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Over the last few years several Boy Scout related properties have been threatened with demolition.  I'm not sure what is going on at the national or regional level.... maybe its just coincidence... but it seems odd. ...

At the very least, Finch Lodge needs to be evaluated by a professional cultural resource specialist to determine the historical significance of the Lodge.  While I have never visited the site, based on your website, which provides historical and current images of the building as well as some brief history, in my opinion the Lodge is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.  The Lodge not only has direct ties to the history of the Boy Scouts and the development of Camp Cowles, it represents the work of noted architect Julius Zittel.  Zittel, who passed away in 1939, was the first designated architect for Washington State and designed many important public buildings on the east side of the state from the 1890s through the 1920s.  Finch Lodge appears to be an excellent example of his work. 

 

Michael Houser
Architechtural Historian, DAHP

 

 

 

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