President Benjamin Harrison, or more likely a proxy, signed Downey's land grant (after he proved up his claim in 1890).
Also living near Downey at this time were W. E. Conway and Isaac K. Bechtel.
Patrick Downey was born in 1843.
The Downey family held the first services of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in their front parlor.
When he was 17 he left Ireland with the hopes of mining gold in the United States.
He lived in New York with his first wife until she died from tuberculosis in 1877.
He lived in San Francisco, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, and Idaho before he settled in Washington Territory.
In 1892, he married Victoria, and they had thirteen children.
The Downey family held the first services of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in their front parlor.
In the early 20th century, they leased property to Japanese immigrants who were legally unable to own their own land.
The Downey family retained their farm until after World War II.
When they sold it, it was almost immediately developed as the "Vuecrest" neighborhood. In the early years, Downey named a local dock on Meydenbauer Bay “Clyde Landing” after the Clyde River in Scotland. This name was later adopted by the community of Clyde Hill that grew up around the Downeys.
When they sold it, it was almost immediately developed as the "Vuecrest" neighborhood. In the early years, Downey named a local dock on Meydenbauer Bay “Clyde Landing” after the Clyde River in Scotland. This name was later adopted by the community of Clyde Hill that grew up around the Downeys.
Patrick Downey passed away in 1924
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