King County Historic Preservation

We wanted to congratulate Sarah J. Martin for accepting a special role with Historic Seattle to prepare landmark nominations for important properties in Seattle. Sarah has done a number of landmark nominations for property owners in King County; rarely do we see such comprehensive research. In the last few years we’ve designated several of her nominations including the Charnley House in Shoreline (built 1967). It’s significant for its distinctive Modern Movement architectural design by the Seattle-based firm Nelsen, Sabin & Varey and for its association with Donn Charnley, a Washington State legislator and senator in the 1970s and 1980s. Another one is the Wenberg House in Issaquah (built 1963). It was designed by architect Omer Mithun of the Bellevue-based firm Mithun & Associates Architects and built by Swedish immigrant carpenter and builder Gustav Bruse. Finally, Sarah took on documenting the Preston Mill Drying Kiln (built ca. 1910), a rare surviving industrial building associated with the early 20th century heyday of lumbering in eastern King County.