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Shoreline Historical Museum Trillium award winners revealed

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Trillium Award Winners 2012
From left: Al Blindheim, North Seattle Trillium Award
Sallie and Brent Lumely, Lake Forest Park Trillium Award
Jere and Lynn Wright, Shoreline Trillium Award

As part of its Preservation Recognition Program, the Shoreline Historical Museum gave its 7th Annual Trillium Heritage Awards to three deserving contestants in North Seattle, Lake Forest Park and Shoreline on Saturday, November 17, 2012. 

LaVilla Dairy in Lake City, built 1922
Photo courtesy Shoreline Historical Museum

The plaque for North Seattle went to the LaVilla Dairy, built in 1922 on Fischer Place NE in Lake City. Building owner and award recipient was Al Blindheim. His father was a Lake City pioneer, opening his first dairy near the LaVilla train stop by Lake Washington in 1913, and later moving closer to the new highway, then called Victory Way. Al and his family, sons Mark and Steven Blindheim, and nephew Dean Felthous, were delighted to be recognized by the Museum board and members.

The Whizz Kids Academy was built in the 1930s
as a store with living quarters above
Photo courtesy Shoreline Historical Museum

Accepting the award for a historic building in Lake Forest Park were Brent and Sallie Lumley, owners of The Whizz Kids Academy at 18512 - Ballinger Way NE. The masonry building was constructed in 1930 by Charles and Clara McArthur, who came to Lake Forest Park in 1916. They built their first store on the same spot in 1918, but lost it to a fire in early 1930. At one time the McArthurs lived upstairs, and operated the store below. After several other store owners, it eventually became Laing’s Specialty Print Shop. It became the Whizz Kids Academy in 1997. The Preservation Recognition committee had this iconic building on its list of possible award winner for several years, and was pleased to present a Trillium Heritage Award to the Lumleys.

The Johnson family poses in front of their home in Richmond Beach
built in 1904 and remodeled in the late 1920s
Photo courtesy Shoreline Historical Museum

Shoreline pioneer John L. Johnson came to the Richmond Beach area in 1894, buying a piece of property from relative Joseph Mathison, who had come from Norway beforehand to secure property that could divided by the whole family. Johnson built a small house for his children and wife, then set about building a larger home, today’s Trillium Award winner in Shoreline. The Johnson house has graced the property at 19536 15th Ave. NW since 1904. Their large family occupied it for many years, doing an extensive remodel in the late 1920’s or early 1930’s which added dormers and a bathroom, among other conveniences. 

The Johnson home in 2012, Trillium Award winner
Photo courtesy Shoreline Historical Museum

Jere and Lynn Wright are only the second non-Johnson owners to reside in the house, which looks today just like it did in the 1930’s. Johnson family members were in attendance for the award presentation, including John L. Johnson’s great granddaughter Nancy Roediger, and great- granddaughter Alana Brandstrom, who nominated the Wrights and their historic home for the award.

The Shoreline Historical Museum’s Trillium Heritage Awards raise awareness of the community’s roots, and encourages excellence in the maintenance and perpetuation of historic buildings in accordance with their original style.

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Historical Museum to announce Trillium award winners at annual meeting

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

The annual meeting of the Shoreline Historical Museum will be held on Saturday, November 17th, at one pm at the Ronald Methodist Church, 17839 Aurora Avenue N, Shoreline 98133.

Highlight of the meeting will be special recognition of three older buildings in Shoreline, Lake Forest Park and North Seattle. The Trillium award is given annually for the historical preservation and maintenance of the original construction of these properties.


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A new sign for the Museum

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Board member Bev Smith of Lake Forest Park admires the Museum’s new signage.
Photo by Board Member Edie Loyer-Nelson


The Shoreline Historical Museum, Heritage Center @ Shoreline, has been up and running at its new location for over a year now.

Director Vicki Stiles says that "Many friends assisted in getting the two buildings at the corner of 185th and Linden ready for action, including neighbors from Hillwood and Richmond Highlands, members of the Richmond Masonic Center, Rotarians from Shoreline Breakfast Rotary Club, and  Museum volunteers from all corners of Shoreline, Lake Forest Park and North Seattle."  

Now debuting is the brand new sign for the Museum, a project funded by Shoreline Breakfast Rotary Club.


Museum offices and exhibits are at 18501 Linden Avenue North, on the northwest corner of 185th and Linden, just one block west of Aurora. Open Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 4pm. 



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Take the kids to see Charles the Clown on Saturday

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Kids are in for a treat -

CHARLES THE CLOWN WILL BE PERFORMING

a special back-to school program at the

SHORELINE HISTORICAL MUSEUM 
18501 - Linden Ave. N. Shoreline, WA

11:30 ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd. 


Then after Charles the Clown, stick around to learn the ancient practice of finger-weaving!
Take home what you make!
This is a life-long skill that you’ll use over and over.
Charles the Clown and hands-on activity free  
Contact 206-542-7111 or email for more info.

Charles the Clown and friends

Charles The Clown and Biscuit The Dog Puppet

Can a clown show enhance language skills, increase vocabulary and get kids interested in books?  You bet!  Especially if the performer is Charles The Clown!

About Charles The Clown: Charles has performed thousands of library, school, and hospital shows from coast to coast.  An award winning A/M Records video artist, star of three children’s audios, he has been seen on 75 TV shows, is the co-author of a successful parenting guide, and author of more than 100 newspaper and magazine essays about children’s issues. His new book, The Teen Magician, That’s You!, will be released in September. Charles was a member of the WA Task Force on Child Safety and is featured in the US Department of Education/WA State video, Television and Video -- Children At Risk. He is the recipient of a King County Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award for Community Service. He has appeared on stages and in classrooms from San Diego to Anchorage, New York City to Los Angeles.


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Nominate lovingly maintained historical buildings for the Trillium Award

Friday, September 14, 2012

The Fairley home in Lake Forest Park won an award in 2009


The Shoreline Historical Museum has announced the deadline for nominations for the Trillium Award for historic buildings. 

The annual Trillium Award nominations are open until September 30, 2012. 

The purpose of the Award is to raise awareness of the community’s past and recognize outstanding examples of historic architecture, as well as encourage excellence in maintenance and perpetuation of historic buildings.

These awards are presented by the Shoreline Historical Museum to property owners in Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, and North Seattle. Each of these areas will receive one award for the home or structure that has been best maintained in its original style of construction.  The building must have been built before December 31, 1940.

Anyone may nominate a building for this award by completing the nomination form and submitting it to the Museum. The form is available online or directly from the Museum at 18501 Linden Ave N., Shoreline. Each nomination requires the signature of the owner of the property.  The award does not affect property taxation or any other legal status.

In the past, awards have been made to a great variety of buildings, including a log cabin, a mansion, and a historic clubhouse. The awards are presented at the Annual Meeting of the Museum in November.  

Property owners are always thrilled to receive this recognition because maintaining the original style of the structure usually has required a lot of effort and extra expense. The presence of this built heritage in our community is a significant component of our interesting and diverse environment!

--From the Shoreline Historical Museum Board 

  

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Super Guppy flies low and loud over Shoreline and Lake Forest Park

Saturday, June 30, 2012

The Super Guppy flies low over Shoreline
Photo by Marc Weinberg

The Super Guppy cargo plane, carrying part of the front section of the NASA wooden space shuttle mock-up called the FFT to the Museum of Flight, rattled Shoreline as it rumbled over the city on a long flight path to Boeing Field.

According to The Seattle Times

"Museum of Flight officials say the Guppy, on the final leg of its 3.5-day journey from Houston, is scheduled to pass over the museum about 10:40 a.m., then fly over downtown Seattle and the Space Needle about 10:45, cross over the east side of Lake Washington and fly over Everett’s Paine Field by about 10:50, then circle south along the Puget Sound shoreline to land at Boeing Field at 11. 
"The Super Guppy, a bubbleheaded, turboprop cargo plane, is expected to fly the Seattle circle at an altitude of 800 to 1,000 feet."


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Super Guppy delivers Shuttle Trainer to Boeing Field for Shuttle Fest


NASA Super Guppy taxiing to Museum of Flight with Shuttle Trainer aboard
Photo by Steven H. Robinson


By Steven H. Robinson

ShuttleFest was sponsored by Boeing and BECU at the Museum of Flight Saturday, June 30, 2012.

The flight arrived about an hour late.  The shuttle was flown from Travis Air Force Base in California on the NASA Super Guppy, the only plane of its type still flying.  The Super Guppy was built in 1962 using a Boeing StratoCruiser air frame.

NASA Super Guppy opening to reveal the Shuttle Trainer
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

The Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartment is 28.75 feet long, 19 feet wide and 23.5 feet high.  The Trainer crew compartment was removed from the Super Guppy using a Joint Base Lewis McChord "Tunner 60K Loader" and delivered to the Museum of Flight's Charles Simonyi Space Gallery just west of the main museum.

The Shuttle Trainer is being delivered in several stages over the coming months, with the Payload Bay also arriving aboard the Super Guppy in two stages later this summer.

NASA Shuttle Trainer moving onto Tunner for removal from Super Guppy

Built in the 1970s, the Shuttle Trainer is the only one of its kind in the world and is the simulator in which each of the 335 space shuttle astronauts trained.  It will be on display in the 15,500-square foot Charles Simonyi Space Gallery, where it joins a collection of other rare space artifiacts including Simonyi's Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft and interactive exhibits showcasing space travel from the earliests days of the space shuttle program to the future of commercial space flight.



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Tour of Acacia - the first mausoleum

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Acacia Memorial Park and Funeral Home in Lake Forest Park held a public tour on March 3, taking guests through the two mausoleums and discussing the famous people interred there.

Shoreline Area News photographer Jerry Pickard brought back photos.

Lower level of the atrium in the first mausoleum
Photo by Jerry Pickard

Upper level of the atrium in the first mausoleum
Photo by Jerry Pickard

Sen. Warren Magnuson is the most famous resident
See previous article
Photo by Jerry Pickard
Vicki Stiles of the Shoreline Historical Museum shares stories
about some of the well-known people at Acacia
Photo by Jerry Pickard



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Historical tour of Acacia mausoleums Saturday

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Acacia Memorial Park and Funeral Home in Lake Forest Park is co-sponsoring an event with the Shoreline Historical Museum. This event is a walking tour of the mausoleums at Acacia on Saturday, March 3 beginning at 11 AM in the Lakeview Mausoleum. The event is free of charge and open to the public.

The Acacia Mausoleum is a structure containing 7730 crypts and 9500 cremation niches.

Construction began on this building in 1929 with the first phases completed in 1931. The mausoleum covers 3.5 acres and is illuminated entirely by natural light. In addition to the stained glass ceilings, there are 29 massive works of stained glass throughout the building. The gothic architecture of this building is impressive.

Construction on a new mausoleum, the Lakeview Mausoleum, began in 1977. The feature of this sun-dappled two story building is a center atrium holding a Japanese garden, waterfall and reflecting pools.

The tour will highlight a number of prominent individuals from our region, including US Senators, Mayors, actors/actresses and well-known leaders of the Seattle/Shoreline/Lake Forest Park region.

An outdoor walking tour of Acacia will be held on Saturday, May 5 beginning at 11 am.

Acacia Memorial Park and Funeral Home
14951 Bothell Way NE
Seattle, WA 98155
206-362-5525

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Briarcrest resident leading workshop at the Frye Art Museum

Friday, December 2, 2011

Students at the Frye
12-02-2011 11:17pm.  Correction: Sarah Lenoue did not graduate from Shorecrest, but she is a resident of Shoreline, in the Briarcrest neighborhood.

Visual Thinking Strategies Workshop, Saturday, December 3, 2011, 10 am - 4 pm

Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) is a student-centered, research-based teaching method that improves critical thinking and language skills through the discussions of visual images. VTS encourages participation and self-confidence, especially among students who struggle in traditional learning environments. VTS is easy to learn and offers a proven strategy for educators to meet current learning objectives.

This one-day workshop provides an introduction to VTS with hands-on practice in the Frye Art Museum galleries. The workshop is open to all educators including teachers, professors, parent docents, teaching artists, and museum educators. 

It will be led by Deborah Sepulveda, Frye Art Museum Art Educator; Jill Hardy, Frye Art Museum Coordinator of Youth, Student, and Teacher Programs; and Sarah Lenoue, VTS Trainer.

Sarah Lenoue recently moved to Shoreline, to the Briarcrest neighborhood near her parents, Bettelinn and Charles Brown of Shoreline.




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Sneak peek at museum exhibits; opening Saturday October 8, 1pm

Saturday, October 8, 2011

It's not like actually being there, but here are some advance photos of the new exhibits in the new Shoreline Historical Museum exhibit space.

The building is in the Heart of Shoreline at N 185th and Linden Ave N, across from the historic Masonic Temple.

Playland was a huge amusement park in Shoreline that attracted visitors from the entire region.
Photo of exhibit by Tracy Tallman

Richmond Beach used to have a train station.
Photo of exhibit by Tracy Tallman

The Mosquito fleet.  Photo of exhibit by Tracy Tallman.

double click to enlarge

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Grand Opening of the Shoreline Historical Museum Saturday, October 8

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Photo courtesy SHM

Grand Opening of the
Shoreline Historical Museum
Exhibit Building

Saturday October 8, 2011 at 1:00 pm


Linking the Community Through Time:
Connections that Bring Us Together

and
Once Upon A time in Playland

18501 - Linden Avenue North
206-542-7111




Parking entrance on 185th, or park in front on the street, either side.

ADA Accessible



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Nominations open for 2011 Trillium Heritage Award

Sunday, August 14, 2011

The LFP home of Michael and Darlene Fairley was a 2009 Trillium Heritage Award winner.
The Shoreline Historical Museum has announced that nominations are now open for their annual Trillium Heritage awards. 

The Museum sponsors the awards to recognize outstanding examples of historic architecture in the communities of Lake Forest Park, North Seattle and Shoreline.

The purpose of the Awards is to raise awareness of the community’s past, as well as encourage excellence in maintenance and perpetuation of historic buildings in accordance with their original style.

Nominated buildings can be anything from modest homes to commercial structures.

Award recipients, one in each of the three cities, are given a certificate and a plaque suitable for display on the outside of their building.

The criteria for the Trillium Heritage Award are:
  • Must be a building/property with an address in one of the three communities of:
    • Lake Forest Park
    • North Seattle (north of 85th)
    • Shoreline
  • Must have been built prior to December 31, 1940
  • Must be a building maintained in accordance with its original style.

Anyone can make a nomination for any property that meets the criteria listed. Valid nominations shall have the signature of the property owner(s). Nomination forms are available at the Museum, 206-542-7111. Nominations must be completed and turned in to the Museum by September 30, 2011.

The three Trillium Heritage Awards will be presented at the annual meeting of the Museum in November 2011. 



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Fifty Years Fifty Memories: book commemorates Lake Forest Park

Friday, June 17, 2011

The Shoreline Historical Museum has printed Fifty Years Fifty Memories in commemoration of
the 50th Anniversary of Lake Forest Park.

The museum will have a booth at the Lake Forest Park Birthday Party this Sunday, June 19 in front of city hall. There will also be a display at Third Place Commons on the history of Lake Forest Park.



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Museum holds first board meeting in new office

Friday, February 18, 2011

Museum Board members.  Photo by Tracy Tallman.

On February 16, the Shoreline Historical Museum had their first board meeting in the “Gray House” that is now the Museum’s office at 18511 Linden Ave N.

Jill Rogers from The City of Shoreline’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services was there to encourage everyone.

The architectural firm of Tonkin/Hoyne made a presentation to the Board of possible design options for a new museum building.

The Board voted to have the firm move forward immediately with plans to get the exhibit building on the corner ready for occupancy.

Director Vicki Stiles projects that the Museum could have exhibits in the building by mid-April.

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Labor of Love at Museum work party on February 4

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Volunteers worked hard and made progress at the work party Saturday, February 4, in the new home of the Shoreline Historical Museum at N 185th and Linden Ave N. The buildings had been vacant, and a water pipe burst and did quite a bit of damage.

Bob Phelps and Loren Day in the dumpster
Photo by Tracy Tallman

Henry Reed, Director Vicki Stiles and Bob Phelps in the office after moving the cabinets
Photo by Tracy Tallman

Museum President Bob Phelps with wheelbarrow of debris
Photo by Tracy Tallman

Vicki Stiles pushing wheelbarrow of debris from basement
Photo by Tracy Tallman

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Volunteers are welcome at the Museum work party Sunday

Friday, January 28, 2011

On Thursday, January 27, Vicki Stiles, Director of the Shoreline Historical Museum, transferred custodianship of the historic Ronald School building to the Shoreline School District under the terms of their joint agreement. As you drive by the Ronald School you will see that all signs have been removed. In four months everything in the 15,000 square foot building was moved to the old Sunset Elementary School for temporary storage.

The Museum is now spiffing up the house at 18511 Linden Ave N for occupancy during the first week of February. The gray house will become the new Museum office and will have at least one display soon. The Museum’s phone number is still 206-542-7111.

Sunday the 30th, from 11 am to 2 pm, we’ll have a work party to clean out the old salon building on the corner of 185th and Linden. Loren Day, intrepid Museum volunteer, has nearly single-handedly cleaned up the grounds.

In the near future more displays will be housed in the old salon building and we hope to begin construction soon on a new museum building. The Museum owns the two structures and also the vacant lot to the west.

--Tracy Tallman

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Landmarks Commission hearing on Ronald School building October 14

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

The proposed design for the new Shorewood would attach to the south, back side of the Ronald School

A public hearing will be held by the Shoreline Landmarks Commission to consider a request by the Shoreline School District's Bassetti Architects for a Certificate of Appropriateness to construct a new high school attached to Ronald School, a City of Shoreline landmark.

The hearing will be held at 7 pm on October 14 in the Richmond Masonic Temple at 753 N 185th St. The Landmarks Commission will make findings of fact and give a final decision.

During the hearing, anyone may speak or submit written comments. Written comments may be submitted to the Landmarks Commission in advance in care of Todd Scott of the King County Historic Preservation Program.

The School District is planning to incorporate the Ronald School into the design of the new Shorewood High School. Per agreement with the Shoreline Historical Museum board, the new building will only attach to the back wall of the Ronald School, which was extensively remodeled by the Museum to install an elevator.

However, the building must be brought up to the stricter earthquake codes required for school buildings, which would require reinforcement of all the exterior walls.  Under current plans, the Ronald Building's interior would be extensively remodeled and used for performing arts classes. A theatre, similar to the Performing Arts Center at Shorecrest High School would be built to the east of the Ronald School.

Plans for the School District to give the building to the Shoreline Historical Museum and pay to have it relocated fell through when the Museum board was unable to secure new property to locate the building. Under the current agreement, the School District will pay the Museum approximately $800,000 for the Museum to relinquish the building and support the District's plans for the new high school. 

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Evan Smith: Museum director says that Sugar's property isn't available

Friday, October 1, 2010


Sugar's property on Aurora
By Evan Smith
ShorelineAreaNews Politics Writer

After we had a story here a few days ago headlined, "Colacurcio Jr. sentenced to year in federal prison,” a reader asked, “What is going to happen to the Sugar's property, which has apparently been seized by the government? Could it be used for the museum?”

Colacurcio operated the Sugar's strip club on Aurora Avenue North in Shoreline.

I forwarded the question to Shoreline Historical Museum Director Vicki Stiles, who told me Tuesday. “The Colacurcios did not own that property.” So, apparently the property isn’t available.

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Update on the Shoreline Historical Museum

Friday, September 24, 2010


By Henry Reed, President, Board of Trustees
Shoreline Historical Museum

At its regular meeting, on September 15, the Board of Trustees of the Shoreline Historical Museum unanimously approved a motion to accept the Settlement Agreement with the Shoreline School District. The contents of this Agreement have already been reported or linked in this publication, but the main provisions include:

  • the deeding of the Ronald School to the School District;
  • the Museum completely vacating the Ronald Building by February 1, 2011;
  • payment of $852,500 by the District to the Museum (74% of the appraised value of the Ronald Building), with $200,000 of that sum to be held back until final departure;
  • the Museum’s use of (the closed) Sunset Elementary School for storage purposes for at least one year;
  • the signing of a statement of support for the Shorewood High School Project. This document states, “This is to advise the City of Shoreline and the Shoreline Landmarks Commission that the Shoreline Historical Museum supports the applications of the Shoreline School District for a conditional use permit and for a certificate of appropriateness for the Shorewood High School Project. This support is based upon the understanding that the Shorewood High School Project will include, as part of the Project, the preservation of the north, east and west facades of the Ronald School Building.”

The September 15 Board meeting for the Museum was very emotional. Just prior to the meeting, one of our strongest, most experienced Board members resigned from the Board because he knew that the outcome of that meeting might place him in conflict professionally. In the end, the remaining Board members had consensus that, having been unable to purchase our 0.4 acre “footprint” portion of the Shorewood site, or a portion of the adjacent Shell station, this was the best remaining option.

Many of our faithful supporters had wanted us to hold out, so as to purchase the Museum “footprint”, but the clear advice of our attorney was to not follow that high-risk strategy. The Museum’s lease on its “footprint” site was to run out in March, 2014, and the whole property would go back to the District. In addition, the District, under special conditions, had the legal right to “repossess” the Ronald Building.

We at the Museum hope that the new Shorewood High School will be built on schedule, as planned, with all of the promised funds from the State. At least the exterior of the Ronald School will be retained as a reminder of its former grandeur, and the Museum has a small "nest egg" with which to begin a fundraising for the purchase of a new home.

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