Chapter Seven Historic Resources [page left blank] Contents Overview ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Historic Places in Metro Everett............................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Everett Register, Historical Commission and Special Valuation ..................................................................................................................... 3 Historic Overlay Zones ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Hewitt Avenue National Historic District ........................................................................................................................................................... 5 Endangered Buildings ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Policies and Actions ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Education, Incentives and Tourism ........................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Main Street Program................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Preservation Ordinance ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Overview Some historic properties in Everett are regulated for preservation by two code Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation standards – a historic district or a historic overlay. A Historic District is “[…] a www.dahp.wa.gov collection of buildings, structures, objects or archaeological features, or landscape elements, The Washington Heritage Register each of which shares the same theme, place or general historical period – and possible over a is an official listing of historically span of several years” (Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, 2017). A significant sites and properties Historic Overlay is a zone which is used in conjunction with another zone. The overlay found throughout the state. The list adds additional regulations, allows development to occur which would not otherwise be is maintained by the Department of possible and/or which modifies standards in the underlying zone (City of Everett, 1992). Archaeology & Historic Preservation and includes districts, Metro Everett includes portions of two local historic overlay zones (Riverside and sites, buildings, structures, and Norton-Grand) and one national historic district (Hewitt). The southern boundary of objects that have been identified and documented as being significant the Rucker-Grand Historic Overlay and the northern boundary of the Rucker Hill in local or state history, National Historic District touch the Metro Everett boundary. These overlays and architecture, archaeology, districts include homes and buildings that have been recognized as historically significant engineering, or culture. and contributing in character to the neighborhood. These properties have been added to local, state, and national registers in recognition of their character. National Register of Historic Places Registers of historic buildings list historically significant structures, an honorary www.nps.gov/nr/ designation typically initiated by the property owner. Metro Everett contains thirteen The National Register of Historic buildings on the Everett Register of Historic Places, ten buildings on the National Places is an official listing of Register of Historic Places, and four buildings on the Washington Heritage Register. historically significant sites and properties throughout the country. It is maintained by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. It includes districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that have been identified and documented as being significant in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering or culture. Figure 1: Everett Public Library, built 1934 Chapter 7, Historic Resources 1 January 23, 2018 Historic Places in Metro Everett The following are places currently designated on the historic registers of Everett, Washington State or the federal government. Table 1: Everett Register of Historic Places in Metro Everett Register Property Name Site Address Date Year Built Challacomb & Fickel Building 2727 Oakes Avenue 12/09/2009 1923 Commerce Building 1801 Hewitt Ave. 11/16/1994 1910 Culmback Building 3013 Colby Avenue 09/21/1988 1924 Everett Downtown Storage 3001 Rucker Avenue 12/18/1991 1918 Evergreen Building 1909 Hewitt Avenue 09/21/1988 1902 Krieger Laundry 2808 Hoyt Avenue 10/05/1988 1915 Monte Cristo 1507 Wall 12/01/1993 1925 Morrow Building 2823 Rockefeller 12/18/1991 1925 Figure 2: Cope-Gillette Theatre, built in 1963 as Bank of Everett Port Gardner Building 2802 Wetmore 10/19/1994 1929 Ray Fosheim House 2017 26th Avenue 04/10/1996 1892 Swalwell Cottage 2712 Pine 05/03/1995 1891 Watson’s Bakery 1812 Hewitt Avenue 10/14/2015 1910 Bank of Everett (Cope-Gillette 2730 Wetmore Avenue 08/09/2017 1963 Theatre) Table 2: National Register of Historic Places in Metro Everett Register Property Name Site Address Date Year Built Commerce Building 1801 Hewitt Avenue 10/01/1992 1910 Everett Carnegie Library 3001 Oakes Avenue 12/06/1975 1904; 1905 Everett City Hall 3002 Wetmore Avenue 05/02/1990 1929 Everett Fire Station No. 2 2801 Oakes Avenue 05/02/1990 1925 Everett High School 2400 Colby Avenue 06/04/1997 1910 Monte Cristo Hotel 1507 Wall Street 06/03/1976 1925 3000 Rockefeller Snohomish County Courthouse 12/06/1975 1910; 1967 Avenue Figure 3: Monte Cristo Hotel, built in 1925 Chapter 7, Historic Resources 2 January 23, 2018 Register Property Name Site Address Date Year Built 2901-2903, 2905, 2907, Swalwell Block and Adjoining 2909 and 2915 Hewitt 5/17/1976 1892 Commercial Buildings Avenue Swalwell Cottage 2712 Pine Street 11/28/1976 1891 U.S. Post Office and Customs 3006 Colby Avenue 6/22/1979 1917 House Table 3: Washington Heritage Register Properties in Metro Everett Register Figure 4: Snohomish County Courthouse, built 1910, Property Name Site Address Date Year Built 1967 Everett Public Library 2702 Hoyt Avenue 1989 1934 Everett Theater 2911 Colby Avenue 1975 1901; 1924 Marion Building 1401 Hewitt Avenue 1979 1895 2814-2816 Rucker Pioneer Block 1979 1892 Avenue Everett Register, Historical Commission and Special Valuation Figure 5: Everett Theater, built in 1901. Courtesy In 1985, the State Legislature passed a law which allows a local option of “special of Everett Public Library Northwest Room valuation”, a program of real estate tax reduction for certain historic properties within the state. The purpose of this program is to encourage rehabilitation of historic properties. Everett implemented this state program in 1987 and made the Special Tax Valuation available to Everett property owners. At the same time, the city established the Everett Register of Historic Places and adopted the Historical Commission as the citizen body for historic preservation. Placement on the Everett Register is an honorary designation. A building must be 50 years old or older, significant to Everett’s history, architecture or cultural heritage, and retain sufficient historic character to reflect the history of the community. Inclusion on the register requires owner approval, or approval by owners of a majority of properties in a proposed historic district. The effect of listing a property on the Everett Register of Historic Places requires an owner to request a certificate of appropriateness from the Historical Commission for proposed work. Failure to meet this requirement could result in removal of the building from the register and loss of special tax valuation received, if any. Chapter 7, Historic Resources 3 January 23, 2018 If the owner wishes to demolish a property on the Everett Register, either partially or wholly, the owner must apply to the Historical Commission for a review of the proposed demolition. Everett is a Certified Local The owner must discuss alternatives to demolition and, if there is no alternative, to Government, or CLG. Obtaining this status helps demonstrate how the project mitigates the loss of the historic property. For demolition, the support the Historical Historical Commission makes a recommendation to the City Council for action. Commission, local regulations, nominations for registers, and Under special valuation, qualified expenses for rehabilitation of a historic property are eligibility for special grants from deducted from the assessed value of a property for tax purposes for up to 10 years. Eligibility the State Historic Preservation and other requirements for the program include: Officer (SHPO) with the Washington Department of • cost of rehabilitation