The Washington State Department of Commerce (COM) has announced the publication and final adoption of new administrative rules for the Growth Management Act (GMA), passed by the State Legislature in 1990. The Growth Management Services (GMS) office within COM has devoted 2 1/2 years to the review and comment process. The new rules (often referred to as "WAC" for Washington Administrative Code) will be published in the Washington State Register on Feb. 3, 2010 and go into effect on...
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Jan 25, 2010
On November 20, 2009, the board of directors of the Frenchtown Historical Foundation and the board of trustees of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation concluded an historic agreement to transfer the lower portion of the Frenchtown Historic Site lying along the...Jan 25, 2010
APPLICATIONS DUE FEBRUARY 12, 2010. Applications are invited for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Federal Preserve America Grants. Preserve America grants offer planning funding from the Federal Government to support communities that have demonstrated a commitment to preserving, recognizing, designating, and protecting local cultural resources. Grants are available to assist local economies find self-sustaining ways to promote and... more
Jan 21, 2010
The training schedule for 2010 has been revised. Several new class offerings have been noted and a couple of previously listed classes have changed venues. For instance, the Cultural Resources Training will be moving to Ellensburg this spring. Also, the Pacific Northwest Field School has had to seek a change of venue from their proposed Field School site near Challis to a more practical location in downtown Boise.
The new list can...
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Check out this local blog called "Land Tales" from Ryan Hollander with photos and posts on architecture and archaeology. Great posts on the Old Olympia Brewery and the Weyerhauser Headquarters in Federal Way. Definitely worth marking as a... more
Jan 14, 2010
[gallery order="DESC" columns="2"] Simple to manufacture and easy to assemble, the Quonset Hut is an easily recognizable architectural form. In 1941, a team of engineers at Quonset Point Naval Air Station in Rhode Island designed the building, hence the name. With America preparing for the possibility of war, the Navy had approached the George A. Fuller Company to design a prefabricated, portable structure that could be shipped in pieces to faraway military outposts. The structure had to be... more
Jan 14, 2010
The following article by Adrian Fine has just been published by the Trust in the Jan 2010 issue of the Forum News.
Besides this article, there was an excellent feature on the local Fox TV affiliate in DC, which features Preservation Magazine editor James Schwartz talking about windows. It is the kind of local news piece that should be repeated across the nation, and virtually any one of us could do this.
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[gallery order="DESC"] Located just west of Boeing Field in Seattle, the Boeing B-17 Factory, otherwise known as Plant No2., holds a significant place in the history of the United States. It was here that during WWII thousands of B-17 Bombers, otherwise known as the “Flying Fortress” were made. Production of planes at the plant went from sixty in 1942, to an astounding 362 planes per month by March 1944 — at one point the Seattle plant rolled out 16 planes in 24 hours.
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On October 24th, 2009, Dr. Sanford J. Wright hosted a celebration of the Hartley Mansion in Everett to kick off a year of special events to celebrate the building's centennial set for July 2010. The event in October featured tours, refreshments, and presentations from First Gentleman Mike Gregoire, members of the Hartley family, and local dignataries including Jack O'Donnell, Mark Mayberg, and Historic Everett's Valerie Steel.
As the proud owner of the stately... moreJan 12, 2010
Historic Seattle Announces the Launch of its New Preservation Blog, MAin2! Through MAin2, you'll get up-to-date information about preservation issues, news, events and projects in Seattle and around Puget Sound. Here's the link: http://main2seattle.wordpress.com/ Subscribe to the blog to get updates via email subscription or RSS. We hope you enjoy MAin2! Questions? Feedback? Want to submit a blog entry, news item, or event? Email Eugenia Woo,... more
Jan 07, 2010
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Derived from the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright during his “Usonian” period, the Wrightian style can be found in limited quantities in the Pacific Northwest. While Wright himself only produced a handful of properties in Washington State, several of his students from the Taliesen Fellowship migrated to the Seattle area during the 1950s, bringing with them Wright’s unique style of architecture. The purpose of Wright’s school was to train architects to... moreJan 07, 2010
For those of you interested in the Main Street Program, Everett's HeraldNet has a good article posted today. Be sure to check it out!
Jan 06, 2010
Washington Trust for Historic Preservation Announces 2010 Valerie Sivinski Washington Preserves Fund Grant Program Grants Designed To Assist With Local Preservation Projects The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation has announced that grant applications for the 2010 Valerie Sivinski Washington Preserves Fund are being accepted. Established in 1997, the program has awarded 62 projects totaling over $51,000 in funding... more
Jan 06, 2010
ARCHITECTS · LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS · HISTORIANS · ENGINEERS SUMMER JOBS WITH HABS/HAER/HALS The Heritage Documentation Programs (Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey), a division of the National Park Service, seeks applications from qualified individuals for summer employment documenting historic sites and structures of architectural, engineering and landscape significance throughout the country. Duties involve on-site field... more
Jan 06, 2010
In fulfillment of The Manhattan Project National Historical Park Study Act of 2004, the National Park Service's Denver Service Center has released a draft report on the suitability and feasibility of adding four major sites associated with the World War II era Manhattan Project to the national park system. The study includes Washington's Hanford Site as well as facilities in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Dayton, Ohio. Public meetings on the study are planned for each of the... more
Jan 06, 2010
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moreAlan Liddle House Tour
Co-sponsored by Docomomo WEWA and Historic Tacoma.
Location: 12735 Gravelly Lake Dr. SW, Lakewood (near Tacoma)
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Come anytime between 11:00 am and 2:00 p.m. The tour is free but donations will be gladly accepted at the house; reservations are not needed. Parking is limited so please carpool if you...Jan 05, 2010
For those of you in Western Washington who get KCTS, here is an interesting documentary on the Snoqualmie Falls (in keeping with our Archaeology Month poster from 2009!). A documentary about Snoqualmie Falls will air on KCTS Channel 9 on February 1 at 9:00pm. The film tells the history of Snoqualmie Falls and eventual construction of the world’s first hydroelectric plant built completely underground. The film features fascinating stories about the Snoqualmie Valley, Seattle, and the... more
Jan 05, 2010
The Preserve America program is seeking good examples of heritage tourism projects or programs from Preserve America Communities that, in the opinion of local organizations and partners, have been especially successful at attracting visitors or interpreting heritage resources; have been relatively cost-effective with low to moderate implementation costs; have been used or maintained for some time with available resources and without major new annual investments of time and money; and might be... more
