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Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Downtown buildings get preservation grants
BIZZ
BUZZ
By Bill Bradshaw
ENTERPRISE — Two
local historic buildings are
slated to be the recipients of
funds from the city of Enter-
prise as part of the city’s
ongoing eff orts to spruce up
downtown through a grant
received through the fed-
eral Historic Preservation
Fund, and administered by
the Oregon State Historic
Preservation Offi ce, to fund
local preservation projects,
according to a press release.
The Independent Order
of Odd Fellows Building at
105 NE 1st St. will receive
$7,000 in grant funds to
restore 12 windows on the
front of the building. Also,
the Gotter Hotel Building
at 301 W. Main St., will
receive $5,500 to restore
and replace windows on the
second and third stories, the
Oct. 27 release stated.
IOOF Building
Ralph Swinehart, IOOF
treasurer, said the work
on the windows is part of
a larger restoration project
that has been ongoing at the
101-year-old structure.
“We’ve been doing lot
of work in the building,” he
said Thursday, Oct. 28.
He said in 2019, work
was done on the side of the
building facing the alley and
they did the attic windows in
2020.
“We’re kind of working
our way down,” he said.
Swinhart said the window
work costs about $15,000.
Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
The 1917 Gotter Hotel Building is one of two historic buildings
in Enterprise slated to receive state and federal historic
preservation grants. The Gotter building plans to restore the
windows on the second and third fl oors.
Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
PUBLIC COMMENT
What: Comment on federal funds being used to restore
historic buildings in Enterprise.
Where: 105 NE 1st St. and 301 W. Main St.
When: Now through Nov. 26.
How: Email or call Kuri Gill at Kuri.Gill@oregon.gov or
503-986-0685. Comments also may be submitted online at
www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/Grants.aspx.
“We’ll go as far as we can
this year and apply for more
next year,” he said.
In fact, given the lateness
in the year, the work prob-
ably won’t begin until late
next spring or early summer.
It’s all part of a larger
project to restore the antique
building. He said so far,
they’ve replaced their front
doors with exact replicas of
the originals, added a new
kitchen and a modern venti-
lation system, in addition to
the already-done windows.
Gotter Hotel Building
Work on the Gotter Hotel
Building also is ongoing,
according to Darren Veen-
ker, facility supervisor for
the Wallowa Valley Cen-
ter for Wellness, which is
housed on the ground fl oor.
The upper two fl oors house
eight apartments, he said.
He said he originally
applied for $11,000 to com-
plete two projects of 10 win-
dows each.
“Due to the historic
nature of the building, we
can’t replace (the win-
dows),” he said. “It’s a resto-
ration project.”
Built in 1917 by the Got-
ter brothers as a hotel, the
windows are now in poor
shape. The old, double-hung
The IOOF Building in downtown Enterprise is one of two historic buildings slated to receive
money from the city in a grant through the federal Historic Preservation Fund, administered
by Oregon State Historic Preservation Offi ce, it was announced Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021.
windows need replacement
of the cords that pull the
windows up, the wheels in
the block and tackle for each
window needs replacing, as
well as exterior fi ll in win-
dow bottoms.
“They’re pretty weath-
ered,” he said.
Unlike the Odd Fellows
Building, the windows are
all that is being restored now.
Veenker said the building
had its last major renovation
when it was turned into eight
apartments in the 1990s. He
said they re-did the ground
fl oor interior a couple years
ago, as well as getting a new
awning and replacing some
sidewalks.
“Now it’s pretty much the
second and third stories,” he
said.
The press release was
to solicit public comment
on the grant, required since
the funds are from federal
grants, said Kuri Gill, grants
and outreach coordinator
and the Historic Cemeteries
Program coordinator for the
Oregon State Historic Pres-
ervation Offi ce, in an email
Thursday.
“Pubic comment can
infl uence the use of the
funds,” Gill said. “But it
must be related to the use
of funds as it impacts his-
toric properties or the natu-
ral environment. It isn’t an
opinion of if funds should be
used in general. Those can
be submitted, but they won’t
impact the decision. The
city held a public process to
select the grants awardees.”
City Administrator Lacey
McQuead explained a bit of
the process involved.
“These projects are com-
pleted through the Certifi ed
Local Government Grant
that the city of Enterprise
applies for and then facili-
& Skylight
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tates for preservation proj-
ects,” McQuead said in an
email. “Buildings that are
listed on the National and
State Historic Registry are
allowed to apply. This year,
there are two projects that
will receive funding.”
The release said the
National Historic Preserva-
tion Act of 1966 authorizes a
program of federal matching
grants, known as the Historic
Preservation Fund, to assist
states in carrying out historic
preservation activities. The
program is sponsored by the
U.S. Department of the Inte-
rior, the National Park Ser-
vice and in Oregon is admin-
istered by the Oregon State
Historic Preservation Offi ce.
———
Bill Bradshaw is a
reporter for the Wallowa
County Chieftain. Contact
him at 541-398-5503 or
bbradshaw@wallowa.com.
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