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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided funding to Pierce County to purchase and demolish a residential structure that has been incurring significant flood damages from its location in the floodway of Clark’s Creek with increasing frequency.
The residential structure, known as the ‘House of Tomorrow’, was built in 1938 and is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Alternatives to demolishing the historic property and to address the continued flood hazards were evaluated and determined infeasible. The property owners are voluntary participants in the buyout.
A series of recordation and documentation treatment measures have been proposed to resolve the adverse effects of demolishing the historic property, and we want to hear from you. Public comment on the proposed treatment measures will be accepted through October 8, 2021.
The Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission will accept applications for the 2022 Preservation Grant Program through Sept 28, 2021. These small, yet meaningful, grants support historic preservation and history-related project proposals throughout Pierce County.
Application details
Grant requests can be made for two types of proposals:
- Historic preservation: (maximum $35,000) for stabilization, restoration, or rehabilitation of properties, buildings or structures listed on national, state and local historic registers.
- History-related project proposals: (maximum request $15,000) for photograph or document preservation, history research, historic markers, and public events and programming promoting local history.
Owners of properties listed on historic registers, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, museums, historical societies and other community-based organizations are eligible to apply. All applicants must provide matching funds. The project activity timeline is March 2022 through November 2022.
Questions? Please contact Chad Williams at [email protected].
McMillin Bridge (SR 162)
This unique bridge was built in 1934. The use of steel-reinforced concrete in the design makes the structure architecturally rare and significant. In addition to being on the National Register of Historic Places, the Bridge is in the Library of Congress' Historic American Engineering Record. Through an effort involving numerous individuals and the Landmarks Commission, the historic bridge was retained for future generations adjacent to the newly-constructed SR 162 bridge.