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Join Us for Another Great Walking Tour!

Downtown Building Boom of the 1920s

July 21, 2012, 2:00pm. $5.00 or free to anyone who can present us with an original token from the Ripple Tavern!

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Join Historic Everett and friends for a fun and educational walking tour. Local historian Jack O’Donnell will lead this tour, telling stories about the Downtown Building Boom of the 1920s.
If you’ve NEVER attended one of Jack’s tours, you won’t want to miss it. And if you HAVE previously experienced one of Jack’s tours, then you know you don’t want to miss this one!
We will meet at the southwest corner of Hewitt and Rockefeller, site of the former Ripple Tavern.
Look for Historic Everett signage.

 

It is that time of year again...

We are now recruiting Home Tour Hosts for the 2012 Historic Everett Home Tour on September 15th from 10am-4pm.

Hosts are the volunteers who are stationed at each of the open houses on the Tour. They help direct traffic through the home, check for tickets, and help make the homeowners feel more comfortable about having so many people come through their precious historic homes.

Volunteer Hosts can be scheduled to work either a morning or afternoon shift which will allow them time to take the Tour themselves or they can work the full day.

Hosts receive free admission to the tour as a “Thank You” for their service!

To volunteer as a Host,
Download our Volunteer Application Form, fill in the blanks and return it to us via email or USPS.

Email to: info@historiceverett.org
Or print and mail to:
Historic Everett
2112 Rucker Avenue #8
Everett, WA 98201

 

Kimberly Clark Demo Update:

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Good News!

The City of Everett has issued a revised Determination of Non-Significance stating that "No demolition in the immediate vicinity of the Puget Sound Pulp and Timber Main Office Building, or of the building itself, may be commenced before: 1) Kimberly Clark has submitted an evaluation of the historical significance of that building, prepared by a qualified historian or other professional qualified to perform such evaluation; 2) the City, in consultation with the Washington State Department of Archeology and Historic Preservation, has deemed the evaluation complete and adequate; and 3) Kimberly Clark has made a binding commitment approved by the City in consultation with the Washington Department of Archeology and Historic Preservation to document and record historically significant aspects or features of the building and contribute same to an agency or entity as directed by the City."

Thanks to all of those who submitted letters and spoke at the public hearing. Let us hope that Kimberly Clark finds a buyer who will want to reuse some of the historic buildings on the sight.

Stay tuned for more Kimberly Clark demo updates...

 

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(Historical photo and front angle close-up are from Kimberly Clark, “List of Buildings (Prior to 1950)” available from the Planning Department’s website. Aerial photo was taken as part of a 2005 survey of historic properties performed by Kristin Ravetz and is available from the Washington Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation’s online Historic Property Inventory Database, WISAARD. Soundview historic photo from the collection of Jack O’Donnell)

 

City Hall rename proposal needs
policy exemption first

City Hall
"Moore" appropriate building needed for former mayor

Everett Tribune


EVERETT - A citizen-initiated proposal to rename the old City Hall after former Mayor Bill Moore may need City Council intervention to make it happen.
The old City Hall is located at 3002 Wetmore Ave. and is listed on the National Historic Register of Places. In 2007, the council passed a policy banning renaming buildings listed on Everett’s historic register.

The city now might bring forward a “corrective action” to ask the council to bend the rules for this proposal, city spokeswoman Kate Reardon said last week.
The 2007 rule is “an unintended consequence in this particular case,” Reardon said.

The city’s historical commission cancelled last week’s scheduled public hearing because of the snag. People in groups such as Historic Everett oppose the move. They suggest renaming a different building after Moore, while others such as Gail Chism disagree with naming any building after Moore.

Both city business leaders and former staffers in Moore’s administration such as Reid Shockey, Jim Langus and Pat McClain submitted the proposal in June. Moore was mayor from 1977 to 1990 and was a councilman from 1969 to 1977. Moore died in 1997.

Councilman Jeff Moore is one of Bill Moore’s three children. Jeff Moore said previously he would recuse himself from any matter regarding the renaming.

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Where is the world is the
Collins Building?

Demolition of irreplaceable historic buildings is never the preferred course of action. That is why Historic Everett, the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation and the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation worked effectively for a mitigation plan for the loss of the Collins Building that would ensure its deconstruction and salvage of the massive old growth timbers which were the hallmarks of the iconic industrial building that sat on the shores of Port Gardner Bay for nearly a century.

We are pleased to report that nearly all of the 824 salvage pieces (totaling thousands of board feet) were given away, free of charge, to 15 projects throughout Washington State. Restoration projects had to either be on or eligible for a local, state or national register; government agencies were also included. The County Line Church in Adams County will get a new steeple and the entry restored. The Sheepherder's House, Van Dam Place, the Crockett Blockhouse and the Jenne Farm Summer Kitchen in the Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve on Whidbey Island are all recipients. Seven Heritage Barns in Klickitat, Skagit, Kitsap, Stevens, Clark, Wahkiakum and Snohomish Counties got structural and foundation elements that will go a long way in making them whole and productive components of small working farms on the rural landscape that has always been part of the foundation of our region's economy.

Of course, incorporation of the Collins Building would have been a tremendous benefit to Everett's waterfront, but there is some comfort in the fact it will live on for years to come by helping to preserve and promote the history of the 'American Frontier'.

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SPECIAL TOPICS

Historic Register Properties
Brief History of Everett
Everett Timeline Chronology
Rucker Avenue Project Homes
Collins Building Background

NEW FOR 2012

Margaret Riddle Historic Preservation Scholarship

The new Historic Everett scholarship provides financial assistance and experiential learning opportunities to individuals from Snohomish County preparing for careers in historic preservation. Historic Everett is seeking applicants whose commitment to historic preservation will be strengthened by obtaining a formal education.
See details and application

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