Best Renovation & Project of the Year Nominee: Webster Elementary School
Built in 1908, Seattle’s historic Webster Elementary School underwent repeat renovations in the subsequent decades that packed the structure with engineering surprises.
The 53,000-sq-ft building served as a school until 1979, and then as the Nordic Heritage Museum. In 2020, Seattle Public Schools completed a project to allow the building to house an elementary school once again. The team upgraded the existing unreinforced masonry structure, renovated and modernized the building, and added extensive site improvements.