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Historic Pella Trust Blog

Preserve Pella 2020, Volume 28

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

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The 1906 Pella Webster School Clock

  • Post author:localAdmin
  • Post published:January 15, 2023
  • Post category:Historic Pella 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 2022 Volume 30

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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

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  • Post published:October 17, 2022
  • Post category:Uncategorized

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
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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 2021 Volume 29

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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
  • Post category:Historic Pella Trust Blog

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”

  • Post author:localAdmin
  • Post published:July 25, 2021
  • Post category:Historic Pella 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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Remembering Pella’s Avid Preservationist; Stu Kuyper, Oct. 14, 1921- July 5, 1980

  • Post author:localAdmin
  • Post published:July 6, 2020
  • Post category:What's New at Historic Pella Trust?

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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Tuttle Cabin and Early Pella History Lesson

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  • Post published:May 18, 2020
  • Post category:What's New at Historic Pella Trust?

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…

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Recent Posts

  • The 1906 Pella Webster School Clock January 15, 2023
  • Preserve Pella 2022 Volume 30 October 28, 2022
  • Bringing the lampshade home, an Update On the Waechter – Boardwalk House 2022 October 17, 2022
  • 2022 Pella Preservation Trust Review October 14, 2022
  • Preserve Pella 2021 Volume 29 October 18, 2021
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