To preserve or restore – it’s a question Joanne Waterman is thinking about a lot now that she and partner Phyllis Sage have purchased the former Port Chilkoot Volunteer Fire Department building.
Used primarily for storage since the cities of Port Chilkoot and Haines merged in 1970, the structure has deteriorated, following a disjointed building history. “I would say it’s the poorest-built building in the fort,” Waterman said.
“It was built in three different sections.…
