Technical Assistance
We assist and advise members, property owners and neighborhood groups on preservation legislation, planning principles, financial incentives and restoration techniques.
Hands-On Learning: Historic Preservation Trade Schools
Learn to rebuild a window, match historic mortar, or chink a log cabin! Learning opportunities abound in America’s preservation trades programs.
OHIO:
Belmont Technical College
20 Fox-Shannon Place
St. Clairsville, OH 43950
(740) 695-9500
http://www.btc.edu/academics/course-listings.aspx
An established, comprehensive, well-regarded program with a wide variety of course offerings.
KENTUCKY:
Pine Mountain Settlement School
Harlan, KY
http://www.pinemountainsettlementschool.com/
In partnership with the Kentucky Heritage Council, the Pine Mountain School for Practical Historic Preservation has been teaching traditional building techniques since 2002.
Upcoming Events:
July 22-28 (tentative)
Window Preservation Summit
Co-sponsored by Preservation Trades Network (http://www.iptw.org/)
Intensive week-long program will highlight the research of the National Window Preservation Collaborative, who are developing standards for window restoration. The restored windows will be tested for air infiltration using state-of-the-art techniques.
October 7-9
Annual workshop on the art of building drylaid stone walls
INDIANA:
Ivy Tech Community College
Historic Preservation Trades Technology
590 Ivy Tech Drive
Madison, IN 47250
(812) 265-2580, ext. 4112
Toll free: 800-403-2190
http://www.ivytech.edu/southeast/
A new preservation trades program in partnership with Historic Madison, Inc., and Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana.
Spring Field School:
April 29 & 30, May 1, 5, 6, 7, 8
NATIONWIDE:
Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies
Mount Carroll, IL
http://www.campbellcenter.org/
The Campbell Center offers a wide variety of courses for professionals in cultural resource management, taught by top experts. Classes held May through October.
2011 course catalog: http://www.campbellcenter.org/pages/pagesschedule2010.html
For a comprehensive list of preservation training opportunities, visit:
http://www.heritage.ky.gov/education/
Date posted: April 29, 2011
