Tacoma Daily Index, December 10, 2015

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2015

Vol. CXXIV, No. 237

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A $100K boost for historic preservation Posted online Tues., Nov. 24 Article By Todd Matthews, Editor Courtesy Photos More than a dozen local historic preservation organizations received a financial boost last month when Pierce County Council approved a resolution awarding just over $100,000 to help pay for a variety of local heritage projects and programs (see "14 Pierce County groups will share $100K for historic preservation projects," Tacoma Daily Index, Nov. 24, 2015). The funding is part of the Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission's preservation grant program, which encourages countywide non-profit organizations, public agencies, and owners of properties listed on local historic registers to apply for grants to help pay for historic preservation or history-related projects. Funds are provided by Washington State legislation enacted in 2005 that directs one dollar of a five-dollar filing fee toward historic preservation and historical programming. The historic preservation organizations awarded funding include Northpoint Cooperative Preschool – Dash Point School Preservation Project / $15,000; Longbranch Improvement Club – Preservation Phase 1 / $12,640; Pioneer Farm Museum – Schoolhouse Roof Repairs / $7,500; Fox Island Chapel – Steeple Restoration Project / $15,000; Morse Wildlife Preserve Barn – West Shed Roof Repair / $7,500; Steilacoom Historical Society & Museum – Interpretive Signs / $4,000; Fort Nisqually Foundation – Conservation & Collection Care / $4,600; Washington State Historical Society – Conservation of Historic Tacoma Ephemera / $7,500; Tacoma Public Library – Historic Tacoma/Pierce County Architectural Plans Scanning Project / $3,000; Points Northeast Historical Society – Preserving/Storage of Historic Photographs & Archival Material / $5,800; Puyallup Historical Society at Meeker Mansion – Newspaper Preservation / $865; Gig Harbor Boat Shop – Historic Avalon Pilot House Restoration / $7,500; Lakewood Historical Society – Historic Markers / $2,000; and History Ink (HistoryLink) Writing Our History: Pierce County / $7,500. "I want to thank you for the work that you

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Pierce County awarded a $4,600 grant to the Fort Nisqually Foundation for a preservation project related to conservation and collection care; a $7,500 grant to the Morse Wildlife Preserve for a preservation project related to the site's historic shed ; and a $15,000 grant to the Northpoint Cooperative Preschool for a preservation project related to the historic Dash Point school building.

do as a result of these grants," Pierce County Councilmember Douglas Richardson told heritage organization representatives during the council meeting on Tues., Nov. 24. "The projects you all do are very, very worthwhile. There's some sweat equity involved in all of these grants that people implement in their communities." During the meeting's public comment period, several heritage organization representatives spoke in support of the resolution. Their comments are included in today's edition of the Tacoma Daily Index, and edited and condensed for publication. Jan Lucas / Steilacoom Historical Museum Association Vice-President I would like to complement you for the wonderful work that you do for the communities. I represent the Steilacoom Historical Museum Association and we are one of the recipients of one of your grants this year. I also want to point that in 2009 we also obtained a grant from you, which we used to do restoration on our wagon shop, which is part of one of our four historic properties. We redid the windows and redid the shaked roof. The in-kind [contribution] that went with that was that all the shakes were cut by members of the [Steilacoom Historical Museum Association] and members of the community. The amount of labor that we estimated we saved was about $22,000. So we're really grateful to the grant program and for all that you've done. Cassandra de Kanter / Steilacoom Historical Museum Association Volunteer

Grant Writer I would like to echo how much we appreciate the past support to enable us to preserve Steilacoom's unique historic character as part of Pierce County. We are very excited about the project that we have sought funding for, which would be a series of interpretive signs — beautiful signs — throughout Steilacoom that would highlight some of our local area's significance to the voyage of Peter Puget as part of Captain Vancouver's voyage. This is a project that we will do in collaboration with other historians in the area and other groups that are working to commemorate different points along the Puget journey with different signage. So it will tie us in not only just to our county but even some points beyond, and will help visitors to Steilacoom — people who come and enjoy the beauty and the fun that Steilacoom has to offer — really appreciate that part of local history when they're not even inside our museum. It's going to take this type of history beyond the museum doors and make it accessible, make it interesting, make it beautiful, and preserve it for future generations. Marion Phillips Eaton / Pioneer Farm Museum and Ohop Indian Village Boardmember We also just want to say, 'Thank you, very much.' We have benefited from the [Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission] and they have helped support us in putting back together an old cabin on the Pioneer Farm [Ohop Indian] Village site, which is one of the few historically designated sites in Pierce County. We look CONTINUED forward to our continued ON PAGE 2


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