Event Calendar
Saturday, January 28, 10:00 am
“Riverside: Cincinnati’s First Suburb”
John Hauck House, 812 Dayton Street, West End
Presented by Dave Zelman, A.I.A.
See Riverside, Cincinnati’s oldest neighborhood, as you’ve never seen it before! Log cabins, quaint churches, railroad houses, Sears & Roebuck bungalows, stone mansions by the river: two hundred years of history in this picturesque and fascinating community.
Dave Zelman is an architect, president of the Riverside Civic & Welfare Club, and CPA board member. He and his wife, Pam, restored the 1840 Matthew McWilliams House on River Road: a 2005 CPA award winner.
$5 CPA members, $10 guests. Reservations required: 513-721-4506 or info@cincinnatipreservation.org
Saturday, February 18, 9 am
“Old House Green House II: Beyond LEED”
John Hauck House, 812 Dayton Street, West End
Old-house New Year’s resolution: Efficiency! Learn from local experts how to keep your house warm and comfortable while preserving its character. You’ll also explore efficient and innovative HVAC options for older homes, including geothermal, hybrid systems and solar.
$5 CPA members, $10 guests. Reservations required: 513-721-4506 or info@cincinnatipreservation.org
Friday-Saturday March 2-3
“NKY Restoration Weekend”
Bellevue, KY
Planning spring projects around the house? Mark your calendars for NKY Restoration Weekend, northern Kentucky’s first Restore it Right fair. The two-day event will coincide with the popular monthly Shop Bellevue/First Friday held in Bellevue along Fairfield Avenue.
On Friday from 6-9 pm, meet renovation contractors and product representatives as you shop and dine along the 200 to 700 blocks of historic Fairfield Avenue. On Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm, choose from over a dozen educational programs, expert panels and hands-on workshops from window restoration to energy assessments, painting techniques to plaster repair – and children/youth activities too!
Admission is free and lunch will be provided. Learn, explore, talk to craftspeople, win door prizes, and discover vibrant, beautiful Bellevue: one of Kentucky’s greatest preservation success stories. Look for updates at the event web site, www.nkyrestoration.com, and Facebook page.
NKY Restoration Weekend is sponsored by American Chimney & Masonry, the City of Bellevue, the City of Covington, Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance, Home School, Tiburon Energy, Tri-State Wholesale Building Supplies and CPA.
From Tenements to Townhouses: Multi-Family Housing in Cincinnati explores the significant and often overlooked history of apartment life. This unique exhibit is curated by author and preservation historian Margo Warminski and features the physical structures and the social contexts of multi-family housing in Cincinnati. Ms. Warminski received the History Outreach Award from the The Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums for her work on this exhibit.
The Betts House
416 Clark Street
Cincinnati, OH 45203
This exhibit is made possible, in part, by grants from The Louise Taft Semple Foundation and the Bettman Prize administered by AIA Cincinnati and panel sponsorships by LPK, Towne Properties, York Vision, and anonymous donors. Public programs held in conjunction with the exhibit are sponsored by The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Ohio.
For more information: Call (513) 651-0734 or email bettshouserc@fuse.net.
Reservations required. Call 513-721-4506. Free admission.
