To be specific ... Saturday, August 28, 2010, 10 a.m. Seattle poet and writer Richard Hugo wrote of his fascination with this community of fishermen in The Real West Marginal Way.Walk the old neighborhood of Riverside on the northwest side of the Duwamish River, below Pigeon Point and over the hill from Delridge. Settlement origins go back to the Duwamish tribe, later settled by Croatian immigrants in the early 1900’s. They formed a multi-ethnic neighborhood of European immigrants where Duwamish camps and longhouses had once been. As the Duwamish River was straightened and dredged, the residential community of Riverside co-existed with manufacturing and shipbuilding. The tour is sponsored by the Southwest Seattle Historical Society and will be led by first-generation resident Frank Zuvela. Last time this was one of the most popular walks... an easy pace is set, with frequent stops and tales from Riverside of the past sixty years.
Donation requested... or free attendance with a new museum membership!
Directions: From the stoplight at Spokane Street and Delridge Way, take W. Marginal Way east. After it curves under the low bridge over the Duwamish River, take the first right and park in the parking area on W. Marginal Pl. to the north.
Welcome to Seattle's Log House Museum! This douglas-fir log structure built in 1904 shares the history of the Duwamish Peninsula from 1851... to yesterday.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Homestead - Fir Lodge Landmark documentation
For further perusing, here is a link to all the landmarked structures in SW Seattle... including the Fir Lodge / Alki Homestead.
www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/preservation/sw.htm
www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/preservation/sw.htm
Homestead update as per the westseattleblog.com
If you are so inclined for a whole lotta reading, this link will lead you through all the Homestead news since the fire in January of 2009. The West Seattle blog has links to Dept. of Planning and Development Homestead information and every wee bit of information that is out there.
www.westseattleblog.com/category/alki-Homestead
www.westseattleblog.com/category/alki-Homestead
Friday, July 23, 2010
This Place Matters - Homestead Fir Lodge
July 4th, 2010... close to 200 folks showed their support for the 1904 former Fir Lodge... now called the Homestead Restaurant. The street was closed off, Paul Dorpat and Jean Sherrard stood on the second floor of the apartment across the street and took a myriad of photographs to document the moment. The National Trust for Historic Preservation (http://www.preservationnation.org/) developed this community-friendly method of getting involved in your history. Go ahead and visit the site and see the images sent in of all the locations around the country that have meaning within their community. Feel free to print out your own "This Place Matters" sign, stand proudly in front of your fave spot wherever that may be... and then send it off to the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Click on photo to enlarge
Photo Courtesy Jean Sherrard www.pauldorpat.com
Youtube - Fir Lodge/Homestead
The day of July 4th 2010 was captured in many ways... here is two of the youtube versions!
Above was composed by Jean Sherrard and Clay Eals, below is the KOMO TV version.
Courtesy Jean Sherrard and Paul Dorpat. http://www.pauldorpat.com
Courtesy KOMO TV, Seattle.
Above was composed by Jean Sherrard and Clay Eals, below is the KOMO TV version.
Courtesy Jean Sherrard and Paul Dorpat. http://www.pauldorpat.com
Courtesy KOMO TV, Seattle.
All and any news of : This Place Matters
The blog of Paul Dorpat and Jean Sherrard:
http://pauldorpat.com/?p=7856
West Seattle Blog:
http://westseattleblog.com/2010/07/about-200-turn-out-for-alki-homestead-this-place-matters-photo
West Seattle Herald:
http://www.westseattleherald.com/2010/07/04/news/slideshow-place-matters-highlights-historic-signi
KING5-TV:
http://www.king5.com/video?id=97777034&sec=549122
KOMO-TV:
http://westseattle.komonews.com/content/group-photo-hopes-raise-awareness-alki-homestead
KCPQ Fox Q13 News:
http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-070410-alkihomestead,0,6869737.story
Historic Seattle blog:
http://main2seattle.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/almost-200-people-turn-out-to-say-this-place-matters-at-alki-homestead-on-july-4th/#more-743
http://pauldorpat.com/?p=7856
West Seattle Blog:
http://westseattleblog.com/2010/07/about-200-turn-out-for-alki-homestead-this-place-matters-photo
West Seattle Herald:
http://www.westseattleherald.com/2010/07/04/news/slideshow-place-matters-highlights-historic-signi
KING5-TV:
http://www.king5.com/video?id=97777034&sec=549122
KOMO-TV:
http://westseattle.komonews.com/content/group-photo-hopes-raise-awareness-alki-homestead
KCPQ Fox Q13 News:
http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-070410-alkihomestead,0,6869737.story
Historic Seattle blog:
http://main2seattle.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/almost-200-people-turn-out-to-say-this-place-matters-at-alki-homestead-on-july-4th/#more-743
Fir Lodge/Homestead building update 12/2009
Threatened Seattle Landmark Fir Lodge/Homestead Restaurant
The owner of the Alki Homestead restaurant, Tom Lin, has had a preliminary meeting with the Architectural Review Committee of the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board concerning the building that has housed the restaurant. Lin told the committee he plans to ask for a certificate of approval to demolish the 105-year-old Fir Lodge and does not plan to rehabilitate the structure.
This news follows the January 2009 fire in which a portion of the Homestead’s second floor and roof were damaged and the first-floor restaurant suffered severe smoke damage. (For more information on the original fire see www.westseattleblog.com.)
Because the Homestead has been given landmark designation by the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board since 1996, any changes, including demolition of the structure, must be approved by the board. As per the designation documents the exterior of the building, including the roof; the first floor interior, excluding the kitchen and bathrooms, and the site, excluding minor plantings, have been landmarked (http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/preservation/SW.htm).
The Architectural Review Committee toured the site on December 4. Following the tour, if Lin applies for a certificate of approval, the committee will make a recommendation to the full board, and the board will vote to approve or not approve demolition.
In the event of the Homestead’s demolition, Lin has said that he plans to construct new buildings on the site. At a meeting of the Alki Community Council in September, he mentioned potential plans for a lodge, bar, spa and living accommodations.
The Southwest Seattle Historical Society and owner Doris Nelson nominated the Homestead for landmark status in 1995. The SWSHS’s Log House Museum has heard countless concerns from community members and heritage groups who have expressed a strong reaction to the lack of action in the past 11 months to preserve the Homestead. Part of the Society's mission is "to preserve historic sites," and we fittingly have taken leadership in supporting the Homestead and other landmarked structures on the Duwamish Peninsula.
The Southwest Seattle Historical Society operates the Log House Museum, which was built as part of the Fir Lodge estate in 1904 and to which the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board also granted landmark status in 1996. The Society initiated and oversaw the preservation and restoration of the Log House Museum. We know that rehabilitation of this type of building is possible, and we realize the value the Homestead building has to West Seattle, Seattle and the region. We have been supported in this advocacy by the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, 4Culture and the West Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
Your opinion counts. Is this building important to Seattle's history? Community history? West Seattle? Seattle? The region? To be kept informed of developments in its preservation and restoration, monitor this web site, the Log House Museum’s Facebook or e-mail the Society at loghousemuseum@comcast.net.
Thank you!
The owner of the Alki Homestead restaurant, Tom Lin, has had a preliminary meeting with the Architectural Review Committee of the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board concerning the building that has housed the restaurant. Lin told the committee he plans to ask for a certificate of approval to demolish the 105-year-old Fir Lodge and does not plan to rehabilitate the structure.
This news follows the January 2009 fire in which a portion of the Homestead’s second floor and roof were damaged and the first-floor restaurant suffered severe smoke damage. (For more information on the original fire see www.westseattleblog.com.)
Because the Homestead has been given landmark designation by the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board since 1996, any changes, including demolition of the structure, must be approved by the board. As per the designation documents the exterior of the building, including the roof; the first floor interior, excluding the kitchen and bathrooms, and the site, excluding minor plantings, have been landmarked (http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/preservation/SW.htm).
The Architectural Review Committee toured the site on December 4. Following the tour, if Lin applies for a certificate of approval, the committee will make a recommendation to the full board, and the board will vote to approve or not approve demolition.
In the event of the Homestead’s demolition, Lin has said that he plans to construct new buildings on the site. At a meeting of the Alki Community Council in September, he mentioned potential plans for a lodge, bar, spa and living accommodations.
The Southwest Seattle Historical Society and owner Doris Nelson nominated the Homestead for landmark status in 1995. The SWSHS’s Log House Museum has heard countless concerns from community members and heritage groups who have expressed a strong reaction to the lack of action in the past 11 months to preserve the Homestead. Part of the Society's mission is "to preserve historic sites," and we fittingly have taken leadership in supporting the Homestead and other landmarked structures on the Duwamish Peninsula.
The Southwest Seattle Historical Society operates the Log House Museum, which was built as part of the Fir Lodge estate in 1904 and to which the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board also granted landmark status in 1996. The Society initiated and oversaw the preservation and restoration of the Log House Museum. We know that rehabilitation of this type of building is possible, and we realize the value the Homestead building has to West Seattle, Seattle and the region. We have been supported in this advocacy by the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, 4Culture and the West Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
Your opinion counts. Is this building important to Seattle's history? Community history? West Seattle? Seattle? The region? To be kept informed of developments in its preservation and restoration, monitor this web site, the Log House Museum’s Facebook or e-mail the Society at loghousemuseum@comcast.net.
Thank you!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
The Log House Museum
Welcome to the Log House Museum. We will share event info, how-to restore your log structure, landmark information and whatever is on our to-do list at the moment.
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