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Frank Goodwin Dies; Pike Place Market Founder
Frank Goodwin, 80, who founded Seattle's Pike Place Public Market and established the city's first gasoline service station, died Friday in his sleep at this home, 417 34th Ave.
Mr Goodwin also was a founder and director of the Seaboard Branch Seattle-First National Bank and a founder and director of Fulton Petroleum Corp. and the Carbon Dioxice and Chemical Co., and he was connected with the Sothern Sugar Corp. and the Celotex Corp.
Before settling in Seattle, Mr. Goodwin went to the Klondike in 1898 where he developed a successful gold mine . . . , had been an inventor, ... ing a steam automobile and an airplane.
Mr. Goodwin established the Capitol Automobile Co., in Washington, D.C. in 1900. He produced a steam automobile prototype model which he drove for years in Washington D.C. and in Seattle.
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His work with airplanes was conducted at the same time the Wright Brothers were working on theirs. He abandoned his work in that line after the Wrights made their first flight. Mr. Goodwin also eventually abandoned his work in the automotive field.
In 1905, however, he established Seattle's first gasoline station at Lake Washington Blvd. and Madison St. In 1907, he built the Pike Place Public Market which he headed for 20 years.
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Mr Goodwin was born in Kankakee, IL. He was married to Mabel Stier in Washington, D.C., in 1901. Mrs. Goodwin died in 1932.
In 1938, Mr Goodwin ran unsuccessfully, for the United States Senate on the Republican ticket.
He was a charter member of the Arctic Club. He also was a member of the American Chemical Society, the Rainier Club, the Inglewood Golf Club and the Seattle Golf Club.
Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Douglas Bonamy, of Seattle and Sumatra; his two sons, Frank S. Goodwin, of Pasadena and Washington, D.C. and Ervin W. Goodwin, Seattle, and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Bonney-Watson Co. Burial will be in Acacia Memorial Park.
Frank Goodwin Dies; Pike Place Market Founder
Frank Goodwin, 80, who founded Seattle's Pike Place Public Market and established the city's first gasoline service station, died Friday in his sleep at this home, 417 34th Ave.
Mr Goodwin also was a founder and director of the Seaboard Branch Seattle-First National Bank and a founder and director of Fulton Petroleum Corp. and the Carbon Dioxice and Chemical Co., and he was connected with the Sothern Sugar Corp. and the Celotex Corp.
Before settling in Seattle, Mr. Goodwin went to the Klondike in 1898 where he developed a successful gold mine . . . , had been an inventor, ... ing a steam automobile and an airplane.
Mr. Goodwin established the Capitol Automobile Co., in Washington, D.C. in 1900. He produced a steam automobile prototype model which he drove for years in Washington D.C. and in Seattle.
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His work with airplanes was conducted at the same time the Wright Brothers were working on theirs. He abandoned his work in that line after the Wrights made their first flight. Mr. Goodwin also eventually abandoned his work in the automotive field.
In 1905, however, he established Seattle's first gasoline station at Lake Washington Blvd. and Madison St. In 1907, he built the Pike Place Public Market which he headed for 20 years.
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Mr Goodwin was born in Kankakee, IL. He was married to Mabel Stier in Washington, D.C., in 1901. Mrs. Goodwin died in 1932.
In 1938, Mr Goodwin ran unsuccessfully, for the United States Senate on the Republican ticket.
He was a charter member of the Arctic Club. He also was a member of the American Chemical Society, the Rainier Club, the Inglewood Golf Club and the Seattle Golf Club.
Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Douglas Bonamy, of Seattle and Sumatra; his two sons, Frank S. Goodwin, of Pasadena and Washington, D.C. and Ervin W. Goodwin, Seattle, and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Bonney-Watson Co. Burial will be in Acacia Memorial Park.
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Frank Goodwin Dies; Pike Place Market Founder
Frank Goodwin, 80, who founded Seattle's Pike Place Public Market and established the city's first gasoline service station, died Friday in his sleep at this home, 417 34th Ave.
Mr Goodwin also was a founder and director of the Seaboard Branch Seattle-First National Bank and a founder and director of Fulton Petroleum Corp. and the Carbon Dioxice and Chemical Co., and he was connected with the Sothern Sugar Corp. and the Celotex Corp.
Before settling in Seattle, Mr. Goodwin went to the Klondike in 1898 where he developed a successful gold mine . . . , had been an inventor, ... ing a steam automobile and an airplane.
Mr. Goodwin established the Capitol Automobile Co., in Washington, D.C. in 1900. He produced a steam automobile prototype model which he drove for years in Washington D.C. and in Seattle.
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His work with airplanes was conducted at the same time the Wright Brothers were working on theirs. He abandoned his work in that line after the Wrights made their first flight. Mr. Goodwin also eventually abandoned his work in the automotive field.
In 1905, however, he established Seattle's first gasoline station at Lake Washington Blvd. and Madison St. In 1907, he built the Pike Place Public Market which he headed for 20 years.
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Mr Goodwin was born in Kankakee, IL. He was married to Mabel Stier in Washington, D.C., in 1901. Mrs. Goodwin died in 1932.
In 1938, Mr Goodwin ran unsuccessfully, for the United States Senate on the Republican ticket.
He was a charter member of the Arctic Club. He also was a member of the American Chemical Society, the Rainier Club, the Inglewood Golf Club and the Seattle Golf Club.
Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Douglas Bonamy, of Seattle and Sumatra; his two sons, Frank S. Goodwin, of Pasadena and Washington, D.C. and Ervin W. Goodwin, Seattle, and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Bonney-Watson Co. Burial will be in Acacia Memorial Park.
Frank Goodwin Dies; Pike Place Market Founder
Frank Goodwin, 80, who founded Seattle's Pike Place Public Market and established the city's first gasoline service station, died Friday in his sleep at this home, 417 34th Ave.
Mr Goodwin also was a founder and director of the Seaboard Branch Seattle-First National Bank and a founder and director of Fulton Petroleum Corp. and the Carbon Dioxice and Chemical Co., and he was connected with the Sothern Sugar Corp. and the Celotex Corp.
Before settling in Seattle, Mr. Goodwin went to the Klondike in 1898 where he developed a successful gold mine . . . , had been an inventor, ... ing a steam automobile and an airplane.
Mr. Goodwin established the Capitol Automobile Co., in Washington, D.C. in 1900. He produced a steam automobile prototype model which he drove for years in Washington D.C. and in Seattle.
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His work with airplanes was conducted at the same time the Wright Brothers were working on theirs. He abandoned his work in that line after the Wrights made their first flight. Mr. Goodwin also eventually abandoned his work in the automotive field.
In 1905, however, he established Seattle's first gasoline station at Lake Washington Blvd. and Madison St. In 1907, he built the Pike Place Public Market which he headed for 20 years.
Arctic Club
Mr Goodwin was born in Kankakee, IL. He was married to Mabel Stier in Washington, D.C., in 1901. Mrs. Goodwin died in 1932.
In 1938, Mr Goodwin ran unsuccessfully, for the United States Senate on the Republican ticket.
He was a charter member of the Arctic Club. He also was a member of the American Chemical Society, the Rainier Club, the Inglewood Golf Club and the Seattle Golf Club.
Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Douglas Bonamy, of Seattle and Sumatra; his two sons, Frank S. Goodwin, of Pasadena and Washington, D.C. and Ervin W. Goodwin, Seattle, and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Bonney-Watson Co. Burial will be in Acacia Memorial Park.
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