News & Events

Celebrate the end of Historic Preservation Month and Bike Month by joining this fun and healthy bicycle ride on Saturday, May 30. The ride begins at 10:30 am at the historic Pagoda building at Point Defiance Park and ends at beautiful and historic Wright Park near the Stadium-Seminary Historic District. At the end, bring your own picnic for lunch and enjoy lawn games. This ride not only features traveling through Tacoma's historic neighborhoods, it... more

Celebrating Our Downtown Historic Buildings To showcase our downtown’s special historical character, the City of Olympia’s Heritage Commission is launching a photo exhibition at the new Downtown Welcome Center at the corner of 4^th Avenue and Franklin Street.  This event is held in conjunction with other National Historic Preservation Month activities. Starting May 29^th, this temporary historical photo display will celebrate downtown’s “landmark birthdays”,... more

What is the Future of Magnuson Park's Most Historic Building? YOU can help us answer this question! Please join us for a lively day of community interaction around the most historically significant building in Magnuson Park. Registered attendees will receive maps to the locations. The event begins promptly at 1 PM with a 40-minute tour of Building 2. For safety reasons, we cannot accommodate late arrivals and all tours will be guided. Please wear sturdy shoes and consider bringing a... more

It is time once again to award grants to Certified Local Governments. A public meeting will take place on May 28, 2015 in which the applicants will be able to address the grant committee. The meeting will start at 9:30 am and end around noon. Everyone is welcome. Where: DAHP Offices, 1110 Capitol Way S., Olympia - North side conference room When: Thursday May 28, 2015 at  9:30 am For more information please contact CLG Grant Administrator Kim Gant at 360-586-3074.

This is a reminder that the deadline for the 2015 Call for Papers for the annual conference of the Marion Dean Ross/Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians is fast approaching.  The deadline is May 12, 2015.  This year's theme is "Artifice and Authenticity in Architecture! To Play or Not To Play?"  The conference will be held in Ashland, Oregon, October 23-25, 2015.  The pertinent dates are: May 12, 2015 - Abstract due June 11, 2015 - Selection notification... more

It is with deep regret that Washington State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) Allyson Brooks and all DAHP staff announce the passing on April 23rd of our former Administrative Assistant Zee Hill. Zee began working for DAHP (then the Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation) in 1998 and remained with the agency until her retirement in April of 2012. For anyone who visited or called the office during that time, Zee was unforgettable. Her broad grin, big hair, and warm sense of humor... more

Please welcome the City of Pasco and the City of Millwood to the growing community of CLG's in Washington! Millwood has its roots in the company town that developed when the site along the south bank of the Spokane River was selected as the home for the region's first paper mill. The mill's first employees were, for the most part, men who relocated with their families from the Midwest. The town's wealth of early twentieth-century... more

Description and Eligibility: The Burke Museum’s archaeological collections include significant holdings from the Pacific Northwest and the Western Pacific. In an effort to stimulate research on these collections and provide students with opportunities for collections-based research, the Burke Museum is pleased to announce the Burke Museum Archaeological Collections Research Fellowship.  This fellowship provides for 1-3 months stipend plus expenses to conduct research using... more

See this article from the Port Townsend Leader: http://www.ptleader.com/news/historic-boat-s-construction-details-preserved/article_cc0ed960-d7f5-11e4-954f-f7596532ed62.html