SEQUIM — Washington Trust for Historic Preservation has placed historic Hyer Farm on the group’s “10 Most Endangered Properties List” for 2003.
Larry Cort, a Washington Trust spokesman, said Sunday that the nearly 30-year-old nonprofit organization would do whatever it could to help Hyer Farm property’s new owner, Nicole Reed, preserve the Hyer Farm barn, which dates back to the early 20th century.
“We don’t have a lot of money, but we do have resources that we could put her in touch with,” Cort said in a telephone interview from Coupeville.
The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation was founded to safeguard Washington’s historic places through advocacy, education, stewardship and collaboration.
Cort said longtime Sequim resident Mary Bell nominated Hyer Farm last week for the trust’s “10 Most Endangered Properties List,” which also includes Point Hudson’s historic buildings, which are proposed for demolition in Port Townsend, and the Jefferson County Courthouse’s clocktower built in 1892. The clocktower is in danger of receiving serious damage in high winds and possibly toppling.
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