Shoreline Historical Museum Trillium award winners revealed

“Trillium Award Winners 2014” From left: Kyle Roquet of Crista Ministries
 with the Trillium Award for a Shoreline building; Betsy Piano and son Josh Piano,
recipients of the Lake Forest Park award; and Pastor David Ness,
 holding the North Seattle Trillium Heritage Award.

As part of its Preservation Recognition Program, the Shoreline Historical Museum today, November 15, 2014, gave its 9th Annual Trillium Heritage Awards to three deserving contestants in North Seattle, Lake Forest Park and Shoreline.

All of the award winners have worked to keep the historical integrity of their buildings intact, giving their surrounding communities depth and meaning that might otherwise have been lost.

This is the north Seattle Higgins Manor House, built in 1929, 
winner of the North Seattle Trillium Heritage Award.  
Photo courtesy of SHM

North Seattle

The award for North Seattle went to the North Seattle Church of the Nazarene, represented by Pastor David Ness, for their historic Higgins Manor House at 13130 5th Ave. NE. At one time the spacious grounds included fruit trees and densely wooded areas over ten acres of property on the southwest edge of Jackson Park Golf Course. The beautiful home was built in 1929 by James and Sara Mae Higgins, who had moved to Seattle in 1921 and were Seattle business financiers. The Higgins won several years of the Seattle Times outdoor Christmas decorations award for the north end. Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Hochfield purchased the house in 1948, and in 1955 Franklin Clinton of Clinton Motors purchased the house.

“Shippen-Piano House 1936”
This is the Shippen Art Tile House, built in 1931,
winner of the Lake Forest Park Trillium Award.
Photo courtesy of the Washington State Archives.

Lake Forest Park

Accepting the award for a historic building in Lake Forest Park were Betsy Piano and son Josh, who, along with Betsy’s husband George, are the owners and restorers of the 1931 Shippen Art Tile House in the Trafford Park Tracts at 19004 - Lago Pl. NE. There were very few other places nearby when the home was built in what is now the western reaches of Lake Forest Park, and the property must have felt quite secluded. The house was built and decorated by tile magnate Tom Shippen owner of Shippen Tile Contractors. Several families have resided there, including the the Shippens (1931-1938), the Personeus family (1938-1948) and florist Henry Hedberg who purchased the home in 1948.

The Firland Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Walter Henry Administration Building,
now the Martin Center, was built in 1913,
 and is the winner of the Shoreline Trillium Heritage Award.
Photo courtesy of SHM, taken by Connie King!

Shoreline

The Trillium Heritage Award for the Shoreline area was presented to CRISTA Ministries, represented by Kyle Roquet, Vice President of Facilities and Construction Management, for the iconic 1913 Walter Henry Administration Building, now known as the Martin Center, at 19303 Fremont Ave. N. The building has served the community well over the last 100 years, from being the hub of the Firland Tuberculosis Sanatorium to its multiple purposes for CRISTA Ministries. The building has also been nominated for inclusion on the Washington State Heritage Register.

The Shoreline Historical Museum’s Trillium Heritage Awards raise awareness of the community’s roots, and encourages excellence in the maintenance and perpetuation of historic buildings in accordance with their original style. Congratulations to the 2014 winners.