2010 Orchid: Friend of Preservation Award

Since 1977, the Idaho Historic Preservation Council, Preservation Idaho, has hosted the annual Orchids & Onions Awards, a ceremony designed to celebrate those individuals and organizations that have made a positive contribution to historic preservation, and in turn, to bring awareness to those projects which have shown an insensitivity to historic preservation.  In 2010 the Juliaetta-Kendrick Heritage Foundation was selected to receive the Orchid: Friend of Preservation award and the City of Kendrick was selected to receive the Onion award for their 2010 efforts relating to the destruction to the Kendrick Railroad Depot.  The original "Kendrick" Depot design, the same person to whom the town was named, is seen below.  Of the 34 Kendrick-designed depots built throughout the northwest ours was the last still located at its original site.

Occasionally, adversity results in a response that both meets the challenge and exceeds it. Such was the case in the community of Kendrick in 2009. Boasting a population of approximately 400 people, this Latah County town has a proud history that can be traced to its establishment as a stop on the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1890. When the 1891 Northern Pacific Railway depot - arguably the oldest structure in the community – was threatened, the preservation-minded citizens hastily formed a coalition to combat the proposed demolition.  Though ultimately unsuccessful in preserving the depot, the Juliaetta-Kendrick Heritage Foundation has continued to represent the interests of history and historic preservation in these sister communities. Instead of retreating to heal after the loss of their history, the foundation has instead chosen to continue their activities. For their tenacity and hard-fought loss to the City’s administration, the Juliaetta-Kendrick Heritage Foundation is a Friend of Preservation.