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Washburn Heritage Association

Washburn Heritage AssociationWashburn Heritage AssociationWashburn Heritage Association
Home
About Us
  • About/Contact
  • Newsletters
  • Donate
  • Membership
  • Gift Shop
  • Links
Events
  • Woiak History Festival
  • May Preservation Month
  • Bayview Depot Tours
  • Historic Walking Tour
  • Lake Walk Tour
  • Trolley Tours
Projects
  • Facade Grants
  • Kiosk Project
Bayview Depot
  • About/Contact/Fundraising
  • Bringing the Depot back
  • Oral Historys
  • Bayview History
  • School Programs
More
  • Home
  • About Us
    • About/Contact
    • Newsletters
    • Donate
    • Membership
    • Gift Shop
    • Links
  • Events
    • Woiak History Festival
    • May Preservation Month
    • Bayview Depot Tours
    • Historic Walking Tour
    • Lake Walk Tour
    • Trolley Tours
  • Projects
    • Facade Grants
    • Kiosk Project
  • Bayview Depot
    • About/Contact/Fundraising
    • Bringing the Depot back
    • Oral Historys
    • Bayview History
    • School Programs

  • Home
  • About Us
    • About/Contact
    • Newsletters
    • Donate
    • Membership
    • Gift Shop
    • Links
  • Events
    • Woiak History Festival
    • May Preservation Month
    • Bayview Depot Tours
    • Historic Walking Tour
    • Lake Walk Tour
    • Trolley Tours
  • Projects
    • Facade Grants
    • Kiosk Project
  • Bayview Depot
    • About/Contact/Fundraising
    • Bringing the Depot back
    • Oral Historys
    • Bayview History
    • School Programs

Facade Grants

About the Facade Grant

We have a responsibility to present our town in its best finery, as it was given to ensuing generations with the intention that we preserve its original charm and add to it wherever possible. Like the Scouts who are to "leave it better than they found it."  The Facade Committee will be rewarding those endeavors within the community and drawing attention to what is possible when civic pride is in play. 

Who is eligible?

Facade Improvement Awards are given to businesses, governmental buildings and private residences in Washburn that have shown exceptional sensitivity to preserving or enhancing historic Washburn buildings. 

How to Apply

The facade grants are periodically awarded based on available funds. A call for applications will be announced through the newsletter, website and social media posts. The next anticipated grant cycle may occur in 2025.

Past Grant Winners:

  • Blue Water Realty
  • ​Harbor House Sweets
  • Bayfield County Courthouse Exterior renovations to the brownstone of this National Register of Historic Places in America site.
  • Karlyn's Gallery Ongoing, thoughtful improvements to their building and to the quality goods and services they offer.
  • Washburn Family Dentistry Replication of missing exterior trim to an historic brownstone building.
  • Mary & Jim Nowakowski Helped save the historic DuPont Civic Center building from demolition and exterior renovation of the building.
  • North Coast Coffee Exterior renovations that include murals by a local artist.
  • Pathways, Inc. Exterior painting of the historic Opera House building.
  • Joanne & Marty Katzmarek - Exterior renovations to historic bungalow in a residential neighborhood.

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