Central Area Homes For Sale in Seattle

Central Area, also referred to as the Central District, was once a hotbed of the civil rights movement as memorialized in the names of many streets and public structures. The Central District today is a residential neighborhood of family-owned businesses, historic landmark houses and some of the lowest home prices in the city. Close proximity to downtown and I-90 make the Central Area an attractive option for Seattle and Eastside workers.

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Central Area, Seattle

The Central Area neighborhood is located in Central Seattle.  Homes for sale in Central Area include foreclosures (bank-owned homes), short sales, new construction, and traditional resale homes.  Home styles range from condos to townhomes and single-family homes.

Central District, Seattle

The Central Area, commonly called the Central District or CD, is a mostly residential district in Seattle located east of First Hill (12th Avenue and Rainier Avenue); west of Madrona , Leschi and Mt. Baker; south of Capitol Hill, and north of Rainier Valley. Historically, the Central District has been one of Seattle's most racially and ethnically diverse neighborhoods, and was once the center of Seattle's black community and a major hub of African-American businesses.

Firehouse Mini Park and the Cherry Hill Community Center: the former Firehouse No. 23, headquarters of the Central Area Motivation Program. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The southernmost section of Central District looks more like a residential extension of International District

Thoroughfares

The Central District's main thoroughfares are its east boundary along Martin Luther King Jr. Way ("MLK"), its west boundaries along 12th Avenue and Rainier Avenue, its 'main street' 23rd Avenue (north and southbound) and E. Union, E. Cherry, E. Jefferson, E. Yesler Way, and S. Jackson (east and west bound).

Bullitt Center, January 2014

Landmarks and institutions

• Bullitt Center
• Ezell's Chicken
• TT Minor School
• Washington Middle School
• Garfield High School
• Medgar Evers Pool
• Garfield Community Center
• Odessa Brown Clinic
• Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center
• Chevra Bikur Cholim
• The Nova Project
• Washington Hall

The original Ezell's on 23rd Avenue in Seattle's Central District.

James A. Garfield High School. Located in 400 23rd Avenue

Seattle, Washington 98122.

Source Wikipedia

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Central Area Market Statistics

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