Kemmerer Main Street to host ‘Echoes of the Past’ event Nov. 2

Theresa Davis, Gazette Editor
Posted 10/26/17

The Kemmerer Main Street committee will host a lecture titled, “Echoes of the Past: Preserving Our Historic Resources,” on Thursday, Nov. 2 at 7:00 p.m. in the basement community room of the Kemmerer Library.

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Kemmerer Main Street to host ‘Echoes of the Past’ event Nov. 2

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Downtown Kemmerer in 1913. The Kemmerer Main Street committee will host a presentation about preserving historic resources on Thursday, Nov. 2, at 7:00 p.m. in the Kemmerer Library. (COURTESY PHOTO)

The Kemmerer Main Street committee will host a lecture titled, “Echoes of the Past: Preserving Our Historic Resources,” on Thursday, Nov. 2 at 7:00 p.m. in the basement community room of the Kemmerer Library.

Linda Goetz, the secretary and treasurer for the Kemmerer Main Street Committee, will be giving the presentation.

Goetz studied archaeology and historical preservation at Northwestern and the University of Washington.

“This is one of at least two or three total presentations we want to do,” Goetz said. “We want the topics to be community interest driven, so we’ll be asking for feedback at this presentation.”

Goetz said Kemmerer Main Street hopes to create a subcommittee that just focuses on historic resource preservation. She said if the group can get enough involvement, they could eventually have experts from state and national organizations come to speak about historical preservation.

“We want to get people thinking about historical resources,” Goetz said. “Most people think it has to be a lot older than it actually does. Most historic resources qualify if they are 50 years old or older.”

Goetz said the presentation will be a general overview of what a historic resource is and the criteria of the National Register of Historic Places.

“I don’t want to give away too much of the presentation, but it’s not just physical characteristics of a building that make it historical,” Goetz said.

Goetz said the Nov. 2 event will also feature discussions about possible tax credits for historical resources and potential rehabilitation projects.

She said this presentation fits right in with what Kemmerer Main Street and the national Main Street program hopes to accomplish.

“This part really focuses on preservation of a historical area,” Goetz said. “It’s a principle that’s applicable to sites outside of our Main Street footprint — it could be houses on the other side of town or buildings in Diamondville.”

Goetz said the Main Street Committee hopes to see a lot of community involvement at this presentation.

“Kemmerer has a long history,” Goetz said. “Even if you don’t live or work in a historical building, they are all around us, and we would hope that anything that would benefit the community is something people would be interested in.”

Refreshments will be served after the presentation on Nov. 2.

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