Nominations open for 2011 Trillium Heritage Award

The LFP home of Michael and Darlene Fairley was a 2009 Trillium Heritage Award winner.

The Shoreline Historical Museum has announced that nominations are now open for their annual Trillium Heritage awards. 

The Museum sponsors the awards to recognize outstanding examples of historic architecture in the communities of Lake Forest Park, North Seattle and Shoreline.

The purpose of the Awards is to raise awareness of the community’s past, as well as encourage excellence in maintenance and perpetuation of historic buildings in accordance with their original style.

Nominated buildings can be anything from modest homes to commercial structures.

Award recipients, one in each of the three cities, are given a certificate and a plaque suitable for display on the outside of their building.

The criteria for the Trillium Heritage Award are:

• Must be a building/property with an address in one of the three communities of:
• Lake Forest Park
• North Seattle (north of 85th)
• Shoreline
• Must have been built prior to December 31, 1940
• Must be a building maintained in accordance with its original style.

Anyone can make a nomination for any property that meets the criteria listed. Valid nominations shall have the signature of the property owner(s). Nomination forms are available at the Museum, 206-542-7111. Nominations must be completed and turned in to the Museum by September 30, 2011.

The three Trillium Heritage Awards will be presented at the annual meeting of the Museum in November 2011.