Cedar Park, Seattle

The "Cedar Park" name comes from the plats that subdivided the land along Lake Washington that had previously belonged to the Puget Mill Company.

Many lots overlooking Lake Washington were occupied by vacation cottages from the 1920s to World War II.

The city maintained title to the land and buildings, but ceased to use it as a school, and instead leased the space to an artists enclave known as the Artwood Studios, which stayed in residence for a full 32 years.

At the time of Artwood's displacement, the building had served longer as a home for the studio than it had seen service as a school.

Cedar Park Elementary was reopened as an Option school, leveraging a nontraditional curriculum approach based on expeditionary learning.