Authored by preservation planner Mimi Sheridan in collaboration with McConnell/Burke, the National Park Service, and Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, How Coupeville Grew: A Short History of Town Development charts the architectural and spatial evolution of Washington’s second-oldest European settlement. Excerpted from the town's Historic Preservation Plan, the work traces Coupeville's transformation from a mid-19th-century maritime trading post and donation land claim into a preserved historic district defined by 19th-century New England-style architecture. Through municipal records, planning documents, and spatial analysis, the text details how maritime commerce and geographic isolation shaped the town's compact, pedestrian-oriented urban fabric. A keen insight drawn from the work is how modern historic preservation can intentionally weaponize municipal planning against suburban sprawl; by codifying vernacular architecture and historic spatial layouts into law, Coupeville successfully turned its historic isolation into an economic and cultural asset that safeguards its 19th-century character from modern erasure.

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"June 1998.""A joint project of the Town of Coupeville, Trust Board of Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, and the National Park Service."

"June 1998.""A joint project of the Town of Coupeville, Trust Board of Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, and the National Park Service."