Partners in Preservation

On Wednesday, May 14, 2014, the Town of Friday Harbor will award Partners in Preservation awards to Spring Street International School and San Juan Historical Museum for recent construction projects that both preserve and enhance Friday Harbor’s historic district and sites.

The event will be celebrated on the campus of Spring Street International School beginning at 5:00 pm. The public is invited and encouraged to attend to show support for the valuable contributions made to our community by both organizations.

King House at the Historical Museum – Contributed photo

San Juan Historical Museum
Since 2008, the San Juan Historical Museum has rehabilitated and restored five of the eight buildings on the museum’s campus. This represents a significant level of commitment to the largest concentration of historic buildings outside of the Town’s historic district. The projects included re-roofing four buildings, putting a new foundation under the James King House, and installing new siding and paint on other buildings.

In 2006 and 2012 the Museum added new wings to the existing barn, now home to the Museum of History & Industry. Today the barn represents 2,700 square feet of educational exhibits that tell the story of the island’s early core industries: fishing, farming, logging and lime.

Construction and design were made possible by the sale of a Historic Preservation & Conservation Easement to the San Juan County Land Bank and by private and corporate donations and grants.

Dorm at Spring Street Int’l School – Contributed photo

Spring Street International School
Spring Street International School encompasses two prominent residential properties near the top of Spring Street — the E.H. Nash house built in 1905 and the circa 1890 Perry family house. In recent years the school’s expanding enrollment has necessitated construction of several smaller buildings. In 2012 the school embarked on an ambitious campaign to build new classrooms and a dormitory as part of a plan to develop a cohesive and attractive campus. Working with the Town’s Historic Preservation Review Board and architect David Waldron, the school’s new buildings both compliment their historic neighbors and bring architectural vitality to the historic district and campus.
Partners in Preservation

Each year the Town of Friday Harbor’s Historic Preservation Review Board honors individuals and organizations that are helping to preserve Friday Harbor’s historic buildings, sites and unique sense of place. Both organizations being celebrated with preservation awards in 2014 have made extraordinary contributions to the community by honoring the history of each site despite the financial and architectural challenges inherent to historic rehabilitation and restoration.

The Town of Friday Harbor is honored to acknowledge them and hopes that citizens in and outside the Town limits will join the Mayor and the HPRB in presenting the awards.

For more information about this year’s event contact Sandy Strehlou, (360) 378-2810 or email:
sstrehlou [@] fridayharbor [.] org

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