Preservation Month 2009

Date: May 1

Seattle Architecture Foundation

Event: Friday Art Deco Tour

Description: Revisit the Roaring 20's and the architectural developments, which transformed our skyline. See how Mayan temples, decorated caves, and French styling came together, creating some of downtown's finest lobbies.

Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Location: Seattle Architecture Foundation Gallery 1333 5th Ave, 3rd Floor, Rainier Square Atrium

Cost: $15 in advance/$20 day of.

Date: May 2

Steamer Virginia V Foundation

Event: Ride in the Historic Virginia V in the Opening Day of Boating Season Parade

Description: Cruise aboard the historic SS Virginia V through the Montlake Cut into Lake Washington. Guests enjoy cruise, live band, and buffet lunch. Cash Bar is also available.

Time: 11:00am – 4:00pm

Location: South Lake Union

Cost: $85 for Virginia V Foundation Members, $95 for non-members. Reservations required.

Information: info@virginiav.org or (206) 624-9119

Date: May 2

Seattle Public Library

Event: Joan Hockaday reads from “Greenscapes: Olmsted’s Pacific Northwest”

Description: "Greenscapes: Olmsted's Pacific Northwest" by Joan Hockaday renders a regional portrayal of landscape architect John Charles Olmsted. In the early 1900's, the meticulous, visionary protégé brought the pastoral aesthetic of his famous stepfather, Frederick Law Olmsted, to premier park systems throughout the Pacific Northwest--designing verdant havens that still refresh urban souls in Portland, Seattle, and Spokane.

Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Location: Central Library, 1000 4 th Avenue

Cost: Free

Information: 206-386-4636 or www.spl.org

Date: May 2

Seattle Architecture Foundation

Event: Design Details: Lions, Griffins, & Walruses, Oh My!

Co-sponsored by the Smith Tower's Chinese Room. Examine the hidden life of buildings as we seek out intricate adornments and elaborate embellishments. Tour includes a stop at the Smith Tower's Chinese Room.

Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Location: Seattle Architecture Foundation Gallery 1333 5th Ave, 3rd Floor, Rainier Square Atrium

Cost: $15 in advance/$20 day of.

Date: May 2

Seattle Architecture Foundation

Event: Historic Skyscrapers: Concrete, Steel, Glass, and Egos.

Social changes and technological advances shaped high-rises between the 1890's and the 1970's, including the King St. Station, WaMu Center and Rainier Tower

Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Location: Smith Tower, 502 2nd Ave.

Cost: $15 in advance/$20 day of.

Collections care teacher Tracy Buck creates a coil to help support a basket’s shape while in storage / Photo by Angela Stalgis

Date: May 4

White River Valley Museum

Event: Historic Preservation at Home: Metals

Join us at the White River Valley Museum for our three-part series on heirloom conservation. Our Curator of Collections, Alison Tisue, will lead discussions and demonstrations on caring for your family’s most precious objects. Topics include textiles, photographs, and metals/silver. Basic preservation materials will be provided as well as handouts with tips and instructions from the expert!

Time: 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Location: White River Valley Museum, 918 H St. SE, Auburn, WA 98002

Cost: $40 per class, or $100 for the three-part series

Information: 253-288-743 or http://www.wrvmuseum.org/

Date: May 7

Seattle Architecture Foundation

Event: A-Y-P Exposition Centennial: Come Back to the Fair

Description: Presented in Partnership with the Museum of History & Industry. Relive the days of the Alaska - Yukon - Pacific Exposition as we explore the current University of Washington campus and imagine the surroundings of the fair. Join volunteers and historians after the tour for an informal chat session at the historic College Inn.

Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Location: Architecture Hall, 3943 Stevens Way, University of Washington

Cost: $10 for MOHAI members/$15 for non-members
(pre-registration not required but walk-ups limited to space available)

Date: May 8

Seattle Architecture Foundation

Event: Friday Art Deco Tour

Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Location: Seattle Architecture Foundation Gallery 1333 5th Ave, 3rd Floor, Rainier Square Atrium

Cost: $15 in advance/$20 day of.

Date: May 9

Georgetown Powerplant Museum

Event: Annual Potluck Picnic

This event promises an afternoon of steam, gas, and air engine displays, operating miniature steam locomotives and 12-inch track steam locomotives, as well as guided tours of the historic steam plant. Enjoy live music and hot dogs, hamburgers, and veggieburgers!

Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm

Location: 6605 13th Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98108

Cost: Free or a suggested donation of $2 or contribution to the potluck.

Information: gpmuseum@juno.com or (206)-763-2542

Campbell's Mill on Lake Sammamish, near Redmond, about 1905 /
Photo Courtesy: Eastside Heritage Center

Date: May 9

Eastside Heritage Center

Event: Heritage Series – Logging on the Eastside

Description: The Eastside Heritage Center welcomes Eric Erickson, for an interactive and interpretive slide show featuring the logging and lumber businesses in King County. Included will be pictures of big trees, logging methods and tools, old time logging equipment, logging railroads, logging trucks, saw & shingle mills all within King County with emphasis on Seattle and the Eastside.

Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Location: Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center, 1625 118th Ave SE Bellevue, WA 98005

Information: Eastside Heritage Center (425)-450-1049 or www.eastsideheritagecenter.org

Date: May 9

Shoreline Historical Museum

Event: The 1909 Walking Tour of Historic Richmond

Description: The walking tour of Richmond Beach will explore the year 1909 in Richmond Beach - people, buildings and events, and the excitement of the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition. A number of original buildings have been preserved by their owners in Richmond Beach, including a designated King County Landmark.

Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm

Location: Richmond Beach Strawberry Festival - Richmond Beach Library
19601 21 st Ave NW, Shoreline, WA

Information: (206) 542-7111 or shm@shorelinehistoricalmuseum.org

Date: May 9

Seattle Architecture Foundation

Event: Pioneer Square: Out of the Ashes

Description: Experience history “on the hoof” as we explore the infamous birthplace of Seattle.

Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Location: Outside the entrance to Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 South Main Street

Cost: $15 in advance/$20 day of.

Flyer / Center for Wooden Boats

Date: May 9

Center for Wooden Boats

Event: Mother’s Day Sail

Description: Join us for our 8th year of providing free sails on Saratoga Passage the Saturday of Mother's Day weekend! Step aboard the historic schooner Adventuress, help trim the sails on a 35' New Haven Sharpie, or go for a row in one of our livery boats.

Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm

Location: Cama Beach State Park, 1880 SW Camano Drive, Camano Island, WA 98282

Cost: Free

Contact: (206)-382-2628 or cwb@cwb.org

Date: May 13

Seattle Architecture Foundation

Event: When Sound Takes the Stage

Description: The architecture of the performance hall, its size, shape and texture, creates the musical environment. Using the historic Moore Theatre as their performance hall, Dan Bruck, President, BRC Acoustics, and Michael Yantis, Principal of Acoustical Design, Sparling, will share their expertise on creating the optimum acoustical design and how it impacts the audience. Jazz Underground will help demonstrate acoustical design and perform. Gary Fuller, Seattle Architecture Foundation volunteer tour guide, will open the program with an overview of the Moore Theatre’s architecture. This is an approved AIA/CES Learning Unit Presentation.

Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Location: The Moore Theater, 1932 Second Avenue

Cost: $10 suggested donation at the door (no reservations required)

Information: (206)-667-9184 or www.seattlearchitecture.org

Date: May 15

Seattle Architecture Foundation

Event: Friday Art Deco Tour

Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Location: Seattle Architecture Foundation Gallery 1333 5th Ave, 3rd Floor, Rainier Square Atrium

Cost: $15 in advance/$20 day of.

Date: May 16

Eastside Heritage Center

Event: Fraser Cabin Heritage Day

Description: Visitors are invited to participate in hands-on activities that relate to 1880s settler life: agriculture, dairy, household tasks, log cabins, games and eastside history. Eastside Heritage Center staff and volunteers present the activities and interpret the log cabin that was built and lived in by the Fraser family over 100 years ago!

Time: 11:00am – 3:00pm

Location: Fraser Cabin at Kelsey Creek Farm Park

Cost: Free

Information: (425)-450-1049 or www.eastsideheritagecenter.org

Date: May 22

Seattle Architecture Foundation

Event: Friday Art Deco Tour

Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Location: Seattle Architecture Foundation Gallery 1333 5th Ave, 3rd Floor, Rainier Square Atrium

Cost: $15 in advance/$20 day of.

Date: May 22-25

Northwest Folklife

Event: Northwest Folklife Festival

Description: The 38 th annual Northwest Folklife Festival celebrates the centennial of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition and includes special performances, exhibits, and demonstrations to celebrate this event in Seattle’s history.

Time: 11:00am – 11:00pm

Location: Seattle Center

Cost: Free

Information: (206)-684-7300 or http://www.nwfolklife.org/index.html

Date: May 23

Friends of Pike Place Market

Event: Walking Tour of Pike Place Market

Description: Friends of the Market resumes its FREE Market tours for the summer of 2009 at 9AM Saturday May 23 rd. This is the third year Friends of the Market has conducted the Pike Place Market's only FREE tours. Happy Historical Preservation Month!

Time: 9:00 am

Location: Tours start from the Pig, under the Clock, at the Market

Cost: Free

Information: (206)-587-5767 or Paul Dunn, President Friends of the Market, fessdunn@aol.com

Date: May 23

Seattle Architecture Foundation

Event: Harvard-Belmont District: The Rich Life on Capitol Hill

Description: Have your cake and gossip too, as we visit Seattle’s only residential Landmark District, featuring a wealth of early 20 th century architecture.

Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Location: Entrance to the circular driveway at the Merrill Court Townhouses, 901-917 Harvard Avenue East.

Cost: $15 in advance/$20 day of.

Date: May 29

Seattle Architecture Foundation

Event: Friday Art Deco Tour

Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Location: Seattle Architecture Foundation Gallery 1333 5th Ave, 3rd Floor, Rainier Square Atrium

Cost: $15 in advance/$20 day of.