After months of surveying and research, results of the Fremont Historic Survey Project are ready to be revealed tomorrow. The project implements a recommendation from the 1999 Fremont Neighborhood Plan to document structures in Fremont that have historical significance. The Fremont Neighborhood Council, with help from Fremont Historical Society volunteers, have spent hundreds of hours working together in these efforts. It began with a field survey conducted last winter and spring that identified 820 properties of interest. Historic preservation consultant Katie Krafft then narrowed down the list to 640 for further review. Project coordinator Carol Tobin writes:
In July 2009, the list was divided into three categories: apartment buildings, duplexes, and single-family residences. The consultant reviewed the properties for representative examples of different architectural styles and vernacular residences, eras of Fremont’s development, and groups of related resources.
The field was then refined down to 68. This summer and fall, volunteers helped to research the properties historically and biographically for documentation. Those 68 structures will now become part of City of Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods Historic Site database.
Results of this project will be presented at a meeting open to the public tomorrow, Thursday, December 3, from 7:00-8:45p.m. at Fremont Baptist Church (717 N. 36th St). A map of the 68 properties will also be available at that time.