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    County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission
    Downtown Tacoma's Pantages Theater. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Year In Review: Pierce County Historic Preservation Funding
    By Todd Matthews • December 24, 2012 10:00 am

    Eleven local organizations with stakes in historic preservation received a financial boost in October when Pierce County Council approved nearly…

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    The McMillin Bridge's concrete trusses are monumental in scale and allow pedestrians to walk through them. "There's almost a cathedral-like experience when you walk through those trusses," says Chis Moore of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation. "There is an architectural element to the McMillin Bridge that is missing in other bridges. It doesn't have the ‘Erector Set' look that steel bridges have. It has this cloistered effect when you walk under those sculptured trusses." (PHOTOS COURTESY HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD / NATIONAL PARK SERVICE)
    Year In Review: Saving McMillin Bridge
    By Todd Matthews • December 17, 2012 10:00 am

    In November, the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation submitted a nomination to the Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission…

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    Pierce County historic preservation grant applications now available
    Pierce County historic preservation grant applications now available
    April 6, 2012 12:00 am

    The Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission has announced applications are being accepted for the 2012-13 Preservation Grant Program,…

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    Old Dash Point School (IMAGE COURTESY PIERCE COUNTY)
    Commission nominates Old Dash Point School to Pierce...
    September 19, 2011 12:00 am

    The Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission voted on Tues., Aug. 9 to nominate the Old Dash Point School…

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    Applicants sought for Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission
    Applicants sought for Pierce County Landmarks and Historic...
    May 18, 2011 12:00 am

    Applicants sought for Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission Applications are being accepted to fill six positions on the…

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    The State Route 162 McMillin / Puyallup River Bridge, a 77-year-old structure in Sumner that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, now faces an uncertain future. The Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission will conduct a site visit Tuesday. (PHOTOS COURTESY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)
    Future uncertain for historic McMillin Bridge
    May 9, 2011 12:00 am

    The Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission is scheduled Tues., May 10 at 5:30 p.m. to conduct a site…

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    (PHOTO COURTESY ARTIFACTS CONSULTING)
    A census for Pierce County's historic buildings
    By Todd Matthews • April 30, 2010 12:00 am

    Last summer, the Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission set out to answer a question important to historic preservationists:…

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    (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    3 public meetings will showcase milestone Pierce County...
    By Todd Matthews • April 2, 2010 12:00 am

    Individuals interested in learning more about Pierce County history are encouraged to attend three meetings in May to hear from…

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Year In Review: Pierce County's History Detectives
    By Todd Matthews • December 30, 2009 12:00 am

    Since the beginning of September, Katie Chase and Susan Johnson, two architectural historians at Artifacts Consulting in Tacoma, have driven…

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    Library project to preserve Tacoma's century-old newspaper clippings
    Library project to preserve Tacoma's century-old newspaper clippings
    November 2, 2009 12:00 am

    A plan to protect and preserve deteriorating newspaper clipping files in the Tacoma Public Library’s Northwest Room is currently under…

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