Historically, Renton Hill was a

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, United States. Centered roughly at 18th Avenue and Madison Street, it was roughly the southern part of today's

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plus a large adjacent section south of Madison Street.David Wilma
Renton Hill residents organize Seattle's first community club on June 18, 1901
HistoryLink, April 1, 2001. Accessed 26 January 2008. It was named after lumberman and merchant Captain William Renton (1818-1891) and replaced the earlier name of Second Hill. The Renton Hill Community Improvement Club was the city's first

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, organized in 1901 for public improvements such as water, sidewalks, lighting, and beautification. Along with the Capitol Hill Community Club, the club reorganized in 1929 to exclude racial minorities, using a

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. This was in reaction to encroaching African American population from the east, Asian from the south, and urban downtown from the west. The name Renton Hill has fallen into disuse within Seattle, possibly to avoid confusion with a neighborhood in nearby Renton, WA, also named Renton Hill. The portion of Renton Hill north of Madison Street has been subsumed into Capitol Hill while the portion south of it is now commonly referred to as

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