KPLU Local News
(2010-05-13)
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The schooner Adventuress, plying the waters of Puget Sound. The ship won a major preservation grant from the National Trust For Historic Preservation this week.
Courtesy Sound Experience.org
The schooner Adventuress, owned and operated by the Port Townsend nonprofit Sound Experience, and Seattle's Town Hall will each receive $125,000 in grants from the National Trust For Historic Preservation. The agency had planned on naming only one winner to get the top prize. But on the final day of an online public vote, the tally had gone back and forth so often, two winners were chosen.
Sound Experience executive director Catherine Collins says the competition was indeed friendly, and built to a feverish pitch over the 30 days of an online, public vote. "It was a nail biter. People were out working really hard for their team," said Collins. Adventuress is a well known sight on the waters of Puget Sound, and has been a working classroom for generations of students. The grant will be used to refurbish the boat's stern. "The stern, being exposed to a lot of fresh water, generally needs replacing a little bit more than other areas of the ship," she said, adding the work will include the boat's counter stern, or transom, the back-end of the ship.
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| This stained glass window at Seattle's Town Hall will get repairs under the preservation grant. Photo courtesy Town Hall Seattle |
"We've known it was damaged, and we only recently learned the severity of the damage. The preservation specialists were telling us that we needed to replace it within the year or we were likely to lose the window entirely," said Harman.
The National Trust partnered with American Express on the contest, called "Partners in Preservation." The Seattle-Puget Sound competition is the latest in the series aimed at raising public awareness of historic preservation needs within communities. Harman says the contest is particularly poignant in Seattle.
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| Upclose you can see the aged and damaged stained glass at Town Hall Seattle. Courtesy Town Hall Seattle |
The top two beat out 23 other local entries (see list below). They'll share another $750,000 in smaller grants that will be awarded next month. Gary Davis, KPLU News, Seattle.
For More Information:
Partners in Preservation website
Sound Experience - History of Adventuress
Town Hall Seattle website
The other 23 area projects:
-- Bowman Bay Kitchen Shelter, Deception Pass State Park
-- Ferry House at Ebey's Landing, Whidbey Island
-- Port Townsend U.S. Customs House and Post Office, Port Townsend
-- Point No Point Lighthouse, Hansville
-- Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland
-- University Heights Community Center, Seattle
-- Theodor Jacobsen Observatory, Seattle
-- Tugboat Arthur Foss, Seattle
-- Naval Reserve Armory--MOHAI, Seattle
-- Horiuchi's Seattle Mural, Seattle
-- The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle
-- Washington Hall, Seattle
-- Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle Building, Seattle
-- King Street Station, Seattle
-- Japanese Cultural & Community Center--Nihongo Gakko, Seattle
-- Keewaydin Clubhouse--VFW Post 5760, Mercer Island
-- Chapel Car 5 "Messenger of Peace," Snoqualmie
-- Mill Creek Canyon Earthworks
-- Skansie Brothers Net Shed
-- Spanish Steps - Tacoma
-- Titlow Park Lodge - Tacoma
-- Anderson Island Historical Society-Johnson Farm
-- Orting Soldiers Home - Garfield Hall
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