PORT ANGELES — City Hall representatives will pitch the creation of a civic historic district in Port Angeles to a state committee in February.
The historic district would encompass three buildings on Lincoln Street: the Carnegie Library, Clallam County Courthouse and the former city fire station, which sits vacant between the other two.
The city filed its application with the Washington State Advisory Council on Historic Preservation in August, said City Council member Cherie Kidd.
The advisory council will consider placing the buildings on the state historic register after Kidd and other city representatives make a presentation.
The panel also will consider recommending the buildings be designated national historic places.
The designation would allow the city to apply for grants to preserve the buildings.
The former fire station is in need of major repairs, City Manager Kent Myers said in a memo to the City Council.
Advocates of the district have proposed retrofitting it to house the Clallam County veterans’ center.
The building has been on the city’s surplus list since 2007. That designation allows the city to sell it.
City staff agreed at a Real Estate Advisory Committee meeting earlier this month not to sell the building until the historic district application is considered.
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