On Thursday, September 24 the National Trust for Historic Preservation named Ketchikan’s Yates Memorial Hospital to the 2020 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. Since 1988, this annual list has raised awareness about the threats facing some of the nation’s greatest treasures. Yates Memorial Hospital has narrowly escaped demolition on many occasions and...

The 1.3 mile waterfront boardwalk has long been a vision for Ketchikan. Considered by many residents to be the most important element of the City’s character and heritage. It is of utmost importance to protect and enhance the beauty and vitality of the waterfront. It is our front porch where we welcome more than a...

Architects Amanda Welsh and Tim Whiteley, longtime enthusiasts of historic preservation, restored a downtown Ketchikan building–now the Bawden Street Brewery. Built in 1944 to serve the then adjacent hospital’s need for boilers, laundry facilities, and nun’s quarters, this reinforced concrete structure was important to Ketchikan’s early medical facility needs. Its tall chimney was built to...