American Northwest Vintage Homes

PUBLISHER & EDITOR
Gregory Robanser
Greg@anwt.com

MANAGING EDITOR
Christina Katz
Christina@anwt.com

ART DIRECTOR
Alana Lea
Alana@anwt.com

WRITERS
Lauren Fritzen
Cathy Harris
Christina Katz
Wynne A. Lee
Helen Solem
Aaron Tobiason
Quoc Tran

PHOTOGRAPHERS
Oona Copperhill
Jack Kintner
Colleen O. McCrory
Tara Nelson
Tim Reid
Christina Katz

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Jeff Kingsley
Keldon Rush
Andrew Christensen

WELCOME to American Northwest Vintage Homes

Our primary purpose is to create an online neighborhood of vintage homeowners who enjoy sharing resources and building community.

We are about the style and issues that effect our homes and quality of life. Our secondary purpose is to provide information on goods and services that are needed to maintain the Vintage Home.

I'm a vintage homeowner living in a community of classic homes. Most of them built, two or three at a time, before 1950, creating a place of wonderful diversity. In our neighborhood, as a renovation is started, a garden planted, a house painted or redecorated, neighbors stop by to check on the progress and get ideas for their own homes. We end up trading tips on craftspeople, sharing how-to advice, and comparing notes about recreating and beautifying our own environment without compromising the texture of our neighborhoods.

If you're like me, you enjoy the diversity: the beauty of the trees planted at the inception of this district, the colors that occur from the mature trees on the street and are very special, and elegance in contrast to the color and history of the Homes.

Our kind of Neithborhood has common issues with other Neighborhoods across the Country: Community Integrity, parking, rezoning, remodels that don't match, government regulations, even raising a family. Consider us as the place to stay connected to other Neighborhoods throughout the Northwest and the country.

Enjoy.

(Click on the photo faces to see who's who!)
Staff and Contributors

Greg Robanser
Publisher/Editor
ANWVH Staff,
and Contributors

American Northwest Vintage Homes originated in Sycamore Square - one of the oldest buildings in beautiful and Historic Fairhaven District in Bellingham, WA. Built in 1890, the building now houses shops, restaurants and offices of all kinds, but was once home to many other establishments, including a newspaper and an elite social club that entertained the likes of Mark Twain and President Taft. Over the past five years, the building has benefited from major restoration work under the direction of its present owner. Many people drop in to admire the elegance and ambience of the building. Its renovation has also helped inspire the revival of Fairhaven's business district.