Kimberli Fitzgerald

Welcome

2008-10-29T18:23:00.000-07:00

I am a historic preservation consultant and a preservation planner. I enjoy working collaboratively with cities and individuals to help identify, document and preserve historic resources. I am currently focusing my work in Washington County, Oregon where I live with family, however I have worked in many communities throughout Oregon. I was born in Boston and grew up in New Hampshire, and moved to Oregon after high school and attended Linfield College here in Oregon. I went back to the east coast, where I attended graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania.

I have found my work to be very rewarding, especially when I can help communities and individuals to preserve those resources they identify as important. Through my business and volunteer work I am committed to empowering people to identify what their historic preservation goals are, and helping them figure out a way to achieve those goals.

Please take a look around my website to see what sort of projects I'm currently working on, as well as those I've worked on in the past.

If you would like to contact me please email me at: kimxfitz@gmail.com or phone me at 503 351-7578. I look forward to hearing from you.

Hillsboro- Orenco

2008-10-28T21:29:00.000-07:00

I will be completing a Reconnaissance level survey of the Orenco Neighborhood in Hillsboro this year. At the completion of the survey I will work with the neighborhood and the HLAC to determine whether or not the area might be eligible for a National Register District.

Forest Grove- Walker/Naylors Addition

2008-10-28T21:02:00.000-07:00

I am working with Michelle Dennis this year to complete an update to survey that was originally completed in 1998 of the Walker/Naylors addition area in Forest Grove. We will be updating the survey information with new photos and inputting the information into the SHPO Access Database. In 2009 we will be working with the Historic Landmarks Board to determine whether this area might be eligible for a National Register District.

Ashland

2008-06-23T11:05:00.001-07:00

I have recently finished working on an interesting project for the City of Ashland. I evaluated their historic preservation program and we worked together to develop a ten year historic preservation plan. First we completed a survey of property owners and those interested in historic preservation in Ashland and then a list of suggested alternative programs and possible funding sources to address any identified issues was developed.

To view the plan please click here.

To view the final powerpoint which was given to Ashland City Council, Planning Commission and the Historic Commission, please click here.

Forest Grove- Painters Woods

2008-02-18T18:33:00.000-08:00

I am working with the City of Forest Grove again this year. We are finishing up the nomination for the Painters Woods District (formerly known as the Southside District)

To view a list of properties with thumbnail photos please click here.

To view individual property "FACT" sheets please click here

To view a map of the potential district please click here

To view a draft of the nomination please click here

To download a word version of the nomination (in order to comment) please click here

JQAY House

2008-02-04T11:25:00.000-08:00

The John Quincy Adams Young House in Cedar Mill was constructed in 1869. The Tualatin Valley Parks and Recreation Department has purchased the house and is currently developing a plan to rehabilitate the property. To review a draft of the National Register nomination please click here.

Parametrix

2007-10-23T09:56:00.000-07:00

Beginning in the fall of 2007, I have worked on several projects for Parametrix. They include the I-5 Columbia River Crossing project, and the Milwaukie LRT project.

Below is a map of the properties surveyed on 10/14/07 and 10/22/07.

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You can download the Google Earth kml file here.

You can also download a PDF file of the individual sites that were surveyed here (~8mb)

Brookman House

2007-07-15T16:57:00.000-07:00

I developed a nomination for this house on Talbot with the help of Amy. The house was designed by Herman Brookman, an architect who designed and constructed many interesting houses throughout Portland. This house was recently listed on the National Register.

Astoria Preservation Plan

2007-07-15T16:47:00.001-07:00

I worked with the City of Astoria to develop a Preservation Plan in 2007. We have completed two rounds of survey and developed alternative programs and priorities for the Landmarks Commission as well as a specific time frame for their implementation. Their final plan was adopted in April 2008.

To view the Preservation Plan for Astoria please click here.

Tillamook Hotel

2007-07-15T16:45:00.000-07:00

I recently developed a Part 1 Tax Credit Application for the Tillamook Hotel in Tillamook. This was an interesting project, and I enjoyed learning about the history of this coastal town.

Salem-Fairmount

2007-07-15T16:41:00.000-07:00

Amy and I completed our field work and have developed an interactive map with photos.

To view this map click here.

To review the Report of the Survey work and our recommendations for a National Register District please click here.

A draft of the National Register nomination has been completed and will be submitted to the SHPO office for their review in the winter of 2008.

City of Hillsboro

2007-03-07T13:34:00.000-08:00

I am working with the City of Hillsboro's newly established Historic Landmarks Advisory Committee. They recently adopted their first annual workplan and have already produced a newsletter and are currently working on a 2009 calendar. The group is going to be working on a variety of exciting projects including nominating the Hillsboro Pioneer cemetery to the local inventory and establishing an historic marker program for properties currently on the Cultural Resource inventory. I recently completed an update of the existing cultural resource inventory.

Below is a map of the Cultural Resource Properties surveyed in July 2008.

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You can download the Google Earth kml file here.

Rice MPS and the Gregg House

2007-03-07T13:20:00.000-08:00

The Gregg House is located in the Irvington neighborhood and was constructed by Rice Construction Co. A lot of people helped with this project, including Tama Tochihara, Sara Paulson and Janice Dilge. Roy Roos provided a great deal of valuable information on the Rices. Additional research was provided by Jim Heuer and Robert Mercer. Amy even helped with the architectural description.

This house was nominated under an MPS. I was lucky enough to get assistance from Michelle Dennis to help draft the MPS and the National Register Nomination. At the most recent SACHP Meeting (Oct 16, 2007) they voted to recommend both the MPS and the Gregg House for listing on the National Register. Once the NPS approves the MPS, this means that any of the identified Rice houses are eligible for individual listing on the National Register, provided that they submit an individual NR nomination which shows how they meet the registration requirements identified in the MPS. The National Park Service reviewed the nomination in the Summer of 2008 and decided to return the nomination for revisions. Since the Irvington neighborhood has decided to proceed with a district nomination of their own, it was recommended by SHPO staff that we not proceed with working on listing the MPS at this time.

Click to view a Google Map of the Rice Brother's Houses

To download a copy of the combined Rice MPS and Gregg House nominations, click here.

OSU

2007-03-07T13:14:00.000-08:00

I have completed a project with Peter Meijer and Scot Seigel at Oregon State University in Corvallis. The University has received a Getty Grant to develop a preservation plan for the campus, and to develop design guidelines to help preserve the campus and plan for its growth. A major component of this project includes a survey of the campus buildings as well as submittal of a National Register District nomination. Over 20 Intensive Level Surveys were completed as well as a complete RLS of the campus buildings.

The OSU district has been successfully listed on the National Register.

To see a map of the properties that have been surveyed, click here.

Failing Building

2007-02-19T23:30:00.000-08:00

I have recently completed a draft of the National Register Nomination for the Failing Building, a twelve story Whidden & Lewis building located at 620 SW 5th Avenue. This is another project that I have been lucky to work with Peter Meijer on. This nomination is nominated under the umbrella of a Multiple Property Nomination for downtown Portland that I worked on while I was working for Heritage Consulting. My new research assistant, Libby Mendenhall helped a lot with the research on this one. To view a draft of the nomination, please click here.

See House Nomination

2006-11-07T13:10:00.000-08:00

The See House is located in the Irvington neighborhood in Portland. The house is associated with Will See, who owned a trading post on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation at the turn of the century.

You can download the National Register Nomination below. The nomination is divided into 2 parts. Part 1 is the actual nomination form. Part 2 is much larger and contains all the supplemental information including photos and maps.

Part 1 (2.5 mb)
Part 2 (11 mb)

Yale Union Laundry Building

2006-10-29T23:57:00.000-08:00

This fall I have been lucky enough to work with Peter Meijer Architect, LLC on a National Register Nomination for the Yale Union Laundry Building located in Portland's central eastside district.

Click here to download a pdf version of the nomination. The file is large (~5mb) and may take some time to download.

Albany - Monteith

2006-08-26T12:36:00.001-07:00

Tama Tochihara and I have prepared a nomination expanding the Monteith Historic District. Below you can view a map of the existing Monteith Historic District, with overlays showing the proposed Monteith district expansion area as well as the original Monteith's Southern Addition plat.

To view a draft of the nomination, click here. This is a large file, so please be patient while its downloading.

You can download a PDF file of the properties here (~7mb)

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Download* the survey data for Google Earth**

*To download the data, right-click the link and choose Save Link As...
**In order to view the Google Earth data, you'll need to download and install Google Earth.
*Please note that if you are using Internet Explorer as your browser you need to select "save target as", and then watch out for a little bug. It will try to change the extension of your file to ".xml". If it does this, just change it to ".kml" and it should work just fine.

West Linn: Willamette and Holly-Grove Neighborhood

2006-08-01T00:32:00.000-07:00

My partner Amy McFeeters-Krone and I have worked through the spring and early summer updating the survey information for the Willamette and Holly-Grove neighborhoods and developing a historic context statement and final report. Through the month of August we are collecting comments and suggested revisions for this report. Please email any comments to me at: kim-fitzgerald@verizon.net

To view or download the historic context statement and final report please click on the link below.

2006 West Linn Context and Final Report.pdf

West Linn SHPO Access Database

Download* the survey data for Google Earth**

*To download the survey data, right-click the link and choose Save Link As...
**In order to view the Google Earth survey data, you'll need to download and install Google Earth.

I'm actively looking for additional information on these properties. If you have any information you'd like to share, or if you have any questions, please contact me.

Fisher House

2006-05-24T22:14:00.000-07:00

The Raymond Fisher House, on Marine Drive in Portland Oregon, was sucessfully listed on the National Register in March 2006. The following are links to the National Register Nomination along with the Site and Floor plans.

Fisher House National Register Nomination.pdf
Fisher House Site Plan.pdf
Fisher House Plans.pdf

Forest Grove Intensive Survey

2006-05-18T01:28:00.000-07:00

Below are links to the Intensive Survey data for the City of Forest Grove. All of the files are Acrobat pdf files.

Download* the survey data for Google Earth**

*To download the survey data, right-click the link and choose Save Link As...
**In order to view the Google Earth survey data, you'll need to download and install Google Earth.

I'm actively looking for additional information on these properties. If you have any information you'd like to share, or if you have any questions, please contact me.

Previous Projects

2005-02-01T20:17:00.000-08:00

I completed my work on the National Register Nomination and Special Assessment for the Marine Drive property just before the end of 2005. Last summer, Amy and I completed the contract with the City of Astoria. This project was fun! We worked with Tiffany Estes, a graphic designer who produced the calendar for the Hillsboro Historical Society last year. We produced brochures for historic property owners in Astoria. I wrapped up a Special Assessment for Honeyman Hardware Lofts in the Pearl District last summer as well.

I completed the work on the historic context statement for Forest Grove in September of last year. This project was fun and interesting to do. I prepared the historic context statement, and Dave Pinyerd and his team did the survey and inventory work for 300 historic properties on the southside of Forest Grove. I completed the project for the City of North Bend last fall as well. I partnered with Tama Tochihara to help them prepare their CLG application and review their current Historic Resources Inventory.

In 2003/2004 I split my time between the State Historic Preservation Office and Heritage Consulting. I worked with the preservation planner, Dr. Stephen Poyser, at SHPO to update the State Historic Preservation Plan. That was a really interesting project. I love working with data, and my primary job was to develop an online survey and compile the data that was received into a usable format. While working for Heritage Consulting, I completed a lot of interesting historical research for properties in Oregon, Washington as well as New York, Florida, Texas and California. I worked on Tax Credit projects, Special Assessment projects and National Register Nominations. I also drafted several multiple property submissions.

My work for both places was completed by June of 2004, and I set about looking for more work. In August, I completed research for several properties in Forest Grove, developing ownership histories and Chains of Title. One of the more interesting projects I worked on was for the Champoeg State Park, a friend of mine works there, and they are developing a living history farm. She asked me to find out whether chicken wire was available around 1870 in Oregon, when this farm was at its most active. I contacted the curator for Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts and he was very helpful. We tracked down a book written at that time which even provided detailed diagrams of chicken coops for that era.

I worked on a house history for a property in Portland over the summer as well. Researching house histories in Portland is a bit easier, since the city has kept pretty thorough records since the early 1900's.

Contact Me

2004-11-07T20:04:00.000-08:00

Please contact me if you are interested in historic research or any of the other services I can provide, such as: House History Research, National Register Nominations, Special Assessments or Tax Act Projects

You can email me at kimxfitz@gmail.com and I will be happy to talk with you.

Historic Properties FAQ

2004-08-15T12:22:00.000-07:00

What are the benefits of having a property listed on the National Register?

Local communities, states and the nation benefit from having tangible links to the past, including events, people, and artistic expressions that have molded the character of our nation.
Listing is recognition of a property's importance in local, regional, or national history.
Property owners are eligible for a number of grant and tax incentives as well as technical assistance in rehabilitation and maintenance of their historic property.
Listing properties has financial benefits for communities by contributing to the revitalization of neighborhoods and business districts and by promoting tourism.

If my home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, will I be prohibited from making changes to my property?

No, you are not prohibited from making changes to your home. In order to ensure that the changes you make do not negatively effect the historic integrity of your property and cause your property to lose its eligibility for the Register, the National Park Service and the State Historic Preservation Office recommend that you follow the Secretary of Interior's Standards. Contact the State Historic Preservation Office for a copy of the Standards and technical assistance.

Commercial Properties

2004-08-15T12:21:00.000-07:00

The Federal Investment Tax Credit Program authorizes a twenty percent investment tax credit for substantial rehabilitation of commercial historic properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The rehabilitation plans and specifications are reviewed and approved by the State Historic Preservation Office and then are forwarded to the National Park Service for final certification. The rehabilitation work must be done according to the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation.

In return for the credit, the historic building must be used for an income-producing purpose for at least five years. Owner-occupied residential properties do not qualify for the federal rehabilitation tax credit.

The typical savings for a property owner depends upon the amount of money invested in the rehabilitation of the building. It also makes a difference when the money is invested into the home or historic building. The earlier the investment is made, the more money is saved.

An Example

If an investor purchases an historic commercial property for $100,000, and invests $150,000 to rehabilitate it, through this program he would be able to claim $30,000 (20%) credit for this project which would be subtracted from the amount of individual Federal income tax he would have to pay.

If this commercial historic property owner has an income of less than $200,000, he may use the tax credit to offset the tax owed on up to $25,000 of his income. So, for this taxpayer in the 36% tax bracket, he could use $9,000 of tax credits per year (36% x $25,000 = $9,000). Any unused credits are carried forward to the next year.*

*Ms. Fitzgerald is not a professional tax advisor. Please consult your CPA for expert advice on property tax information and property investments.