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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
Historic Pella Trust has hosted a living history field trip for all local second grade students for several years. The students come to Tuttle Cabin at 608 Lincoln Street to…