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Heritage office seeks Indigenous Commission input on mitigation for planned demolition of 19 West Birch building
Summary
The Heritage Preservation Commission has accepted a Phase 1 cultural resource study that found the former municipal building at 19 West Birch significant for its association with Native American civil‑rights-era events; staff asked the Indigenous Commission for help shaping interpretive mitigation.
Lauren Clementino, heritage preservation officer for the City of Flagstaff, asked the Indigenous Commission on Aug. 7 to advise on interpretive mitigation for the proposed demolition of the building at 19 West Birch Avenue, a malapai‑stone structure that formerly housed city departments including city court, police and fire. The Heritage Preservation Commission approved a Phase 1 cultural resource study and tasked the Indigenous Commission to help identify mitigation that would preserve and interpret the site’s association with Native American civil-rights-era events. The Phase 1 study, prepared by Cornerstone Environmental for the property owner, found the building significant in part because of its connection to an arrest of seven members of the…
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