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Georgetown, a white settlement began on September 16, 1851, when Luther Collins staked his claim. It was named by Julius Horton after his son in 1890. Rainier Brewing Company's original Rainier Brewery, once reportedly the sixth-largest brewery in the world, began operations in 1882. On the National Register of Historic Places and now called the Georgetown Brewhouse, the red brick brewery, home to artists and small businesses, dominates the commercial district along Airport Way S.

Georgetown existed as an independent city from 1904 to 1910, when it was annexed by Seattle.

Georgetown has had a certain degree of a "scene" since the 1990s. It seemed to peak in the winter of 2001, when Industrial Coffee and Stella Pizza were both hosting a lot of live musical performances. The former folded, and the latter stopped hosting shows and changed its name to Stellar Pizza. Since that time, however, quite a few new bars and coffeehouses have opened in the neighborhood, plus a record store, a barber shop, a bakery, a scooter shop, and an art gallery/recording studio. Laura Cassidy of the Seattle Weekly described the prevailing aesthetic: "Creatively employing the open, airy brick-walled spaces left behind by industry and manufacturing, and augmenting them with local art and 20th-century detritus, Georgetown's merchants consistently fashion warm, imaginative interiors: places you want to visit and never want to leave. Just walking through the streets you witness post-squat, industrial bohemian chic."

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