Washington State Dept. of Archaeology & Historic Preservation http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog Preserve the Past, Protect the Future Tue, 15 May 2012 14:33:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 UNDERSTANDING PREHISTORIC TECHNOLOGIES TALK http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/understanding-prehistoric-technologies-talk/ http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/understanding-prehistoric-technologies-talk/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 14:33:59 +0000 wadahp http://www-stage.dahp.wa.gov/blog/?p=3055

]]> http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/understanding-prehistoric-technologies-talk/feed/ 0 CITY OF BOTHELL SEEKS PT HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROFESSIONAL http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/city-of-bothell-seeks-pt-historic-preservation-professional/ http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/city-of-bothell-seeks-pt-historic-preservation-professional/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 10:56:30 +0000 wadahp http://www-stage.dahp.wa.gov/blog/?p=3051 Continue reading →]]> The City of Bothell seeks a part-time Historic Preservation consultant on contract to the City to provide staff assistance to the City’s Landmark Preservation Board.  This is a 10 hour-per-week position with compensation paid at the rate of $33.29 per hour.  The position requires the successful candidate to attend the Board’s official monthly meeting on the fourth Tuesday evening of each month (except for August, when the Board is in recess).  The position reports to the Planning Manager in the Department of Community Development.  The successful candidate should, at minimum, have a Bachelor’s degree in historic preservation or a closely related field and at least two years of commensurate experience. Typical duties performed include: scheduling, organizing and running meetings; performing research and analysis of historic data;  update and maintenance of the City’s Historic Resources Inventory;  researching and producing local/state/national register nominations;  applying for grants;  writing brochures or interpretive information;  working with diverse interest groups and individuals; other related duties as assigned.  Interested persons should submit a cover letter and resume to: The Planning Manager, Department of Community Development, 9654 NE 182nd Street, Bothell, WA 98011.  Question can be directed to: gary.hasseler@ci.bothell.wa.us.  The position will remain open until filled.

]]> http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/city-of-bothell-seeks-pt-historic-preservation-professional/feed/ 0 WINDOW WORKSHOPS THIS SUMMER IN KENTUCKY http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/window-workshops-this-summer-in-kentucky/ http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/window-workshops-this-summer-in-kentucky/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 10:26:50 +0000 wadahp http://www-stage.dahp.wa.gov/blog/?p=3047 Continue reading →]]> Window Preservation Workshops to be held June and July 2012, Pine Mountain, Kentucky

The Kentucky Heritage Council and Pine Mountain Settlement School will offer 2 one-week workshops on preserving historic windows at the PMSS campus located in rural Pine Mountain, Kentucky.

Steel Windows – June 10-15, 2012

Jim Turner, owner of Turner Restoration (Detroit, MI), will instruct a workshop on preserving steel windows, June 10-15, 2012.  Participants will learn how to remove steel window units, repair rusted and bent sections, replace missing components, adjust frames, remove and reapply glazing, remove and reapply paint, and other aspects of steel window restoration. Cost for this workshop is $950, which includes tuition, meals, lodging, student materials, and safety glasses. For more information, visit their website.

 Wood Windows – July 15-20, 2012

Duffy Hoffman, third generation craftsman and owner of P and R Inc., will instruct a workshop on preserving wood windows, July 15-20, 2012.  Participants will follow the sash restoration process from removal of the window, to paint removal, repair, use of epoxies, Dutchman repair, glazing and re-installation. The pros and cons of window weatherization, including the energy savings of storm windows will also be discussed. Cost of the workshop is $750, which includes tuition, meals, lodging, student materials and safety glasses. For more information, visit the website.

Since 2002, Pine Mountain Settlement School has offered hands-on field schools that emphasize practical preservation techniques that anyone should be able to master.  Founded in 1913 as a boarding school for mountain children and as a settlement serving the community through economic, health and cultural initiatives, the school continues to provide instruction in environmental education and traditional arts and culture.  More than 3,000 students visit this National Historic Landmark each year to participate in day or week-long programs. Pine Mountain Settlement School is a non-profit institution.

]]> http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/window-workshops-this-summer-in-kentucky/feed/ 0 SOCIETY FOR COMMERCIAL ARCHEOLOGY – CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/society-for-commercial-archeology-%e2%80%93-conference-call-for-papers/ http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/society-for-commercial-archeology-%e2%80%93-conference-call-for-papers/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 10:01:40 +0000 wadahp http://www-stage.dahp.wa.gov/blog/?p=3045 Continue reading →]]> Wildwood, New Jersey, September 26-29, 2012

“Wildwood Daze” – Join the Society for Commercial Archeology’s (SCA) 35th anniversary conference in Wildwood, New Jersey, on September 26-29, 2012.  The largest collection of mid-century resort architecture in the United States beckons from this community along the New Jersey shore. Tours will offer an opportunity to contrast cultural landscapes from the “Doo Wop” resort era of the 1950s and 1960s with nineteenth-century seaside tourism sites like Cape May.

The conference will include paper sessions on Friday, September 28.  Prospective speakers are encouraged to submit abstracts on topics exploring transportation’s role in the growth of tourism in coastal New Jersey and the Mid-Atlantic from the late nineteenth through twentieth centuries, mid-century motel architecture, and innovative preservation strategies for historic roadside tourist facilities (restaurants, gas stations and motels) and tourism sites. However, any topics related to the 20th century commercial landscape are welcome.

SCA recognizes the unique historical significance of the 20th-century commercial built environment and cultural landscapes of North America, emphasizing the impact of the automobile and the commercial process. SCA carries out projects of documentation, education, advocacy and conservation to encourage public awareness and understanding of these significant elements of our heritage. In addition to its biennial conference, SCA publishes a Journal of articles on roadside topics twice each year.

SCA welcomes proposals from presenters eager to share their investigations into the history and architecture of the American roadside with a diverse audience of preservationists, stewards, academics, writers, photographers, and others. To propose a conference presentation, please submit a typewritten abstract of no more than 250 words and the following:

  • Title of presentation
  • Name, title, and occupation of speaker(s)
  • Business mailing address and telephone number
  • Email address
  • Brief resume or curriculum vitae

More than one abstract may be submitted.  Typical presentation length will be 20 minutes.  Please follow the two guiding principles in making a presentation at an SCA conference: make it visual and make it fun!

Abstracts must be received by May 31, 2012 by:
Blythe Semmer, Conference Committee
Society for Commercial Archeology
P.O. Box 2500
Little Rock, AR  72203
Or via email to:  jbs2339 [at] yahoo.com

Don’t miss the Wildwood Daze and this landmark gathering celebrating 35 years of SCA. Conference registration information will be available in early summer at www.sca-roadside.org.

]]> http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/society-for-commercial-archeology-%e2%80%93-conference-call-for-papers/feed/ 0 VOLUNTEERS RALLY TO SAVE HISTORIC FOREST SERVICE STATION http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/volunteers-rally-to-save-historic-forest-service-station/ http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/volunteers-rally-to-save-historic-forest-service-station/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 10:11:42 +0000 wadahp http://www-stage.dahp.wa.gov/blog/?p=3036 Continue reading →]]> By Rick McClure, Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Deep within the forests of eastern Lewis County, just south of Mount Rainier National Park, is an old Forest Service cabin that stands as a reminder of the New Deal work programs of the Great Depression.  Vacant and neglected for nearly two decades, La Wis Wis Guard Station is getting a new lease on life thanks to the efforts of Forest Service volunteers and partners in the local community of Packwood.  Work to restore and rehabilitate the station began this week, launched in conjunction with National Historic Preservation Month.

La Wis Wis Guard Station was built in 1937 with labor from the Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC, a New Deal work relief program created under the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.  In cooperation with the Forest Service, the CCC established a 200-man camp in the community of Packwood in 1933.  Enrollees completed many projects within the Gifford Pinchot National Forest during the nine years the CCC was in existence, including road, trail, campground and facilities construction.  The guard station was built in conjunction with development of La Wis Wis Campground, located seven miles east of Packwood on the White Pass Highway.  The station was staffed by a “Forest Guard” each season, with duties that included fire protection as well as campground maintenance and public contact.

In recognition of its historic association with the CCC, as well as its distinctive rustic architecture, La Wis Wis Guard Station was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.  It remained in use by Forest Service personnel until 1993. Since that time, the effects of neglect, drainage problems and roof leaks have taken their toll.  Fearing the historic building would be lost, Forest Service staff joined forces with the local historical society to plan what they anticipate as a three-year project to save the building.  Taking the place of CCC enrollees this time around is a cadre of volunteers with the national Forest Service Passport in Time program.  Most of the volunteers come with years of experience on similar historic preservation projects, and some from as far away as Idaho, California and South Carolina.  The White Pass Country Historical Society and Museum, located in Packwood, have provided logistical support and materials to the effort.

In their first week of the project, the crew busied themselves in a steady drizzle and sometimes downpour.  Tied into a climbing harness on the steep-pitched roof, project leader Rob Jeter, a Forest Service facilities maintenance specialist, directed roofing replacement operations.  Bundles of sawn cedar shingles, fresh from a mill on the Olympic Peninsula and stacked next to the building, awaited the roofers.  On the opposite side of the structure, others were on their knees, putting jacks in place in preparation for lifting the building off its foundation for more repairs.  The driest jobs were inside the cabin, removing and tagging historic fixtures and cabinetry or clearing out decayed flooring.  Despite the weather, spirits were high.

As to the future of the cabin, the Forest Service is considering options, recognizing that occupancy is the key to the building’s survival.  Without heat to keep the moisture at bay, without tenants to detract vandalism, protection of the historic structure would be less certain.  One possibility is to add the facility to the Forest Service’s popular recreation rental program, a way to collect funds for maintenance and upkeep.  A similar historic cabin within the Mt. Adams District, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, also restored by Passport in Time volunteers, nets $18,000 annually in rental fees.  The funds pay for propane, servicing and cleaning of the cabin, and cyclical maintenance.  Other historic cabin and lookout rentals are available on national forests throughout the region.  A feasibility study to assess future uses of the La Wis Wis cabin is currently underway.

To mark National Historic Preservation Month, the Forest Service welcomes the public to visit La Wis Wis Guard Station during the restoration and rehabilitation project.  Staff and volunteers will be on hand for tours.  The project site will open to the public Mon., May 7 through Fri. May 11, and Mon., June 11 to Fri. June 15, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  The location is in La Wis Wis Campground, seven miles east of Packwood on U.S. Highway 12 (White Pass Highway).  The campground opens to the public for camping on Memorial Day weekend.   For more information, contact the Cowlitz Valley Ranger Station at 360-497-1100.

]]> http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/volunteers-rally-to-save-historic-forest-service-station/feed/ 0 FORT VANCOUVER: POST TO PARK EVENT http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/fort-vancouver-post-to-park-event/ http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/fort-vancouver-post-to-park-event/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 18:13:31 +0000 wadahp http://www-stage.dahp.wa.gov/blog/?p=3033

]]> http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/fort-vancouver-post-to-park-event/feed/ 0 CALL FOR PAPERS FOR SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS CONFERENCE http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/call-for-papers-for-society-of-architectural-historians-conference/ http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/call-for-papers-for-society-of-architectural-historians-conference/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 18:03:15 +0000 wadahp http://www-stage.dahp.wa.gov/blog/?p=3031 Continue reading →]]> A second call is going out for papers for the annual conference of the Marion Dean Ross/Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians.  Abstracts are due by May 12th.  This year’s theme is “Building the Inland Empire: A Closer Look at the Architects and Artisans” and will be held in Spokane, Washington.  The pertinent dates are:

May 12, 2012 – Abstract due
June 11, 2012 – Selection notification
August 11, 2012 – Completed manuscripts
November 3-4, 2012 – Conference in Spokane

Further information can be found  on the SAH MDR website.

]]> http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/call-for-papers-for-society-of-architectural-historians-conference/feed/ 0 NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER AREA PRESENTED BY PAT COURTNEY GOLD http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/native-american-women-of-the-columbia-river-area-presented-by-pat-courtney-gold/ http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/native-american-women-of-the-columbia-river-area-presented-by-pat-courtney-gold/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 15:20:50 +0000 wadahp http://www-stage.dahp.wa.gov/blog/?p=3029 Continue reading →]]> Join the Friends of Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge on May 13 for the Cathlapotle Plankhouse Second Sunday Series event featuring Pat Courtney Gold, renowned fiber artist and scholar.  Pat will be exploring the role of women in Columbia River Native American communities and share stories of notable Native women historically and contemporary.

The presentation begins at 2pm. Guided tours of the Plankhouse and children’s activities available from 12-4pm.

For more information contact Katie Harrison at (360) 887-410 or Katie_Harrison@fws.gov or visit www.ridgefieldfriends.org.

]]> http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/native-american-women-of-the-columbia-river-area-presented-by-pat-courtney-gold/feed/ 0 NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES ARE SUING THE UCSD OVER HUMAN REMAINS FOUND AT THE UNIVERSITY HOUSE IN 1976 http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/native-american-tribes-are-suing-the-ucsd-over-human-remains-found-at-the-university-house-in-1976/ http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/native-american-tribes-are-suing-the-ucsd-over-human-remains-found-at-the-university-house-in-1976/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 10:43:50 +0000 wadahp http://www-stage.dahp.wa.gov/blog/?p=3027 Continue reading →]]> The Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation Committee filed the complaint on April 13 with the United States District Court. The lawsuit says that the University of California has refused to repatriate, or return, the 9,000-year-old remains to the Kumeyaay tribe, on whose land the bones were found.

According to the Courthouse News Service, UCSD prepared to give back the human remains in January 2012, following the guidelines of a National Park Service regulation. The return was blocked by three University of California professors who had prepared to file a temporary restraining order…

Read the full story here.

]]> http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/05/native-american-tribes-are-suing-the-ucsd-over-human-remains-found-at-the-university-house-in-1976/feed/ 0 PIERCE COUNTY RELEASES GRANTS FOR HISTORIC HOMEOWNERS, NON-PROFITS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/04/pierce-county-releases-grants-for-historic-homeowners-non-profits-and-local-governments/ http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/04/pierce-county-releases-grants-for-historic-homeowners-non-profits-and-local-governments/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:59:54 +0000 wadahp http://www-stage.dahp.wa.gov/blog/?p=3024 Continue reading →]]> The Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission is pleased to announce the 2012-13 Preservation Grant Program, which assists in funding preservation efforts in the Pierce County. The program is funded by HDOC money, derived from the $1 recording fee, as appropriated by the Pierce County Council.

Grant requests for a maximum amount of $5,000 can be made for historic preservation or history-related project proposals. Matching funds must be provided by the applicants. Applications will be accepted until4:30 p.m. on July 2, 2012. Project activities must be completed by September 1, 2013. Nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and owners of property listed on local historic registers are eligible to apply. Click here for the grant guidelines and application form. For further information, contact Chad Williams at (253) 798-3683 or cwillia@co.pierce.wa.us. ]]> http://www.dahp.wa.gov/blog/2012/04/pierce-county-releases-grants-for-historic-homeowners-non-profits-and-local-governments/feed/ 0