TEXT BY CHRISTINE FELTON | PHOTO BY DOMINIC ARIZONA BONUCCELLI
For the complete story, see page 59 in the October issue.

Historic Seattle, a nonprofit group determined to preserve historic buildings here, has spent the last quarter of a century promoting the idea that preservation has a positive effect on the community.

The following web sites and books are resources to check out the roots and branches of the preservation movement in Seattle.

Historic Seattle
Department of Neighborhoods Urban Conservation Division
Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board
History Link
National Register of Historic Places
Washington State Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation

Books:
Seattle Now and Then by Paul Dorpat
Changing Places: Rebuilding Community in the Age of Sprawl by Richard Moe & Carter Wilkie (Moe is president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation)
National Trust Guide Seattle: America's Guide for Architecture and History Travelers by Walt Crowley with Paul Dorpat, photography editor. (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York: 1998).

A PLACE TO CALL HOME: The conference room in the Dearborn House where Historic Seattle has its offices.