Restoration of the second-story windows included installing two newly fabricated replica wood windows and two original windows repaired using hands-on preservation techniques made possible by Restore Oregon's Urban Racial Justice Field School. Led by the Clatsop Community College Historic Preservation program, the local community, Lodge members, and students participated in the two-day field school workshop on June 1st and 2nd. The University of Oregon's Just Futures Institute for Racial and Climate Justice funds this field school workshop.
The Billy Webb Elks Lodge, an icon of Portland's African American Albina neighborhood, continues on its path to restoration as one of Restore Oregon's Most Endangered Places.
Read the article from The Oregonian HERE!
Watch the video from Fox 12 Oregon HERE!