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📢 Preservation News!! Two more historic buildings are preserved forever!
🎉 We`re excited to announce two more downtown Jackson historic preservation easements, the Coe House and the Ellen Walker Smart Shoppe. The Coe House is located at 85 S. King Street. The Ellen Walker Smart Shoppe is located at 81 S. King Street and houses @bellecosejacksonhole specialty shop The Cabin.
Want to learn more about the easement program? Check out @tetontrust22
🪵 The Bungalow was a popular building style in the U.S. from around 1905-1930. In Jackson, the architecture followed the national trends, though in a more rustic expression. With the easy availability of logs, we see some unique hybrid styles like this log bungalow built by F.J. Dale in 1929.
📐 This style is often recognized by the low-sloping gable roofs with wide overhangs that often feature decorative extensions of the rafters. Dormers are usually centered on the front of the house.
🏛️ Possibly the most recognizable feature of the bungalow is the dominant front porch, often supported by large piers. The piers usually have a tapered effect, with a large overbuilt lower half that sits at ground level and a slender upper half that supports the eaves of the porch roof.
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📸: c. 1945 Dale House (JHHSM 2001.0003.001). #HistoricPreservation #ThisPlaceMatters #JacksonHoleWyoming #JacksonWY #Architecture
📖 This month’s Preservation Dictionary term is: Historic Preservation “The goal of historic preservation is to keep properties and places of historic and cultural value in active use, accommodating appropriate improvements to sustain their viability while maintaining the key character-defining features which contribute to their significance as cultural resources.”
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🗓️ Hitch up your…dog and head into town! Mark your calendars for the 2nd Tuesday of every month.
🤝 Our next Board Meeting is tomorrow Tuesday, April 9th from 7-9pm in person and via Zoom. Meetings are held in the Teton County Board of Commissioners Meeting Room.
👥The public is welcome to comment at every meeting. For details about this month’s meeting, see the links below:
🤔 Have you wondered what makes a building or resource eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places? There are three categories where requirements must be met: Significance, Age, and Integrity.
🏠 Integrity is made up of seven different aspects: Location, Setting, Design, Materials, Workmanship, Association and Feeling. A building can be significant for its ties to history, but only if enough integrity (like original architectural details) remain intact.
📐 This month we’re diving into the fourth aspect of integrity: Materials! Materials are the collective components of a building present after construction is completed. These can be broad like the roof, siding, windows or specific like tiles, shingles, glass or bricks. Original materials are highly valuable because they make up the historic fabric of the building. If you replace the roof, siding and windows can you still call the building historic? Often these original materials are made out of old growth lumber, which is naturally rot and insect resistant and of a quality not available anymore. Preserving the materials is not only important for recognizing the work and craftsmanship of our predecessors, but they’re better for the environment as well.
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📸: Old Timmins House (JHHSM 2017.0371.347) #HistoricPreservation #ThisPlaceMatters #JacksonHoleWyoming #HistoricWyoming #SavingPlaces #JacksonHoleHistory #JacksonHole #History #ThatsWY
📖 Our first Preservation Dictionary term is looking at the difference in use between “historic” and “historical.” Though both terms tend to be used interchangeably, they do have separate meanings.
🏠 Usually “historic” refers to a specific thing, like the National Register of Historic Places. Or the historic home of George Washington.
📜 “Historical” generally carries a broad or general reference to something relating to the field of history, like a historical society. Or the historical records or accounts of an event.
🪧 The field of Historic Preservation doesn’t use “historical” because it describes the preservation of historic places, like George Washington’s home.
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🅰️ A-Frames were part of the 20th century modern movement, and were especially trendy from the 1950-1970s.
🔺 The distinctive shape of the rooflines extending from the gable peak to the ground resemble the letter “A” and thus gave the style its name.
🛩️ The style was first popular as a vacation home, with the steeply sloped roofline being suitable for a variety of environments, especially snowy ones.
✨ The style slowly fell out of favor as the limitations of the roof doubling as walls became apparent for both interior layout and energy efficiency. Nonetheless, this style became an icon of the later-middle 20th century architecture.
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