Historic Preservation Program

Student Theses


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1995
1986
Name Degree Chair UW Catalog No. Title
Chery Peterson MArch   NA 25 Th3432 Frank Lloyd Wright's Iowa Usonians.
1987
Robin Esta Abrahams MArch   NA 25 Th34648 Museum addition design: a whole greater than the sum of the parts, an addition to the Henry Gallery.
James A. Burt MArch   NA25 Th34717 A storefront rehabilitation program for Walla Walla.
Lisa Kennan-Meyer MArch   NA25 Th35339 Gene Zema: Northwest Architect.
Lindsay, Anne Louise MArch   NA25 Th34950 Evolution of the Faculty Club on the University of Washington campus: 1909 through present.
1988
Mark Elster MArch   NA25 Th35572 The missing piece: a hotel for Occidental Park.
Andrew C. Rocker MArch   NA 25 Th36212 A mixed-use building in Seattle's International District.
1991
Name Degree Chair UW Catalog No. Title
Theresa A. Dir MArch Pyatok NA25 Th39411 A new life for an Eastlake historic landmark.
Mark A. Molinaro, Jr. MArch Ochsner NA25 Th39802 An initial design proposal for the UW-Tacoma.
1992
Thomas Aquinas Conway MArch Ochsner NA25 Th40728 Lessons in context: University of Washington-Tacoma, Union Station district.
Mary E. Shaughnessy MArch Ochsner NA25 Th40914 Industrial revolution: an adaptive reuse of the versatile Pacific Shipyard in North Vancouver, British Columbia.
1993
Jonathan Eric Brandt MArch Ochsner NA25 Th41213 The new Belle Hotel: a hybrid building for Belltown.
Diana Lynn Wogulis Keys MArch Dubrow NA25 Th41328 Single room occupancy (SRO) hotels: Seattle's past, present and future.
Sarah Leith Meskin MArch Ochsner NA25 Th41376 Altering a monument, retaining the memories: the adaptive reuse of Denver's Evans School for nursing.
1994
Alexa Layani Berlow MUP Dubrow NA9000 Th42312 Enduring elements of neighborhood urban form: the case of the corner store in Wallingford, Seattle.
Barbara Kim Gray MUP Dubrow NA9000 Th42152 Neighborhood landmarks: an expression of community history.
Anne F. Kastel MUP Dubrow NA9000 Th42445 A case for neighborhood conservation in Seattle.
Frederick Teodoro Marcial MArch Ochsner NA25 Th42496 Cultural continuity and the space between: the assembly of a marketplace.
Jennifer Ann Meisner MArch Ochsner NA25 Th42511 The future of Rosyln, Washington: preservation of a vernacular town.
Frances Amelia Sheridan MUP Ryan NA9000 Th42847 Apartment house development on Seattle's Queen Anne Hill prior to World War II.
Rose Marie Wong PhD Ryan NA9000 Th42630 Sweet cakes, long journey: a social and urban history of Portland, Oregon's first Chinatown.
John F. Favazzo MArch Ochsner NA25 Th44126 Is historic preservation aiding or hindering the survival of traditional stone carving?: an investigation in the field.
Janet Longenecker MArch Nyberg NA25 Th43597 Taking place: a study of the residential architecture of John Yeon.
Peter Mattson MArch Ochsner NA25 Th43609 Reordering the room: the remaking of Seattle's Eagles Temple building: a proposal for adaptive reuse.
Andrew A. Phillips MArch Ochsner NA25 Th43338 Washington Hall: a case for urban adaptive continuity.
Catherine D. Power MArch Ochsner NA25 Th43343 An addition to the Cornish College of the Arts' Kerry Hall.
Eugenia Woo MUP Dubrow NA9000 Th43767 History doesn't always stand still: earthquake preparedness and preservation planning in King County, Washington.
1996
David R. Peterson MArch Palleroni NA25 Th44465 Permanence and transience: determining the value of temporary non-iconic buildings on the University of Washington campus.
David T. Spangler MArch Ochsner NA25 Th45144 Burnham & Root in Tacoma: conservation of the Pacific National Bank building through adding-on and adaptive re-use.
Kim Margaret Sykes MArch Palleroni NA25 Th45467 Mexican public space: promoting cultural continuity in the Zocalo.
1997
Virginia Gerhart Brumback MArch Nyberg NA25 Th46120 Reconciliation of architecture and preservation: continuity in the culture of place, Stralsund, Germany.
Erin M. Doherty MArch Ochsner NA25 Th45542 Jud Yoho and the Craftsman Bungalow Company: assessing the value of the common house.
Leah Cheryl Greenblat MUP Dubrow NA9000 Th46519 Seattle's Madison Street corridor: a proposal for locating a series of interpretive history projects along the Madison Street corridor.
Amy Scarfone MUP Dubrow NA9000 Th45997 Monument and memory: the Oklahoma City memorial international design competition.
Jacqueline C. Smith MArch Palleroni NA25 Th46017 The Crypta Balbi site: the importance of place and the continuity of change in Rome's historic center.
Margaret Stanton MArch Palleroni NA25 Th45654 Transforming the traditional house: extending and adapting the patterns of Alexandria, Virginia.
1998
Melissa F. Abbuhl MArch Ochsner NA25 Th47704 Contextual modernism: market-rate housing in the Pioneer Square Historic District.
Geoff E. Anderson MArch Ochsner NA25 Th47022 Continuity of life: the adaptive reuse of historic warehouses for the University of Washington Tacoma.
Melanie B. Como MArch Ochsner NA25 Th46725 Form follows function: the adaptive re-use of a neighborhood meeting hall.
Carole Davison MUP Dubrow NA9000 Th47096 Seattle's "Restaurant Maids": an historic context document for Waitresses' Union, Local 240, 1900 to 1940.
Matt Dubbe MArch Nyberg NA25 Th47763 A House for Catherine: preservation of traditional American residential architecture.
Erin Leigh Gettis MArch Ochsner NA25 Th47533 The Ellensburg Arts Center: an adaptive reuse of an abandoned hotel.
Dean A. Kralios MArch Palleroni NA25 Th47223 Continuity and change: a field station in a Greek mountain village.
Andrea Masotti MUP Ochsner NA9000 Th47270 The adaptive reuse of Seattle's historic Cooper Elementary School: balancing development, community, and preservation goals.
Stacy Patterson MUP Dubrow NA9000 Th47290 Interpreting the history of Chinese labor on the Fremont Cut through public art.
1999
Maya M. Foty MArch Ochsner NA25 Th48238 Evolution of a culture: design for a museum of emigration in Budapest.
Rachel L. King MArch Palleroni NA25 Th48028 Preserving the essence of artifact: development of a train museum in Port Townsend.
Stephanie Kingsnorth March Ochsner NA25 Th48901 Cause and effect: the social and cultural evolution of a Seattle landmark.
Tung-Ming Lai MArch Palleroni NA25 Th48656 Preserving the Himalayan culture-a Himalayan heritage memorial in Nepal.
Nazila Merati MLA Dubrow SB 472 Th48057 Lost landscapes of health: the evolution of the western tuberculosis sanatorium, 1890-1950.
Lars Scharnholz MArch Clausen NA25 Th48728 Changing concepts of regional modernism in the Pacific Northwest: the architecture of Henry Klein.
Rebecca Walls MUP Dubrow NA9000 Th48520 Growing and gathering: an adaptive re-use plan for Greenwood Greenhouse.
Meredith A. Wirsching MArch Ochsner NA25 Th48536 For the common good: redefining the Fremont Carnegie library.
Caryn Alys Yamamoto MArch Hildebrand NA25 Th48126 Evolution of type: a reinterpretation of the traditional Japanese tea house.
2000
Name Degree Chair UW Catalog No. Title
Peter Jesse Aylsworth MArch Palleroni NA25 Th49211 Preserving our rural landscape: farm worker housing as an opportunity for revitalizing small farm ownership.
Jennifer Markham Caudle MArch Palleroni NA25 Th49058 Reemergence of a company town: development of a new visitor center in historic Newhalem, Washington.
Saithiwa Ramasoot MArch Ochsner NA25 Th49469 Negotiating with architectural heritage: design solutions for new buildings in a historic campus.
Amy E. Williams MArch Palleroni NA25 Th49557 Building on the oval: planning for the Mills College campus.
2001
Tammy Allison Felker MArch Ochsner NA25 Th50351 The company town revisited: historic Port Gamble, Washington, as a retirement community.
Genna Nashem MUP Kasprisin ÊNA9000 Th50794 Fields and faith.
Connie Walker MUP Dubrow F897.K5 W26 2001 National Register multiple property nomination: identification and evaluation of cultural resources associated with Bainbridge Island Nikkei (1883-1942).
2002
Kirste Johnson MUP Dubrow NA9000 Th51808 Bridging the gastronomic gap: a method for preserving the Olympic Oyster as foodstuff.
Christine Edstrom O'Hara MLA Streatfield SB472 Th51886 Palos Verdes Estates and Balboa Park: a critical evaluation of the Olmsted Brothers' western design model.
Sarah E. Sodt MUP Dubrow NA108.S45 S63 Neighborhood historic surveys: a manual to guide the development of neighborhood surveys, including a prototype survey of the University District.
Jade Takashima MLA Dubrow SB472 Th52215 Seattle on guard: the militarization of public space during World War II.
Anna Hosticka Tamura MLA Dubrow SB472 Th51638 Gardens below the watchtower: gardens and meaning in World War II Japanese-American internment camps.
Kristin E. Taylor-Foley MArch Palleroni NA25 Th51319 Remembering the Gran Hotel Trotcha: historic preservation in Havana, Cuba.
2003
Elizabeth Dodrill MLA Streatfield SB472 Th52862 Reconsidering preservation values in planning for the treatment of cultural landscapes: interpreting the historic layers of an Olmsted garden through the historic analysis and design process.
Rich Gilbert MUP Dubrow NA9000 Th52886 Garlic Gulch: interpreting the history of Seattle's Rainier/Atlantic neighborhood, 1903-2003.
Kaisa Marketta Jolkkonen MUP Abramson NA9000 Th52575 Regional cultural landscape assessment for preservation and land use: lessons from the Hame County pilot project, Finland.
Kimber L. Keagle MArch Dubrow NA25 Th52318 The preservation of food and building in Washington State: an adaptive reuse project.
Brice Maryman MLA Dubrow SB472 Th52630 The Skagit talc mine: rediscovering the lost mining history of the North Cascades.
Reuben M. McKnight MUP Dubrow NA9000 Th52641 Embracing change in older buildings: the historical significance of residency with commercial additions.
Lisa Kalhar Melton MUP Dubrow NA9000 Th52955 Preserving Green Bluff's cultural and agricultural heritage.
Craig Montgomery MUP Dubrow NA9000 Th52961 Preserving Notrees: preservation and interpretation of west Texas oil camps.
2004
Amanda Mary Robertson Austin MArch Hildebrand NA25 Th53870 Preservation and adaptive re-use of Thayer Barn: a home for art in the Snoqualmie Valley.
Liz Birkholz MLA Dubrow SB472 Th54303 Ecological guidelines for rehabilitating landscapes: managing change in coastal zones.
Kathryn L. Chamberlain MArch Ochsner NA25 Th54322 Computer-mediated communications research center: a physical architecture for the exploration of virtual reality.
Kevin Stender MUP Kasprisin NA9000 Th5346 Seattle central waterfront design: guiding the development of a historically aware and pedestrian friendly public realm.
2006
Tara Ballentine MUP Kasprisin NA9000 Th55641 A look at the past, present, and future roles of historic preservation in Seattle's central waterfront.
Pamela Derry MArch Ochsner NA25 Th56330 New life for old libraries: a study of recent library additions and an addition to Seattle's University Branch Library.
Andrea Flower MUP Wagner   Collaborative neighborhood preservation.
Carly Mendelssohn MArch Ochsner   Interventions at Manzanar: history, memory, and interpretation of a site of Japanese American internment.


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