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Digester 3

The Digester Building is one of only four brick structures remaining at the former Georgia-Pacific pulp mill along Bellingham’s waterfront. Constructed in 1937, it is the tallest, most imposing building on site, with double-wythe exterior brick walls set within a five-story steel frame. Georgia-Pacific ceased all mill operations last decade, leaving the Digester Building as the most recognizable of the remaining historic industrial structures paying tribute to the original Puget Sound Pulp & Timber Company. The Port of Bellingham recently acquired the former mill with the vision of creating a mixed use waterfront development. A 2008 Port-commissioned study resulted in a determination that ten of the historic mill buildings on site were eligible as a National Register historic district. Yet the same study concluded most of the structures to be incompatible with the new vision and questioned the economic feasibility of integrating the former mill buildings within the proposed redevelopment. Since this time, the majority of buildings have been demolished. Despite the unfortunate loss of other mill buildings at the site, the Digester Building remains individually eligible for Listing in the National Register. Presently, the Port is completing documentation of the Digester and the remaining structures required as mitigation for their removal. While future demolition plans have not been announced, the Port has not committed to retaining any of the remaining structures.

Link to the Digester Building Most Endangered video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0lCydQbzSw

Link to the 2013 Most Endangered List video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WksJ6Pp-YU

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Taken on: September 24, 2011

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