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The City of Everett was awarded a grant from the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation to complete a National Register of Historic Places nomination for a downtown district. The City selected BOLA Architecture + Planning to develop this National Register Historic District nomination. The project will involve review of previous property inventories and historical documentation, determination of historic district boundaries, additional property research, and development of the nomination with associated maps and graphics.
Downtown Everett includes late 19th- and early 20th-century commercial blocks, as well as a number of institutional and public buildings such as a National Guard Armory, Labor Temple, fraternal halls, and fire station. Together these buildings illustrate Everett's history as an industrial town--from initial development by the Everett Land Company in 1891, to industrial growth in the early 1900s, through the 1920s boom, and beyond. Establishment of a National Register Historic District would provide incentives for preservation and rehabilitation of the properties as well as recognize their historical and architectural significance.