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North Star Foundation (NSF)
NSF was formed as a study group (about 1997) by Rob
Kellenbeck (long-time Grass Valley resident and owner of Deer
Creek Pottery) and Neal
Mitchell III
(Grass Valley resident and partner in a Silicon Valley based
management consulting firm) to develop the concept of restoring the North Star
House. Rob had been involved as early as the mid-1980's in discussions with the
property owners about possible uses for the historic house site.
Director: Rob Kellenbeck
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Producer of Julia Morgan tiles Involved in multiple Julia
Morgan restoration projects (including San Simeon)
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Former president of Sequoia Challenge
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Continuously involved in NS House preservation effort
since 1996
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Resident of Nevada County since 1977
Director: Neal Mitchell III
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Partner, international management consultancy
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Experienced in managing large complex projects with
multiple phases & multiple stakeholders
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Continuously involved in NS House preservation effort
since 1996
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Resident of Nevada County since 1992
NSF technical advisory council:
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Robert Mackensen -- Consulting Preservation Architect, former Executive Director of the California State Historical
Building Safety Board, former staff member of the State Office of Historic
Preservation
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Neal Mitchell Jr.
-- former Professor of Construction at Harvard Graduate School of Design
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Charles Harris
-- is Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, where he was for many years the
head of the Department of Landscape Architecture, in the Graduate School of
Design
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Roxann Jacobus -- State Park Ranger, Asilomar Conference
Center, Oversees work of restoration and rehabilitation on eleven buildings
designed by Julia Morgan
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Roberta Deering -- former President of California
Preservation Foundation
By 1997 little had been done and the house was quickly
deteriorating and being subjected to random acts of vandalism. Clearly North
Star House was/is in danger of being lost forever. NSF has attracted a number of
interested Grass Valley and Nevada City residents in the effort to restore the
house -- these professionals have volunteered many cumulative mandays of time to
the cause of saving the house.
NSF Activities
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