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Summer 2019 Issue A Quarterly Journal of the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions Summer 2019 Local Commissions Explore New Ways to Preserve 4 Seizing the Positive: How 13 A Quick Response 18 Using Public Data 26 Spokane’s Mid-Century 32 Saving Places in Waverly, Iowa Turned Saves Historical Sign to Preserve Historic Modern Survey and Social the Digital Age: Disaster Into Opportunity Project Resources Media Campaign Modernizing Preservation Follow us on 38 A New Technology for 44 PastForward 49 STAFF PROFILE: 54 State News Telling the Preservation 2019 Preservation Megan Duvall Story: ESRI ArcGIS StoryMap Conference Comes to Denver COVER IMAGE The first city-issued building permit 2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: which was digitally scanned using grant funds, It and 3,000 other historic building permits are now The National Alliance of Preservation Commissions (NAPC) is governed by a available on-line board of directors composed of current and former members and staff of local Credit: City of Stillwater, Minnesota. preservation commissions and Main Street organizations, state historic preserva- tion office staff, and other preservation and planning professionals, with the Chair, Chair-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, and Chairs of the board committees serving as Updated: 9.13.19 the Board’s Executive Committee. the OFFICERS PATRICIA BLICK MELINDA CRAWFORD A quarterly journal with Quapaw Quarter Association Preservation Pennsylvania news, technical assistance, Arkansas | Chair Pennsylvania | Secretary and case studies relevant to local historic preservation CORY KEGERISE commissions and their staff. TIM FRYE Pennsylvania Historical and Museum New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Commission Pennsylvania | Chair-Elect New York | Treasurer NAPC STAFF: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BOARD MEMBERS Stephanie Paul [email protected] KATHERINE ADAMS JACQUELINE JOHNSON Washington Architectural Foundation Initiatives of Change PROGRAM ASSISTANT Washington, D.C. Virginia Marie Snyder [email protected] DEBORAH ANDREWS MICHAEL KOOP City of Portland Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office Maine Minnesota NATHAN BEVIL COLLETTE KINANE Ohio History Connection Raleigh Historic Development Commission Ohio North Carolina BETSY BRADLEY CAROLINE LABINER Spokane Historic Preservation CONTACT NAPC AT: Harvard Heights Historic Preservation and Commission/Goucher College Historic Windsor Square Overlay Zone Boards Preservation Program California tel (757) 802-4141 Washington [email protected] PAULA MOHR WALTER GALLAS Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs www.napcommissions.org City of Baltimore Iowa PO Box 1011 Maryland J. TODD SCOTT Virginia Beach, VA 23451 BRIANA PAXTON GROSICKI King County Historic Preservation Program PlaceEconomics Washington Georgia MATT SYNATSCHK JAMES HEWAT Land Use Consultant All current NAPC members who City of Boulder Texa s serve as city staff to preservation Colorado commissions are encouraged to PHIL THOMASON Thomason and Associates The Alliance distribute articles in Tennessee Review to commission members and other staff and elected officials within your member NAPC is seeking volunteers to help advance its mission organization. of providing education and technical assistance to local preservationists, particularly those involved in the work of lo- NAPC can provide additional cal preservation commissions. Volunteers may serve on a vari- digital copies of The Alliance Review to members of your ety of committees and in other capacities that take advantage commission. Simply email us at of their individual skills and experiences. Editorial and produc- [email protected] with tion work on The Alliance Review, membership recruitment and retention, resources your commission member’s development, education programs and technical assistance are just a few of the name and email address. possibilities. Join us today to make a difference in the future of preservation by contacting NAPC at 757-802-4141 or [email protected]. In this Issue BY KATHERINE ADAMS, THE ALLIANCE REVIEW EDITORIAL COMMITTEE The nominations the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions receives for its biennial Commission Excellence Awards are a treasure trove of innovative projects, great ideas, creative ways to address the issues and challenges that commissions around the country confront every day. Whether or not NAPC is able to recognize all of these efforts with its limited number of awards, the nominations are a wonderful way for us to learn how commissions in communities large and small are successfully working to identify and protect historic resources and to educate residents and visitors. In this issue we’re pleased to offer insights into creative commission efforts, many of which we learned about through the awards program and many of which highlight creative approaches to using current technology. In Waverly, Iowa, the local preservation commission was able to turn the devastation of catastrophic flooding into a golden opportunity to designate its first (and second and….fourth) national historic districts. In Lombard, Illinois, the local commission ventured into new technology territory by working with the local government to create QR codes connected to a rich variety of historical information for signage on the Illinois Prairie Path. In Stillwater, Minnesota, the commission was able to create not only web-based information resources, but DIY tours through the town’s website. And the Midwest isn’t the only place to find new and creative ways to bring attention to historic resources… You may be surprised to learn that Spokane, Washington, is the home of a wealth of mid-century modern buildings designed by an array of famous architects. As part of an extensive survey project, the Spokane commission undertook a major public education effort using all of today’s available social media and communication tools. The Muncie (Indiana) Historic Preservation and Rehabilitation Commission’s citywide digital surveying effort provided tremendous data to the city, but it didn’t follow traditional survey criteria, and neither did digital survey efforts in Austin, Texas. Learn also how a new tool developed in partnership with NAPC and the National Park Service bridges the gap between traditional methods and rapid digital surveys. One more popular new tool on the technology front is Story Maps. In this issue, we learn the basics of building Story Maps as well as learning from the experiences of several communities who have used them. Finally, you won’t want to miss the National Trust’s Past Forward conference in Denver this fall. Take a look at the overview of all the great things that will be happening there! Hotel de Paris Credit: Hotel de Paris Museum The Alliance Review | Summer 2019 | National Alliance of Preservation Commissions Page 3 Karen Shostrom Lehmann is an “Information Literacy” Librarian Emerita at Waverly’s Wartburg College. A longtime member of the Waverly Historic Preservation Commission, Lehmann’s appointment to the WHPC was one result of having her renovated 1912 American Foursquare home selected for a Waverly Historic Preservation Award in 2005. Seizing the Positive: How Waverly, Iowa Turned Disaster into Opportunity By Karen Shostrom Lehmann Establishing at least one nationally recognized historic district seemed an unattainable goal for the Waverly Historic Preservation Commission (WHPC) in the years after its 1996 acceptance into Iowa’s Certified Local Government Program. A natural disaster in 2008, however, created the “perfect storm” for this town of 10,000 residents to launch what culminated in not just one, but four, districts. A 500-year flood and the resulting FEMA interven- engage in preservation planning from an informed tion not only jumpstarted the Waverly Commission- base. Several failed attempts to secure grants for ers’ desire to gain national historic districts but led a survey of historic properties put that goal at a to additional unexpected benefits. These included standstill. Iowa’s 2008 flood, which was the worst expanding community pride in local preservation flooding event in the town’s recorded history, al- efforts, launching a salvage operation, initiat- lowed Waverly to receive flood mitigation funds ing multiple community celebrations, helping the due to the loss of historic properties. The count: Commission to become more politically integrated 722 flood-affected properties were evaluated for into city governance, and improving signage in National Register eligibility as required by FEMA, historic areas. Ten years later, it even resulted in a and from this evaluation process, 108 properties 2018 national preservation award. were determined eligible for listing. Eventually, 58 structures were demolished as a form of haz- Waverly Commissioners have always been ard mitigation. The flood’s impact on the historic interested in documenting “what we have” to fabric of the town did not receive the amount of Page 4 The Alliance Review | Summer 2019 | National Alliance of Preservation Commissions Credit: John Zeller, Iowa SHPO Iowa Zeller, Credit: John Waverly Commissioners Linda Hovden, Karen Lehmann, and Don Meyer accept a 2018 Excellence Award from Patricia Blick, Chair of the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions, and Stephanie Paul, NAPC Executive Director. coverage that news outlets gave to other devastated National Park Service (NPS) to establish districts in Iowa cities like Cedar Rapids, yet it was one of the the Southeast, Northwest, and Downtown. most damaging disasters
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