Sehome, Bellingham, Washington

Sehome
Neighborhood
View of Sehome from Sehome Hill
Coordinates: 48°44′24″N 122°28′31″W / 48.74000°N 122.47528°W / 48.74000; -122.47528
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Whatcom
City	Bellingham
Platted	1854
Incorporated	1888
Amalgamated	1891
ZIP code	98225
Sehome Hill Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Homes in the historic district
Location	Bellingham, Washington, U.S.
Built	1875–1949
Architectural style	American Craftsman, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	01000063
Added to NRHP	February 13, 2001[1]

Sehome is a neighborhood in Bellingham, Washington, United States. It was the first town on Bellingham Bay and was founded in May 1858 by coal mine manager Edmund C. Fitzhugh, who named the settlement for his father-in-law, S'Klallam chief Sehome (Klallam: sx̣ʷiʔám̕). The townsite was originally owned by the Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad, which operated the Bellingham Bay Coal Mine until it closed in 1878. The town of Sehome was amalgamated in 1891 with three other settlements into New Whatcom, which was later renamed to Bellingham.

The neighborhood now constitutes the southern part of downtown Bellingham and nearby residential areas that were developed in the early 20th century. It includes the Sehome Hill Arboretum and is adjacent to the Western Washington University campus, which lies to the southwest of the neighborhood. The Sehome Hill Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.