Neary-Sighted

My regular readers, both of you, are aware that many of us have been crusading to save four of the oldest buildings in Washington. The four buildings are a museum in Lakewood on the grounds of Western State Hospital. The latest word is that the property owner will repair two of the roofs in the worst condition by spring. You can quickly recognize these two buildings out of the four because two roofs are protected by tarps.

The whole deal has me worried because state government had told the News Tribune in July 2006 that the roofs would be replaced that summer, before this winter. The project is long overdue. But we understand the roofers fell behind on projects because of all the bad weather.

Assuming state government keeps to its word, the big problem now is that one of the other older roofs which we thought was in reasonably good shape has also sprung a leak. There has thus been interior damage and staining to a building erected in 1857. While the state has promised to fix the two tarped roofs, there are no repairs in sight to repair the other two roofs.

Thus, the president of Historic Fort Steilacoom has sent out an alert asking people to write our state lawmakers. For more information about this topic, click here.
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