PAST ACTIVITIES AND PICTURES

Kirkland Heritage Society

Previous Events and Gatherings

March 2008

• March 26th - Popcorn and Movie Night  Home Videos of Kirkland in late 1930's up to 1950's. Played KHS' version of the Historic Screeno Game and had a 3D slideshow of photos from the Archives. Click for Pictures of the evening.

February 2008

•  February 27th - Identifying Photographs Night !  Over 30 people attended and went through over 1,600 photographs and identified about 200 of them!  These photographs will now be scanned and the information placed into the PastPerfect database.  Lots of comments that “This was really fun!”  Not only fun but also very useful in identifying our history and those who helped shape Kirkland.  Everyone appreciated the carrot cake for Vic Newhard’s birthday!

January 2008

• January 30th -The Murder of James M. Coleman, Mercer Island, 1886 -Guest Speaker Tom Hitzroth with Megan Carlisle, Archivist, Eastside Heritage Center, introduced the Colman Diaries and their significance to the history of the Eastside and pioneer living in the latter part of the 19^th Century.  James M. Colman and his friend Wilbur Patten were on their way to Seattle on the morning of February 8, 1886.  Patten was going home and Colman was on his way to Court to settle a dispute with George Miller of Bellevue (Beaux Arts) over a land acquisition.  Colman was ambushed at the south end of Mercer Island that morning so he never made it to court.  This is an ongoing research effort by Tom and he has made previous presentations to the Eastside Heritage Center and Redmond Historical Society.  Even with this information there is considerable analysis that needs to be done before he can reach conclusions on the murder of James Colman. 

December 2007

• December 9th  - KHS Annual Cookie Exchange 

November 2007

• November 28^th – Antique Holiday Decorations and Traditions - Pictures of Vintage "show and tell" holiday items

October  2007

• October 24th  – Joe Follansbee, Author, Shipbuilders, Sea Captains and Fishermen: The Story of the Schooner Wawona  -Joe Follansbee made the presentation with numerous historic photographs collected for the book.  This book won the Virginia Marie Folkins Award presented by the Association of King County Historical Organizations.. The Wawona was moored on the Kirkland waterfront in the mid 70’s. 

September   2007

• September 22^th – KHS setup a display at this years Golden Grads gathering held in the Lake Washington High School.  Noted is the Life Magazine feature of the 1955 class all night party.

• September 26^th – How to make your new home look old -We toured this year's home and got tips to achieve the "look"   The house was built in 2000. It is a faithful copy of a traditional Seattle Foursquare.  The home was furnished with the furniture, lighting, textiles, pottery, art and other decorative items from the period.  This “Retro-Restoration” was explained with a presentation about the Arts & Crafts period, the collections, and  all of the changes made in the past 3 years along with future projects.

August   2007

• August 29^th – KHS pictures Annual Blackberry Sundae Social and 30^th Year Celebration -  This was a good event lots of fun.  President Bob Burke reviewed the first 30 years of Kirkland Heritage Society activities. 

July  2007

• July 4^th – Pictures of Kirkland's Parade

June 2007  

•  June 27^th – Cheers to Beer Steins Earl Waring  shared his expertise and collection of beer steins.  

May 2007

• May 30^th – Legends & Lyrics of Northwest Woman Folklorist-Professional-Extraordinaire, Maggie Bennett shared her stories and songs of pioneer woman. Pictures of the evening along with 2 donations to KHS

April 2007

• April 25^th – Genealogy – Discover the Secrets  Guest Speaker - Sarah Fleming -History put the meat on the bones of our ancestors. Sarah Fleming, who has been doing genealogical research for over 35 years, covered the importance of history to genealogy, as well as some basics of research, local resources, and online resources. Here are some pictures of this evening.

March 2007 

• March 28^th – Pictures of Heirloom Plants and Flowers Guest Speaker - Lisa Brown, Master Gardener 

  • Lisa Brown is Master Gardener and owns a Kirkland plant propagation business in the Everest Neighborhood. She kicked off the spring season with information on plants, flowers, and trees, followed by a question and answer forum. Her enthusiasm made you want to rush out and spruce up your garden! 

February 2007

• February 28^th – Antique Jewelry Pictures -Presented by Vince Isaacson, Owner of Kirkland's Lake Street Diamond Company and Janet McCoy from Kirkland's Antique Mall 

  • Vince gave answers  regarding fine estate jewelry.  

  • Janet from Kirkland’s Antique Mall, was our vintage & collectible costume jewelry maven! What is collectible? What is worth saving? How do I clean & restore my precious jewels? 

January 2007

• January 31^st – Historic Preservation Pictures Julie Koler, Manager, King County Historic Preservation Program.  Julie talked about historic preservation programs in Kirkland through our Inter-Local Agreement with King County    She discussed the incentives available for historic properties that have landmark status and answered questions       about specific histororic properties in Kirkland. 

• Our first KHS meeting of the new year featured information on new collections, recent exciting finds in our research materials, update on our efforts to establish our database; and displays on historic buildings in Kirkland.  

December 2006

• December 3rd -  Pictures of KHS’s Annual Christmas Cookie Exchange at Frank Rosin's home in Juanita.  Frank's home is not historic, but the contents are.  Frank is a long term native of the area shared his many years of collecting Kirkland history.

October 2006

• October 25th - Pictures of Halloween Book Night.   Guest Speaker Beth Parker professional book buyer 

September  2006

• September 27th - What's Cooking and all that Antique Kitchen Stuff.   All shared old cookbooks, great-grandma's favorite recipes, antique kitchen gadgets, pots, kitchen  linens, and other nifty old gizmos.  Julie Devine won the door prize. See the pictures of this fun night with lots of hissing and booing about the uses for the odd gadgets.

August 2006

• August 30 – Pictures of the Annual Blackberry Sundae Social.

• August 30 - Pictures of Heritage Park Dedication

July 2006

• 4th of July Parade KHS participated with a table in front of Heritage Hall and wishes to thank Frank Rosin for the use of his Model T in the parade  This was a Great Community Festivity and so well attended!

• July 14, 15 and 16 – Summerfest
  KHS had a booth at Summerfest which was sponsored by the Kirkland Art Center. We were very happy with the large number of people visiting our booth and the volunteers who made this happen.  This maybe the last time that the Kirkland Art Center will sponsor this event.

June 2006

• June 28 Meeting - Help Identify KHS Photographs
  The City donated to KHS a lot of photographs from the East Side Journal that had been given to them by Chuck Morgan.  – We now have many more photos that have been identified as to events and people and we are in the process of scanning the digital images and making a database so all can lookup the Kirkland past.

• David Cantrill reported on the Second Kirk Family Reunion that was held in Friday Harbor this last weekend! 

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May 2006

• May 20 and 21   *** DATES CANCELLED *** Kirkland Heritage Days  - Will be rescheduled later in the year.

• May 31st 2006 - SOUNDS YOU ONCE HEARD 

  Radio Sound effects hosted by Frank Rosin.  

  Ahough the things being shown at the May meeting did not originate in Kirkland , they were listened to every day by everyone living here, and right in their own homes.
  

April 2006

• April 26th 2006 - Juanita Artists From Long Ago. Norkirk resident Ken Nelson  shared his collection of 20th century art produced by artists from the Juanita Bay area of Kirkland.

March 2006

• March 29th 2006 - Antique Tiles and the 202 Waverly House Story
  The Story of Dan and Sue Cone family and the salvaging of their home.  Stories of the special fireplace and its new life and also the last-minute historical discovery related to the Peter Kirk Kirkland Mansion.  Additional special guests included arts and crafts enthusiasts Ken Nelson and Jessica Greenway alone with their friend Ron Endlich, an antique tile expert from Seattle.  Our own KHS members Shannon Harris, Lynette Friberg Weber and David Cantrill explained their roll in uncovering the secrets of this old house.

  

  Cone House

January 2006 

December 2005

• December 11th Sunday 2:00-4:00 PM - Pictures of the Annual Holiday House and Cookie Exchange at the Historic Harris House 526 10th Ave West.  

• December 16th 2005 - January 31st 2006- Antique Toy Exhibit at the Kirkland Library Lobby Showcase

November 2005

• No meetings this month 

October 2005

• OCTOBER 12TH -Kirkland’s 100th Birthday Party at Peter Kirk Park

• OCTOBER 26TH -Bob Neir, former Kirkland Mayor and Author of "A City Comes of Age" was present to sign books. Also it was the annual "share your Halloween Stories" night. Click to see the circle of story tellers.

September 2005

• SEPTEMBER 28 - Pictures of Michael Cogle (Manager of Kirkland Parks Planning) Updated park plans containing historic sites and buildings -Heritage Park (formerly Waverly Site) -Juanita Beach Park (contains historic Forbes House) and Mcauliffe Park

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August 2005

• AUGUST 31 -Pictures of the KHS Annual Blackberry Ice Cream Social

•  AUGUST 12-14  -Kirk and Founders Family Reunion. 

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July 2005

• JULY 8-10: -Centennial Summerfest Sponsored by Kirkland Arts Center.  Pictures of our volunteers and booth.

• JULY 4 -Centennial Fourth of July Parade, Picnic, & Fireworks.   Pictures of a spectacular show for this special Centennial Celebration. 

June 2005

• JUNE 29th -Kirkland Centennial Cemetery Tour pictures of Tour by Alan Stein, KHS Historian.

May 2005  

• Show and Share Your Kirkland History Odds & Ends/Bits & Pieces.  KHS Shared some of our recent  wonderful donations. Election of Board Members: President, Secretary and At-Large Position.   Board / Committee Chairs met at 5:30 pm at Heritage Center

April 2005

• April 27th - Pictures of  Gathering of Folks With Some Wonderful Stories!

• Helen Schoen JoAnn Harris Meredith Gaskgill Jerry Rutherford Chuck Morgan Bev Hoerline
  There were may others others too with stories with untold stories. There must be future meetings with more open agendas to get these memories recorded and remembered..
  

March 2005

• March 30 -Guests:  G.F.W.C. Kirkland Woman’s Club –  85 Years of Community Service. Pictures of the meeting

February 2005

• February 23rd -KHS open house.  Pictures of the KHS centennial display – 100 Years of Kirkland History. Many Thanks for all the support to help identify the people in our recently acquired pictures.

January 2005

• January 26th   -Pictures of the meeting and items that will be part of the Centennial 100 years of Kirkland History Display at Heritage Hall during the month of February.

December 2004

• December 5th   -KHS Annual House Tour and Christmas Cookie Exchange.  Pictures of Barb Loomis' historic home and guests. 

 November 2004   

• November  No meeting enjoy Thanksgiving

 October 2004

• October  27^th Kirkland Ghost Stories Meeting.  1926 Murder of Kirklander Letitia Whitehall - A New Look at the Facts and Historical Records Surrounding the Case.  Speaker:  Tom Hitzroth, historical reseacher and experienced investigator, shared his recent findings. 

 September 2004

• September 29^th Nancy Stephens for Resident History Nancy shared her family history from the Rose Hill Neighborhood.

August 2004 

• August 25th Wednesday KHS Annual Blackberry Sundae Social - Pictures of many new items were shared and David showed off the recently donated Kirkland treasures.

July 2004 

• July No meeting.  Kirkland’s Summerfest July 10th and 11th.  

• 4th of July Parade pictures

June 2004 

• June 30^th Refinishing Antique Furniture  Norkirk neighborhood businessman, Jan Zoltowski, from Old World Antique Restoration, gave a presentation on restoration and refinishing of antique furniture.

May 2004 

• No meeting.  - Pictures of Centennial Heritage Days May 15^th.  

April 2004

• April 28th 40 Years at the Kirkland Cannery  Speaker: Thad Pound  Thad told stories and shared memorabilia of his life at the Kirkland Cannery.  

March 2004 

• March 31^st  Matt McCauley for Resident History Matt did a slide show and talked about the history of McAuliffe Park.  Thank you Matt for bringing your computer and video equipment

February 2004 

• February 25^th  Pictures of Chuck Morgan for Resident History Talk  Chuck talked about his life in Kirkland and his memoirs.

January 2004

• JANUARY 28TH AT HERITAGE HALL - COINS AND CURRENCY 

  Our January program was very interesting , Richard Holbrook, owner of J & J Collectibles in Bellevue was the guest speaker.  His interest included much more than coins and he had many stories about the treasures that found a way to his shop. 

December 2003

• Thursday December 4th 6 PM to 8 PM Magical Night of Shopping - Downtown Kirkland.  KHS Canceled due to high winds and rain.  

• Sunday December 7th 2 PM to 4 PM -Pictures of theKHS member's Annual Christmas Home Tour  at the Hawkinson home.  246 9th Avenue Kirkland.  Members brought their favorite candy or cookies to share.  

November 2003

• No Meeting due to Thanksgiving

October 29th 2003

• HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR SHOW AND SHARE!! Pictures of people with Halloween stores and pictures. Shared  Halloween treasures and Halloween tricks!  Nibbled on special Halloween Treats and witchy brew!.

September 2003

• September 24th - KHS members, Loita and Dale Hawkinson shared their ideas on sorting and sharing family pictures and negatives with family by making CDROMS, DVDs or VCR's.  All Without spending a lot of money.

• Karnival September 20-21st Kirkland Celebration pictures and the KHS booth. Pictures of the first annual Piggy Bank Winner.

August 2003

• August 27th -Pictures of KHS's Annual BlackBerry Preserves Sundae Social and Sharing Event.  First KHS social event in the new Heritage Hall.

July 2003

• July 11-13th - Kirkland's SummerFest. See Pictures   of our Booth

June 2003

• June 25th - Joan Voves Home Tour

May 2003

•  May 28th Wednesday meeting Guest speaker was  Christine Bergman -Peter Kirk's Great, Great Granddaughter.  Christine and Jim shared many Kirk family heirlooms.

April 2003

• April 30th  Doug Jamieson of Jamieson Consulting told us how to update old residential structures to withstand earthquakes. 

March 2003

• March 26th -Kirkland Parkplace Books.

  • Jim Lauinger of Kirkland Parkplace Books showed us many of the books in his collection and how to develop insight into their  value and history.

February 2003

• Founder's Week  and Peter Kirk Day

  • February 13 to 21 Founder's week  -Peter Kirk  "His Life and Dreams" at Kirkland Art Center. 

  • Peter Kirk's birthday on Saturday February 15th was celebrated with a dedication and unveiling event at the nearly completed historic building at the corner of Central and Market.

January 2003

• January 29th - Old phonographs and records by David Lundin

  was cancelled and a normal meeting was held to bring everyone up to date on Founder's week events.

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December 2002

• Booth pictures from the Night of Lights downtown Kirkland

• Annual Holiday Open House and Cookie Exchange at the Cregar home.

NOVEMBER 2002

• No monthly meeting.  Happy Thanksgiving.

OCTOBER 2002

• Wednesday, October 30th Program change

  • HISTORIC MATERIAL DONATED BY EDITH JEWELL OSBORNE 
    David Cantrill, KHS Archivist

SEPTEMBER 2002

• Wednesday, September 25th meeting.

  • Frank Rosin displayed memorabilia and radio programs of the past

   

• Pictures of the KHS booth at Taste! Kirkland September 14 and 15th

AUGUST 2002

• Wednesday, August 28th meeting.  

  • See our pictures of the Annual Blackberry Ice cream Social. 

  • Our Archivist David Cantrill presented items from the Peter Kirk collection that will be placed in the new KHS resource center when completed

  • Norkirk Annual Picnic showing the KHS Stand

JULY 2002

• No monthly meeting.

• Kirkland SummerFest booth was very productive.  Thanks to all who helped.  Here are the pictures 

• Kirkland 4th of July Parade Pictures

JUNE 2002

• Wednesday, June 26th meeting.

  • Redmond's Clise Mansion - new discoveries at the mansion.  Detective Hitzroth  unraveled those mysteries.

         Speaker: Tom Hitzroth -Director of the Marymoor Museum.    

MAY 2002

• Wednesday, May 29th meeting KHS elections.

  • Quilts -Old and New.  

APRIL 2002

• Wednesday, April 24th meeting.  Board and committee met at 6:00PM

• Kirkland Cemetery Tour, April 27th, Saturday 3:00 P.M.  

  • Tour by our own Alan Stein meet at the cemetery on Rose Hill

• Kirkland arts Center 40th Anniversary and Historical Marker Dedication  April 13th 2002       

MARCH 2002

• Wednesday, March 27th meeting

  • Pictures from History of music in the Puget Sound

         Speaker: Vilem Sokol

February 2002

• Wednesday, February 27th meeting

  • Title/Topic: The Shinstrom Family Redmond/Kirkland Connection 

          Speaker: Dick Shinstrom

• Pictures of the First Annual Peter Kirk Day Celebration

• Current Pictures of Peter Kirk's Home in the San Juan Islands

JANUARY 2002

    Wednesday, January 30th meeting

• WestWater Design Presentation 

   

  Alan Granger, GGLO, Architects, presented for WestWater Real Estate the design for building proposed for the vacant site at the corner of 7th Avenue West and Market Street.  This is an important site historically since it completes the fourth corner of the intersection where the Peter Kirk Building, Sears Building and Campbell Building are located.  It is also adjacent to the Brooks Building.

   

• Wilkeson Stone Presentation

David Knoblach gave a very upbeat and informative talk about the

local Wilkeson Stone quarry and its history along with pictures !

DECEMBER 2001

• Holiday Open House

  • Our annual Holiday Open House was held at the home of Darby and Scott Johnson, 220 - 10th Avenue December 9th Sunday afternoon.      The Johnson's have been fixing up their craftsman style home and it was recently photographed and will appear in a national magazine in the near future.

• Magical Night of Shopping In Downtown Kirkland

  • December 6,  Thursday Evening, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. A Magical Night of Shopping in Downtown Kirkland was sponsored by Kirkland Downtown on the Lake.  !  It was a lot of fun with music, chestnuts, and many displays of Holiday gifts!! 

OCTOBER 2001

• Wednesday, October 24th  

  • ARTS & CRAFTS HOME TOUR
    Home tour Pictures of Jessica Greenway's and Ken Nelson's arts and crafts home on Rose Hill. 
    

SEPTEMBER 2001

• Taste! Kirkland Booth pictures September 15th and 16th

• Wednesday, September 26th meeting.

  • Pictures of Jerry Rutherford's Talk. Jerry, a long-term Juanita resident, shared her heart-warming experiences in the community since the 1940's.  She is currently on the King County Library circuit making her presentation throughout the Eastside. 

AUGUST 2001

• Wednesday, August 29th meeting.  

  • Pictures of Annual Blackberry Ice cream Social.  Photos and memories of Kirkland were shared.  

  • Our archivist, David Cantrill updated the group on his trip to San Juan Island to research Peter Kirk.  

  • Bob Burke updated the work on contracts for A&E Services for Church Building Renovation

JULY 2001

• Pictures of our booth at the Kirkland Summer Fest held July 14th and 15th. 

JUNE 2001

• Wednesday, June 27th meeting.

  • Title/Topic:  Shipyard Stories
    Speaker:  Stan Krahn.  Former shipyard worker, Model A owner and retired
    piano tuner.
    

  • Update on the design for the historic vacant hotel site at the corner of 7th Avenue and Market Street by Keith Maehlum, West Water Real Estate.

MAY 2001

• Wednesday, May 30th meeting.

  • Title/Topic:  Making Kirkland a Hometown--Who Were Burke and Farrar Anyway?   Speaker:  Mimi Sheraton, Historic Preservation Consultant
    
    Kirkland's development into a thriving town out of the bankruptcy of Peter Kirk's steel mill, attracted residents from throughout the country.  Mimi's talk  featured details on some of Kirkland's early "movers and shakers" and how they shaped its growth through the first half of the twentieth century. 

  • Annual Meeting and Election was held for  three positions on the Board of Directors
  • Pictures from "Burke and Farrar Night" 

APRIL 2001

• Wednesday, April 25th meeting.

  • Title/Topic:  "Fancy, Fine and Folk:  Three Centuries of American Furniture"
    Speaker:  Wilson E. O'Donnell Authority and consultant of American antique furniture from the 18th - 20th centuries

  • Pictures from "Fancy, Fine and Folk Furniture Night"
    

March 2001

•     Wednesday, March 28th meeting.

  • Title/Topic: Antique and “Junkique”  Appraisal Night
  • Speaker:  Julie Scott - Certified Appraiser Julie 
  • Pictures from Appraisal Night
    

FEBRUARY 2001

• Wednesday, February 28th meeting.

  • Title/Topic:  Toys and Games - Show and Share
    Old/antique toys and games for a hour of show and tell.  

  • Pictures from show and tell 

JANUARY 2001

• Wednesday, January 31st meeting.

  • Title/Topic:  A Change of Worlds.  Slide show on the history of Native Americans in the Puget Sound area from 1850-1950.
    Speaker: Greg Watson, Director, Marymoor Museum
    Co-sponsored by the Marymoor Museum.  

  • Pictures from Slide show