Project type: Civic Facilities
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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Description
“[T]he historic Kirkland Cannery building [was] built during the Great Depression by the Works Progress Administration, or WPA. … The 11,000-square-foot wooden structure was built beginning in 1935 and opened as a free public cannery in 1936.”
Source notes
http://patch.com/washington/kirkland/kirkland-cannery-building-looks-much-the-same-today-a6008d72f27
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 26, 2014.
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According to the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, the Cannery in Kirkland has been purchased.
http://preservewa.org/News85.aspx
“For nearly a decade, the owner of the Kirkland Cannery sought a preservation-minded buyer interested in rehabilitating the community landmark that had been in his family since the late 1940s. In the waning days of December, the announcement came that Kirkland resident Carl Bradley — president of a family nonprofit foundation — will not only buy the WPA-constructed Cannery Building, but will refurbish its exterior to its historic 1936 appearance. Like any preservation project, formulating a plan is only the first step of a very long process, but it is a crucial one and a cause for recognition and celebration!”