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Historic Properties List

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The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation’s Most Endangered Historic Properties List has identified nearly 100 threatened sites since 1992. Although a listing won’t necessarily save a property or provide funding, it creates awareness and galvanizes communities to preserve their endangered sites. From schoolhouses and farms to breweries and rodeo grounds, the Most Endangered Historic Properties List spotlights historic places across the state threatened by demolition, neglect, lack of funds, inappropriate development, or insensitive public policy.

Past Sites Listed

City	Endangered Site	Year Listed	Year Removed/Result
Aberdeen	Finch Building	1992/1999	1999 – Demolished
Anacortes	Curtis Wharf	1992	1993 – Demolished
Anacortes	South Harbor Park Stack	2000	2001 – Demolished
Anacortes	Packard House	2005	2009 – Status on hold
Bainbridge Island	Camp Yeomalt WPA Log Cabin	2005	2006 – In the Works
Bellevue	Puget Power Building	2005	2006 – Demolished
Bellingham	National Guard of Washington Armory	2006	2009 Watch List Property
Bellingham	Old Granary Building	2008	2009 Watch List Property
Benton County	B Reactor, Hanford Site	2004	2009 – In the Works
Bonney Lake	Kelley Farm	2006	2009 Watch List Property
Colville National Forest, Pend Oreille County	Outlet Creek Bridge	1993	1994 – Demolished
Concrete	Lone Star Cement Building	2006	2009 Watch List Property
Dayton	Dorsey Building	2004	2005 – SAVED
Diamond Lake, Pend Oreille County	John A. Finch Boy Scout Lodge	2007	2009 Watch List Property
Dupont	Nisqually-Sequalitchew Historic District	1999	2002 – SAVED
Edmonds	Bettinger House	2008	2009 Watch List Property
Ellensburg	Kittitas County Rodeo & Fairgrounds/ Rodeo Grandstand	1997	1999 – SAVED
Ellensburg	Ellensburg Depot	2004	2009 – In the Works
Endicott	Endicott School	1993	1994 – Demolished
Everett	Monte Cristo Hotel	1992	1993 – SAVED
Everett	Scottish Rite Temple & Hewitt Block	2001	2002 – Demolished
Everett	Snohomish County Courthouse	2002	2003 – SAVED
Everett	Collins Building	2004	2009 Watch List Property
Everett	Donovan District	2005	2006 – SAVED/Demolished
Everett	Howard S. Wright House	2006	2007 – In the Works
Gig Harbor	Historic Commercial Fishing Net Sheds	2008	2009 – In the Works
Horsethief Lake State Park	Tsagaglalal "She Who Watches" Petroglyph	1993	1993 – SAVED
Kent	Stephenson House	2006	2007 – Demolished
Kirkland	Rose Hill School	1993	1994 – Demolished
Lacey	Jacob Smith House	1996	1997 – SAVED
Lakewood	Fort Steilacoom	2006	2009 – In the Works
Longview	Long Bell Sheds	1992	1992 – Demolished
Lopez Island	Camp Nor'wester	1996	1997 – Demolished
Mead	Five Mile Schoolhouse	2003	2004 – SAVED
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Snohomish County	Green Mountain Fire Lookout	1999	2001 – SAVED
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Whatcom County	Anderson-Bourn Cabin	2004	2005 – Burned 2007
Mount Rainier National Park	Sunrise Lodge	1992	1996 – SAVED
Mount Vernon	Downtown Mount Vernon	2007	2009 – In the Works
North Bend	Camp Waskowitz	2005	2006
Okanogan	Okanogan County Courthouse	1994	1995 – SAVED
Olympia	Greyhound Bus Station	2008	2009 Watch List Property
Palouse	Powers Opera House	1993	1995 – Partially Demolished
Port Townsend	Bell Tower	1999	2002 – SAVED
Port Townsend	Jefferson County Courthouse	1999/2003/2004	2005 – In the Works
Port Townsend	Point Hudson	2003	2004 – In the Works
Port Townsend	Scout House	2004	2005 – Demolished
Port Townsend	Fowler House	2007	2009 – In the Works
Port Townsend	Hastings Building	2007	2009 – In the Works
Ridgefield	Kapus Farmstead	2008	2009 Watch List Property
Ritzville	Old Ritzville High School	2003	2004 – In the Works
Roslyn	Roslyn Old City Hall & Library	2005	2006 – In the Works
Sammamish	Reard/Freed Farmstead	2001	2003 – Farmhouse SAVED; All outbuildings demolished
San Juan Island	Pearl Little Site	1995	2001 – SAVED
Seattle	S.S. San Mateo	1992	2003
Seattle	Temple de Hirsch	1992	1992 – Demolished
Seattle	First United Methodist Church	2003	2007 – SAVED
Seattle	Schooner Wawona	2005	2007 – Dismantled/Stored for Future Interpretation
Seattle	William O. McKay Ford	2005	2009 – In the Works
Seattle	Seventh Church of Christ Scientist	2007	2007 – SAVED
Seattle	Waldo Hospital	2007	2008 – Scheduled for Demolition
Seattle	Nuclear Reactor Building	2008	2009 Watch List Property
Seattle	Washington Hall	2008	2009 – In the Works
Sequim	Hyer Farm	1994/2003	2004 – SAVED
Shelton	Shelton Gymnasium	2003	2005 – Demolished
Shoreline	Red Brick Road (Ronald Place North)	2005	2006 – Partially Destroyed
Snoqualmie	Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Company Power Plant	2005	2009 Watch List Property
Spokane	Holley-Mason Building	1992	1992 – SAVED
Spokane	Hutton Settlement	1994	1995 – SAVED
Spokane	Lewis & Clark High School Administration Building	1999	1999 – Demolished
Spokane	Rookery, Mohawk, & Merton Buildings	2003	2006 – Demolished
Spokane	Jensen-Byrd Building	2006	2009 – In the Works
Spokane County	Dybdall Gristmill	1998	1999
Stanwood	Stanwood Brick Road	1997	2003
Steilacoom	Balch House	1993	1994 – SAVED
Steilacoom	Nathaniel Orr House	1996	1999 – SAVED
Sumner	Fleischmann’s Yeast Plant	2007	2009 Watch List Property
Tacoma	Pacific National Bank Building (Luzon Building)	1992	1992
Tacoma	Japanese Language School	1992	1993 – Demolished 2004
Tacoma	Elk's Building	2003	2009 Watch List Property
Tacoma	First United Methodist Church	2006	2007 – Demolished
Tacoma	Murray Morgan Bridge	2008	2009 Watch List Property
Tokeland	Willapa Bay Boathouse	1993	1999
Tumwater	Olympia Brewery	1995/2003	2009 Watch List Property
Union	McReavy House	2007	2008 – In the Works
Vancouver	Washington State School for the Blind Girls' Dormitory	1992	1993 – Demolished
Wahkiakum County	Wahkiakum County Covered Bridge	2000	2000
Waitsburg	Preston-Shaffer Milling Co.	1999/2005	2009 Watch List Property
Walla Walla	St. Patrick’s School	1994	1998 – Demolished
Walla Walla	Fort Walla Walla/Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center	2005	2009 Watch List Property
Whitman County	Leonard Round Barn	1992	1996 – SAVED
Winlock	Our Lady of the Assumption/St. Urban’s Church	2004	2007 – In the Works
Yakima	James Richey House	1992	1996 – SAVED
Yakima County	Mattoon Cabin	1992	1995
Yakima County	Yakima Valley Transportation Lines	1992	1993 – SAVED
Yakima County	Grandview Pavement Road	1995	1998 – Demolished
Yakima County	LaFramboise Farmstead	2006	2009 – In the Works
Zillah	Teapot Dome Gas Station	2007	2008 – In the Works
Statewide	Washington’s Historic Barns	2006	2007 – In the Works

"Saves" of Most Endangered Historic Properties

Port Townsend’s Fire Bell Tower (listed 1999-2002) received a State Historic Preservation Officer’s Award and the Jefferson County Historical Society’s Mary P. Johnson Award for rehabilitation. After nine years on the Most Endangered List, a local buyer acquired the Hyer Farm in Sequim from the State Department of Transportation and immediately rehabilitated the farmhouse. Attention is now being directed toward the barn and outbuildings, with the possibility that the entire site may again be used for agricultural purposes. The Kittitas County Rodeo Fairgrounds Grandstand in Ellensburg was listed for three years before being saved in 1999 and fully rehabilitated. Vacant or underused since 1969, Five Mile Schoolhouse in Mead (2003 List) was saved as voters overwhelmingly passed a bond levy of $1.7 million for renovation and site improvements. The school will now house the Mead Education Parent Partnership, a program that supports the district’s home-schooled students.

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