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Overview

Frank F. Hopkins managed the Seattle Boiler Works, Incorporated, between 1912 and 1954. The company produced boilers for commercial and institutional buildings and ships of the local fishing fleet.

Building History

In 1900, boilermaker Frank Frederick Hopkins (born 05/06/1879 in Joliet, IL-d. 10/02/1955 in Seattle, WA) lived with his boilermaker father Paul C. Hopkins (born c. 11/1850 in England) in the Ballard nieighborhood of Seattle, WA. The family lived on Ballard Avenue, as per the US Census of that year. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Ballard, King, Washington; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 0057; FHL microfilm: 1241743, accessed 01/06/2022.) By 1910, Hopkins worked at the Ballard Boiler Works (See R.L. Polk and Company's Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1910, p. 787.) Two years later, he had become the manager of the Seattle Boiler Works. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1912, p. 683.)

In 1912, the Seattle Boiler Works, Incorporated, operated on the corner of Shilshole Avenue and 24th Avenue NW. It was one of eleven boiler manufacturers listed in the Seattle city directory of that year. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1912, p. 1898.) It relocated to 1128 West 45th Street by either late 1914 or early 1915. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1915, p. 1672.)

By 1948, Hopkins also owned and managed the Ballard Ice Skating Arena. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1948, p. 623.) he continued to manage both in 1951. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1951, p. 592.) He no longer operated the Ballard Ice Skating Arena by 1954. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1954, p. 850.)

He resided for many years (between at least 1920 and 1955) at 8331 32nd Avenue NW with his wife Mary Agnes Faber (born c. 1884 in IA) and children. In 1930, the residence in which the Hopkins Family lived had an estimated value of $15,000, (others in the near vicinity had higher valuations), indicating that the family had become prosperous from the Seattle Boiler Works. They also could afford a household servant, Margaret Burnside (born c. 1892 in WI), who worked as a maid. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Seattle, King, Washington; Page: 40A; Enumeration District: 0001; FHL microfilm: 2342225, accessed 01/06/2022.)

PCAD id: 24293