Letter from our Board President: Interim Executive Director Selection
Dear Board members, Advisors, Volunteers, and Friends of the Foundation, Over the past two months, many changes have been happening at the Bosco- Milligan Foundation, owners and operators of the Architectural Heritage Center. We are appreciative of the service and leadership of our former Executive Director, Stephanie Whitlock, who recently [...]
News from our Executive Director
Stephanie Whitlock will soon be stepping down as Executive Director of the Bosco-Milligan Foundation/Architectural Heritage Center. Stephanie joined our organization in 2016, and while we are sad to see her go, we are excited for her to take this next step in her career to the Oregon Community Foundation, where [...]
Demolition of Yamaguchi Hotel
The historic Yamaguchi Hotel, located at the corner of NW 4th and Glisan and currently owned by Blanchet House, is set to be demolished. We knew the building was going to be demolished, but we were only informed recently that it is going to happen soon. After learning this, on [...]
Urban Lives, Old Spaces: Mid-century Modest to Millennial Modern
Urban Lives, Old SpacesĀ is a blog series that chronicles the shifting lives of historic spaces and how the built environment connects with contemporary issues in our lives. Featuring a different space in each blog, guest writer Lainie Ettinger looks at the resilience of historic places and the changing role [...]
Can Parkway Manor Apartments be saved?
Parkway Manor Apartments/Residence Hall is one of the few significant historic buildings remaining on the PSU campus. For almost a century it has been a valuable neighbor contributing to the defining character of the South Park Blocks, an important historic public place now listed on the National Register of [...]