CITY OF DES MOINES SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM

Des Moines Shoreline Inventory and Characterization
(City of Des Moines, 1988). The Des Moines Comprehensive Plan also addresses historic
preservation. The Plan establishes goals to insure that historic properties and archeological sites
are protected from undue adverse impacts associated with incompatible land uses, transportation
facilities and detrimental noise levels. Policies in the Comprehensive Plan define characteristics,
which enable the identification of historic and archeological sites, and direct the City to preserve
and protect these sites from incompatible land uses (City of Des Moines, 2004).
The King County Historic Preservation Program (KCHPP) maintains a list of King County and
local landmarks. There are four historical building in the shoreline vicinity. The Van Gasken
House (built in 1889) is located on South 222nd Street in the Downtown neighborhood. The FW
Morse Summer House (1905) WD Cotter Summer House (1905), and the Lumber Mill Office
(1900) are all located along Redondo Beach Drive South in the Redondo Neighborhood
(KCHPP, 2004). Three recorded archaeological sites are located in the vicinity of the shoreline
in the city. These sites, and the traditional use of the area by Native Americans for fishing and
clamming suggest that there is a high probability for archaeological resources in the city’s
shoreline jurisdiction (KCHPP, 2004).
Washington State’s Office of Archeological and Historic Preservation (OAHP) maintains the
Washington State Inventory of Cultural Resources. A request for information on listed historic
or archeological sites in the State’s database has been made and will be reported at a later date.
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