PORTFOLIO - PUBLIC - Hill Ward
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Development of a removal and restoration plan for an area at Fort Steilacoom Park known as the Hill Ward Building. The Hill Ward building is a ½ acre site above Waughop Lake.
Project Goals:
- Remove the Hill Ward building while retaining the building's history.
- Recognize the historic significance that the building, park lands and Western State Hospital staff and patients played in the use and development of this area.
- Create interpretive elements, signage and historic markers for the Hill Ward Site which link into current park systems (trails, roadways, entrances).
- Develop a conceptual signage program for Fort Steilacoom Park.
- Site reconstruction completed Jan. 09.
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| Original Hill Ward Building 1932 | Repaired Trail |
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| Labyrinth Completed 2008 | Building Relic |





