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The Port of Seattle reached an agreement with Hill Grove Cemetery Association to remove six trees on the cemetery's property near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport that were identified as obstructions to flight corridors. In exchange, the Port agreed to install a new fence and gate along the property's north boundary, replant vegetation, and pay all associated costs. The cemetery also granted the Port a permanent easement to prevent future obstructions from growing on the property.

Hillgrove Cemetery, located on 200th Street South in the Highline District of Seattle, is a historic private burial site consisting of 57 individually owned plots that serves as a significant link to the ethnic and pioneer heritage of the Highline/Des Moines area of south King County. The cemetery is surrounded on three sides by Port of Seattle land — the agency that operates Sea-Tac Airport — which erected the chain-link fence enclosing the property. Nominated to the King County Register of Historic Places, the site commemorates early settlers whose activities shaped the region's economic and civic development, including road-building, milling, transportation, and farming that contributed to what became Seattle's Pike Place Market.

A nomination letter from Geraldine Van Notric, a Hillgrove Cemetery Board Member, requests that Hillgrove Cemetery — located near Sea-Tac International Airport at 200th Street and 16th Ave. So. — be designated a King County Historic Site under Ordinance No. 4828. The cemetery, established with its first burial in 1900 and formally organized as an association in 1923, contains graves of pioneers who shaped the Highline area's economic development, as well as military veterans from the Civil War and World War I. The nomination emphasizes that the designation would provide community recognition and protection for the site, not serve as a request for county repair funds.

This King County technical paper explains the difference between historic resource inventories and formally designated landmarks, clarifying that not every old building with a plaque is an officially recognized landmark. It describes the various levels of government — federal, state, county, and municipal — that maintain separate landmark registers, each with their own designation criteria, age requirements, and property-owner protections. The document also outlines several major inventory programs, including the King County Historic Resources Inventory and the Washington State Archaeological Site Inventory, which serve as research tools for identifying properties that may qualify for landmark status.

This is a parcel map prepared by First American Title Insurance Company for File No. 985481, identifying land located in King County, Washington. The map provides a general geographic orientation of one or more parcels in the area, encompassing subdivisions such as Havenwood No. 1, Kennedy's Addition, Viva Dell, and Mayvale No. 2. The document is not intended to serve as a legal survey and carries an express disclaimer of liability for any reliance on its contents.

This is a 2016 ALTA Commitment for Title Insurance issued by First American Title Insurance Company (File No: NCS-985481-WA1) for a property in Washington State. The document outlines the company's offer to issue title insurance policies, subject to specific requirements and conditions, and defines the terms under which coverage would be provided. It includes standard commitment conditions covering definitions, limitations of liability, arbitration provisions, and the rights and obligations of all parties involved in the title insurance process.

This May 2020 report, prepared by Anchor QEA for the Port of Seattle, documents an inventory of Hillgrove Cemetery as part of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Flight Corridor Safety Program. The study combined historical burial record research, pedestrian field surveys, and ground-penetrating radar to identify and catalog grave sites and monuments within the cemetery. The findings are intended to inform airport safety planning efforts in the flight corridor area surrounding Sea-Tac Airport.