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🗓️ Mark your calendars for the 2nd Tuesday of every month for the Preservation Board meeting!
🤝 Our next Board Meeting is Tuesday, June 10th 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:
📋 AGENDA: https://tetonhistoricpreservation.org/tchpb-meeting-documents/
💻 ZOOM LINK: https://bit.ly/teton-preservation-zoom
📸: People gathered at rodeo. (1958.1177.001: History Jackson Hole Collection)
@jacksonhole_history
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Information for review by the TCHPB is accepted until noon on the Friday before the board meeting. Items submitted after that deadline will be added to the next month`s board meeting. Please note, most materials must first be submitted to the Jackson Town Planning and Building Department or the Teton County Planning Department. Questions? Contact us at tetonpreservation@gmail.com.
Jackson’s historic Town Square is Stop #1 on our Self-guided Historic Downtown Jackson Walking Tour. Did you know it was originally not meant to be open space, and was lotted for eight commercial lots? Instead, the area became a local hangout for stray cattle and rogue cowboys and undesirable for development. Check out the video and find out how it became the green space we love today.
Thanks to @jacksonholerose for working with us on this series. Funding provided by @visitjacksonhole
with support from Teton County and the Town of Jackson. Videography by Bill Killon, Bannertree Films. Still photography by Matt Stirn Photography @mattstirn. Historic photos are property of History Jackson Hole @jacksonhole_history and published here with permission.
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We are thrilled to announce the launch of Teton Heritage Tours: a video series supporting our self-guided walking tour of downtown Jackson. Focused on the historic downtown core, each of the twelve stops has a direct connection with Jackson’s past, and a unique story that helped to shape the town as we see it today. The tour can be taken on foot, or from the comfort of your home. Watch the videos, read the in-depth research or appreciate then-and-now photographic perspectives. Designed for locals and tourists alike, we’re excited to share our important history. Step back in time with us and experience the charm of the Last of the Old West.
Check out the tour or video series at the link in our bio.
The walking tour and video series was created by the Teton County Preservation Board with funding provided by @visitjacksonhole, with support from Teton County and the Town of Jackson. Historic photos are property of @jacksonhole_history, and are published with permission.
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📖 This month’s Preservation Dictionary term is: Historic Designed Landscapes!
“A landscape that evolved through use by the people whose activities or occupancy shaped it. Through social or cultural attitudes of an individual, a family, or a community, the landscape reflects the physical, biological, and cultural character of everyday lives. Function plays a significant role in vernacular landscapes. This can be a farm complex or a district of historic farmsteads along a river valley. Examples include rural historic districts and agricultural landscapes.”
Source: https://www.nps.gov/crps/tps/landscape-guidelines/terminology.htm
📥 Have suggestions for a definition or questions about cultural landscapes? Leave them below!
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Preservation Advocacy with the Teton County Historic Preservation Board
Q: What are your goals for the future of Preservation in Teton County?
A: For Preservation to be on equal footing with Conservation. For the historic materials and craftsmanship that are invested into these older buildings to be seen as important resources and not an obstacle to developers. For the community of Jackson to be reunited with the history that DOES still exist in town, and isn’t too far gone from appreciating and celebrating. -Samantha Ford, Staff Consultant
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Preservation News! The Clymer Residence in Teton Village has recently been added to the National Register of Historic Places!
The Clymer Residence was built in 1969, and designed by artist John Clymer himself. The house was his home base for the second half of his prolific career, where he painted his classic western scenes. Today his studio is preserved at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. The house is architecturally significant for its mid-century design, and retains many of the original features that Clymer designed. The house is privately owned, and not open to the public.
📸: The Clymer Residence. Photo by Matt Stirn.
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Preservation Advocacy with the Teton County Historic Preservation Board
Q: If you could live in any building anywhere in the world, where would it be?
A: I would live in my family`s original home, in Wilson. My life spent here gives me a nostalgic, yet real and current perspective on what the town was like, where it is now and how we can balance past and present to retain what makes Jackson so special. -Alyson Klaczkiewicz, Board Member
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The Huff Memorial Library was built in 1938 to commemorate the life of Dr. Charles Huff, who dedicated his life to the health and social wellbeing of Jackson Hole. In addition to being the only doctor within a 100-mile radius and responding to emergencies 24/7 by horse, skis, wagon, or on foot, he held most of the community offices in town. He oversaw the construction of the first hospital, and the circulation of the first library. Upon his untimely death, the community wanted to recognize his superlative life with more than a static monument. They wanted something grand to equal his legacy, and something dynamic that could serve them well.
The Huff Memorial Library became one of the most successful partnerships of Town, County, National Park, and the larger Jackson Hole community. Logs were provided by Grand Teton National Park, nearly every family in town and tourist alike provided some small monetary contribution, a local architect and dude ranch owner donated plans, and government officials came together to acquire the land and WPA funds for the labor. Upon its completion the Huff Memorial Library was hailed as “Jackson’s most beautiful public building.”
📸: Huff Memorial Library (1958.1073.001P) Collection of History Jackson Hole @jacksonhole_history
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Board Openings! Interested in supporting local preservation efforts? Join our volunteer board! Two openings for 3-year terms. Deadline to apply is THIS SUNDAY 5pm on May 25, 2025. We are particularly in need of a secretary.
See application link in our bio.
Preservation Advocacy with the Teton County Historic Preservation Board
Q: How did you become interested in Historic Preservation?
A: My wife and I wanted to save our 83 year-old house, so we became the first residential property located in the town of Jackson to utilize and apply for the Historic Preservation Board`s list of planning tools. The tools provide incentives for a landowner to apply for historical designation, which in turn gives leeway for setbacks, liveable square footage and a host of other bonuses. It is my aspiration to help others understand the benefits of keeping an old home. -David Vandenberg, Board VP.
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Preservation Advocacy with the Teton County Historic Preservation Board
Q: What are your goals for the future of Preservation in Teton County?
A: I want the community to be more invested in preserving historic buildings and landscapes. We should be an example of what is going right, not wrong, when it comes to managing development pressures. -Maggie Moore, Board Member
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