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Ethos
"Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere
causas." -Virgil
As a student of history, I studied
the classics extensively and no other
phrase stuck out to me quite like this
one. It translates as "Happy was he who was able to know the causes of things" and it is my guiding principle. I believe that what we do should bring us joy and nothing brings me more joy than discovering what happened and why and preserving that legacy for future generations.
-Tom G. Heuser
Seattle's historic built environment in 2015. I then co-founded Seattle's Capitol Hill Historical Society in 2017 where I served as its president through 2022. Starting in 2019, I operated my own historical research and preservation consulting business until joining the Seattle office of Willamette Cultural Resources Associates in 2023.
My growing body of independently published work includes contributions to the 2024 book Building For Learning - Seattle Public School Histories, 1862-2022, the 2024 digital article Whatcom County Poor Farm and County Home (1900-1945) for HistoryLink.org the online encyclopedia of Washington State History, and several other articles in my own online encyclopedia.
About
I am an Architectural Historian with ten years of experience in researching, evaluating, and advocating for cultural resources throughout the Pacific Northwest. I earned my Bachelor Degree in History from the University of Washington in 2008 and began researching and writing about
