2026 Wally-Home Resource Fair

Historic Wallingford and the Wallingford Center present
the Wally-Home Resource Fair

The list of vendors and speakers will continue to be updated. Check out the experts who joined us last year.

This year, we will be awarding another long-time local business with a Historic Wallingford Legacy Award. Previous winners include Murphy’s Pub, Changes, and Tweedy & Popp. Attend our award ceremony during the Resource Fair to find out this year’s winner!

We are also expanding our programming to include an in-person guided neighborhood tour. Local architectural designer and historian, Thomas Veith, will lead a walking tour along the Wallingford Center’s neighboring streets, beginning at 11 AM. The tour is free, but registration is required, as space is limited.

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Speakers

Learn how to research the architectural and social history of a property using local and national archival databases, including King County property cards, city directories, and U.S. Census records.

Vendors

Ask An Expert / Resource Center

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Interested in being a vendor or speaker at this year’s Resource Fair?
Email us at info@historicwallingford.org

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In-Kind Sponsors

About the Venue
Wallingford Center is located in the heart of Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood. Built as the Interlake Public School in 1904, it functioned as a neighborhood school for nearly 70 years before being rehabilitated into Wallingford Center with shops, restaurants, and apartments. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Click here to learn more about its history.

Getting Here

Transit: Two local bus lines along N 45^th Street, the 44 and 62 running every 12 minutes and 30 minutes respectively. Get off at the “N 45th St & Wallingford Ave N” bus stop. Stop ID: 17410

Interstate-5 by Car: Take the N 45^th Street exit, maneuver to head westbound on N 45th St. Continue east along N 45^th street for a half a mile (4 minutes). The Wallingford Center will be on your left.

State Route 99 Northbound by Car: Take the Green Lake Way exit (passing the Wallingford inn on the right).  Turn right at the light, following N 46^th as it turns into N 45^th St.  Continue eastbound for a half a mile (4 minutes). The Wallingford Center will be on your right.

State Route 99 Southbound by Car: Turn right onto N Allen Pl, Turn right onto Linden Ave N, Turn right onto N 46^th Street, keeping in the right lane follow signs for N 45^th Street. Continue eastbound for three-quarters of a mile (6 minutes). The Wallingford Center will be on your right.

Parking: There is ample parking at the Wallingford center, as well as free two-hour parking on the adjacent streets.