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A Tale of Two Cities: Preserving the Olmsted Brothers Legacies in Seattle and Spokane, Washington

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A Tale of Two Cities: Preserving the Olmsted Brothers Legacies in Seattle and Spokane, Washington

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A Tale of Two Cities: Preserving the Olmsted Brothers Legacies in Seattle and Spokane, Washington

Natalie Perrin and Chrisanne Beckner
Natalie Perrin and Chrisanne Beckner

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Presenter Biographies

Natalie Perrin

Natalie Perrin is HRA’s President Elect, Principal Architectural Historian, and manages the HRA-Eugene office. After joining HRA in 2008, she served as principal investigator on numerous cultural resources management projects, including Historic Structures Reports for properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP); NRHP nominations (individual, district, and multiple property documents); Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Reports (HABS/HAER); Historic Property Management Plans (HPMPs); Design Reviews; Restoration and Rehabilitation Consulting projects; and surveys with Section 106 Evaluations. With specialized training in building conservation technology, Natalie is particularly adept at evaluating historic resources from the ground up.

Chrisanne Beckner

Chrisanne Beckner, HRA Senior Architectural Historian, joined HRA in 2013 and recently took over management of HRA’s architectural history program. She has surveyed and evaluated buildings, structures, and many park landscapes; and prepared numerous cultural resources technical reports in support of private and public projects, including those in the transportation, energy, and hydroelectric fields. She has listed numerous properties in the NRHP, including, in partnership with Natalie Perrin, Seattle’s Olmsted Brothers-designed Lake Washington Boulevard. Perrin and Beckner also prepared Multiple Property Documents (MPDs) for Olmsted parks and boulevards in both Seattle and Spokane, Washington.

Part of a series of articles titled Olmsteds: Landscapes and Legacies.

Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

Last updated: December 21, 2022