle celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Seattle World’s Fair, Mirrormont had our own 50th Anniversary. In 1962, the first three...
- Feb 20, 2017
Mirrormont’s Developers
Rod Loveless devoted ten years of his life to Mirrormont, and later developed Country Village in Bothell, home of the 15-ft chicken....
- Feb 20, 2017
How Mirrormont Got Its Name
The name “Mirrormont” was inspired by the name of a villa in Casablanca, Morocco in North Africa: “I was stationed in Casablanca at the...
- Feb 20, 2008
Mirrormont Stables
A Little Piece of History I was cruising the web, trying to remember my old Mirrormont Estates address when I happened upon an old Spring...
- Sep 21, 2005
Mirrormont Park Ground-breaking
It was a warm July afternoon and the grass was waist-high. A crew of two left work early and spent 2 ½ hours using their weed wackers to...
- Feb 20, 2001
Bus Stop No. 1
From “The History of Mirrormont, Chapter Two” by Thomas R. Cole in Mirrormont News, Winter 2001 It stands on the corner of 266th Ave. SE...
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