The 1906 Pella Webster School Clock
Written by Jim Emmert, submitted through Jennifer Van Kooten, Executive Director Pella Preservation Trust When the original Webster School was vacated and torn down in 1952, one of the teachers…
Bringing the lampshade home, an Update On the Waechter – Boardwalk House 2022
By Jennifer Van Kooten, Executive Director Pella Preservation Trust Jennifer Van Kooten and Mikol Sesker, and the Whitaker Lamp Shade On our way back from Pierce's Pumpkin patch, we stopped…
2022 Pella Preservation Trust Review
Enthusiastic to protect historic properties, we had a January planning meeting, hosted in the home of Duane and Mary Van Maanen. The board members enjoyed a charcuterie meal with a…
Help Save Pella’s Community Center, Support Preservation!
Pella Community Center Update In last year’s newsletter we mentioned that a group, Friends of the Pella Community Center, is actively involved with preserving and renovating Pella’s first High School…
The Tulip Tower, or “Tulp Toren”
The current Tulip Tower as it appeared during its first Tulip Time in 1968 The Historic Pella Trust's mission statement: To protect and promote buildings, landscapes, and sites important to…
Remembering Pella’s Avid Preservationist; Stu Kuyper, Oct. 14, 1921- July 5, 1980
By, Bruce Boertje Stu Kuyper, 1921-1980. Pella's greatest proponent. Stu Kuyper, age 58, passed away forty years ago, on July 5, 1980. As a community Pella still reels from his…
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