The new historic York neighborhood—what residents can expect to see

The York district is on its way to being a historic neighborhood. After being approved by the Washington State Advisory Council on Historic Preservation in November 2009, the York neighborhood was officially considered historic, along with Bellingham’s Lettered Streets neighborhood and the South Hill neighborhood.
After neighborhoods are considered historic, they can apply for federal grants for neighborhood projects, such as installing signs with historic information, for example.

York residents can expect to see historic street signs throughout the neighborhood, much like Bellingham’s historic Sehome neighborhood. The Sehome neighborhood’s welcome sign reads “Welcome to the Historic Sehome Neighborhood.” The neighborhood also has many individual street signs that say “historic district” above the street name.

York neighborhood historic application: http://www.cob.org/documents/planning/community-development/historic/preserve-america/york/york-final-application.pdf

York neighborhood architectural styles: http://www.cob.org/documents/planning/community-development/historic/preserve-america/york/york-styles-poster.pdf

Sehome neighborhood: http://www.cob.org/services/neighborhoods/profiles/sehome.aspx
York neighborhood newsletter: http://www.yorkneighborhood.org/

Bellingham Heralds coverage: http://infoweb.newsbank.com.ezproxy.library.wwu.edu/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=12BED476F9886C90&p_docnum=1&p_queryname=6