Jon Lozier’s family moved to Bellevue from Omaha, Nebraska in 1958. His mother, Harriet Lozier, researched cities across the nation, seeking opportunities for her sons’ futures. She discovered and visited a small town named Bellevue, WA, which she found beautiful, quiet, and clean. With its impending connection to Seattle via the new Evergreen Point Bridge and the upcoming 1962 World’s Fair, she saw economic potential for establishing roots and a prosperous future in homebuilding.
In 1961, Jon’s father, David, founded Lozier Homes, with Jon starting at the business end of a shovel.
Photo taken by Jon Lozier 1959 or his Dad and younger brother Robin.
By 1983, Jon and his family had built nearly 4,000 homes, primarily on Seattle’s Eastside. At that point, Jon wanted to return to one-off custom home building, and he founded Lochwood-Lozier with his business partner and wife, Patricia Lozier. Patricia coined the name “Lochwood,” inspired by an automobile named the Lakewood, built by the Lozier Motor Company in 1910.
In 1958, Bellevue, Washington, was a developing community with a focus on residential growth and economic development, with a population of around 61,000.
Newport, Mercer Island, the Town of Beaux Arts Village and Seattle in the distance — Viewed from above Somerset Hill, 1959.
In 1950, this sign stood in the Enatai Neighborhood, then unincorporated King County, just as one came off the East Channel Bridge from Mercer Island. The condition of the roads was a huge sore point with residents and part of the impetus behind Bellevue’s 1953 incorporation. Note that a fed up neighbor posted a sign encouraging motorists to call the county at MA-5900 to complain.
Bellevue 1960’s Postcard “Bellevue, Washington – One of the attractive and prosperous cities on the eastern shores of Lake Washington. Shopping Center in left distance.” Aerial Color by Clifford B. Ellis
