Theodore Newell Haller (1864 – 1930, aged 65-66) was a prominent

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businessman, attorney, writer, and civic leader in Seattle, Washington. He founded

Haller City, Washington Arlington is a city in northern Snohomish County, Washington, United States, part of the Seattle metropolitan area. The city lies on the Stillaguamish River in the western foothills of the Cascade Range, adjacent to the city of Marysville, Washi ...

, now Arlington, Washington.

Haller Lake Haller Lake is a small lake and neighborhood in north central Seattle, Washington, named for Theodore N. Haller, who platted the neighborhood in 1905. His father, Granville O. Haller, was one of Seattle's early settlers, an army officer who ama ...

, a lake and neighborhood in Seattle, is named after him. Theodore Haller (Morris) was the son of Henrietta and

Granville O. Haller Granville Owen Haller (January 31, 1819 – May 2, 1897) was a noted Indian fighter, United States Army officer, and wealthy postbellum businessman who settled in northwest Washington state. During the American Civil War, he was charged with the d ...

, a former Civil War officer and one of Seattle's leading postbellum businessmen. After being educated at Yale University, he returned to Seattle and graduated from law school. He established one of the city's leading practices. In 1905, he platted a cluster of lots around the lake that would bear his name. The Haller Fountain in

Port Townsend Port Townsend is a city on the Quimper Peninsula in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,148 at the 2020 United States Census. It is the county seat and only incorporated city of Jefferson County. In addition to ...

was donated to the town by Haller. It had first been displayed at the Chicago Exhibition of 1893.

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