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Pella Preservation Trust Blog

Preserve Pella, Volume 28, Fall 2020

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  • Post published:November 3, 2020
  • Post category:Newsletters

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Preserve Pella, Volume 32, Fall 2024

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  • Post published:March 22, 2025
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2024 PPT Newsletter - FinalDownload

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Preserve Pella, Volume 31, Fall 2023

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  • Post published:March 22, 2025
  • Post category:Newsletters

2023 PPT Newsletter - Final VersionDownload

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The 1906 Pella Webster School Clock

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  • Post published:January 15, 2023
  • Post category:Pella Preservation Trust Blog

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…

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Preserve Pella, Volume 30, Fall 2022

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  • Post published:October 28, 2022
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Bringing the lampshade home, an Update On the Waechter – Boardwalk House 2022

  • Post author:localAdmin
  • Post published:October 17, 2022
  • Post category:Pella Preservation Trust Blog

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…

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2022 Pella Preservation Trust Review

  • Post author:localAdmin
  • Post published:October 14, 2022
  • Post category:What's New at Pella Preservation Trust?

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…

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Preserve Pella, Volume 29, Fall 2021

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  • Post published:October 18, 2021
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Help Save Pella’s Community Center, Support Preservation!

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  • Post published:September 28, 2021
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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…

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The Tulip Tower, or “Tulp Toren”

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  • Post published:July 25, 2021
  • Post category:Pella Preservation Trust Blog

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…

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Recent Posts

  • Preserve Pella, Volume 32, Fall 2024 March 22, 2025
  • Preserve Pella, Volume 31, Fall 2023 March 22, 2025
  • The 1906 Pella Webster School Clock January 15, 2023
  • Preserve Pella, Volume 30, Fall 2022 October 28, 2022
  • Bringing the lampshade home, an Update On the Waechter – Boardwalk House 2022 October 17, 2022
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