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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />CITY OF EVERETT <br />Community, Planning & Economic Development Department <br />Planning Division <br />2930 Wetmore Ave, Ste 8-A <br />Everett, WA 98201 <br />425.257.8731 <br />425.257.8742 fax <br />planning@everettwa.gov <br />everettwa.gov <br />TO: Historical Commission <br />FROM: Alex Byrd, Planner <br />DATE: March 20, 2024 <br />SUBJECT: 1611 Everett Ave Everett Register Nomination <br /> <br />An action item on the Historical Commission agenda for March 26, 2024, is to consider an Everett <br />Register nomination for the Apex Art and Culture Center building at 1611 Everett Ave, commonly known <br />as the Masonic Temple. This nomination was submitted by the current property owners, Bayside Rollers <br />LLC. The building is located on the northwest corner of Everett and Wetmore Avenue. The building was <br />constructed in 1921 by the Knights of Columbus as a community center and war memorial and in 1926, <br />transferred to the Masonic Temple. The building was designed by architects Charles F.W. Lundberg and <br />C. Frank Mahon of Tacoma, WA who specialized in Catholic ecclesiastical architecture and is an <br />expression of the Second Renaissance Revival Style. The building was placed on the Washington State <br />Register in 1975. The applicant states in the Everett Register Nomination Form (Exhibit 1) that the <br />building represents an important phase in Everett’s growth, as it was built shortly after the Everett <br />Massacre with funds generated by the first public fund drive of its kind and the building also represents <br />a significant piece of architecture by a prominent Northwest architecture firm. The Nomination Form <br />further details the history, architectural features, and significance of the building and why it is <br />appropriate for placement on the Everett Register of Historic Places. <br /> <br />EMC 19.28.130 outlines the criteria for placement on the Everett Register. Any building, structure, site, <br />object or district may be designated for inclusion on the Everett Register if it is significantly associated <br />with the history, architecture, archaeology, engineering or cultural heritage of the community; if it has <br />integrity; is at least 50 years old, or is of lesser age and has exceptional importance; and it falls in at least <br />one of the following categories: <br />1. Embodies the distinctive architectural characteristics of a type, period, style or method of design <br />or construction, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may <br />lack individual distinction; <br />2. Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of <br />national, state or local history; <br />3. Is an outstanding work of a designer, builder or architect who has made a substantial <br />contribution to the art; <br />4. Exemplifies or reflects special elements of the city’s cultural, special, economic, political, <br />aesthetic, engineering or architectural history; <br />5. Is associated with the lives of persons significant in national, state or local history; <br />6. Has yielded or may be likely to yield important archaeological information; <br />7. Is a building or structure removed from its original location, but is significant primarily for <br />architectural value, or is the only surviving structure associated with an historic person or event; <br />8. Is a cemetery which derives its primary significant from age, from distinctive design features, or <br />from association with historic events or cultural patterns;