Preservation Georgia online, Feb. 9-15 2008

Preservation Georgia Online February 9-15, 2008
In this issue: Update on tag fee confusion! The American Small House on HPD's Web site Preservation events calendar Subscription information
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Update on tag fee confusion!
We have heard from several people, including HPD staff, who encountered confusion at their county tag offices when they went to pick up their preservation tags. Happily, others have reported no problems and are happily driving around with their new tag.
We have been assured by the Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) of the Department of Revenue that "the system is charging the correct fees." They also told us that they will be sending a broadcast to all county tag offices for clarification of fees.
If you have any problems while you are at your county tag office, please ask the person assisting you, or their supervisor, to call the MVD for clarification of fees.
Please visit the tag page of our Web site at http://hpd.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=327 to read the new "Cost breakdowns" section under the photo. We hope this will clarify the fees required under different conditions.
We are awaiting further information regarding how to get a refund if you were incorrectly over-charged. We will post this information on our Web site and in a future email newsletter or special message.
We sincerely appreciate all the support the preservation tag has received and apologize for any problems "due to circumstances beyond our control."
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The American Small House on HPD's Web site
The American Small House has been added to the Historic Preservation Division's list of historic house types first included in its 1991 publication, Georgia's Living Places: Historic Houses and their Landscaped Settings. We have posted a presentation about this house type on our Web site at http://hpd.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaynavigation.asp?TopCategory=168

The American Small House is a small single-family house, built in large numbers, all across the state, from the mid-1930s to the early 1950s. Sometimes called "minimal traditional" houses or simply "Cape Cods," they represent a unique national response to the challenge of providing affordable housing during two decades of economic hardship brought about by the Great Depression, World War II, and post-war recovery.
As its name suggests, the American Small House is a compact one-story house. It contains from three to six major rooms along with a bathroom and closets. Optional features include small porches, stoops, dormers, and garages. The most common architectural style is Colonial Revival ("Cape Cod"), although many small houses are plain and display no architectural style at all.
The American Small House helped meet a national goal of increased homeownership during economically challenging times. It was created through an unprecedented collaboration among architects, builders, university service agencies, building code officials, insurance companies, mortgage brokers, and the federal government which resulted in the establishment of minimum design standards and model plans, the widespread standardization of construction practices and buildings components such as windows, doors, and framing lumber, and the first program of government-backed private home mortgages.
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Preservation events calendar
Please note that items on the "Preservation Events Calendar" are events and meetings of interest to preservationists. It is not to be used for the detailed scheduling of meetings with HPD staff without contacting those individuals.
Submit your listings to: helen.talley-mcrae@dnr.state.ga.us.
This week's new listings Check the Events Calendar at www.gashpo.org for complete listings by date.
February 15-October 19 - Oakland Cemetery Guided Walking Tours - 10 a.m., 2 p.m., 6:30 p.m. Saturdays; 2 p.m., 6:30 p.m. Sundays March 15-Nov.30. 6:30 p.m. $10; $5 senior citizens and students. - Atlanta - 404-688-2107, www.oaklandcemetery.com
February 16 (10:30 to 11:30am) - Lecture on Historic Preservation in the Muslim World by Francesco Siravo of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (http://www.akdn.org/agency/aktc.html), historic cities program - Georgia Tech College of Architecture, West Architecture building, Room 258 -

http://www.coa.gatech.edu/about_us/maps/index.php
February 16 - Silent & Live Antique Auction to benefit the restoration of the Wells-Brown House - Stone Mountain - contact Kathryn Wright at 404-299-2498 or Richard Mailman at 770-318-2556.
February 22 - Lecture on the "Interrelated History of African and Native Americans" by Dr. Tiya Alicia Miles - Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home Rome - www.chieftainsmuseum.org
June 8 - Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home welcomes the Cherokee Nation Youth Choir - Rome - www.chieftainsmuseum.org
National and state conferences and meetings (previously listed)Check the Events Calendar at www.gashpo.org for complete listings by date.
February 21 - New Partners for Your Sacred Place Information Session: A Training Program to Help Congregations Develop New Resources for Their Older Buildings - Atlanta - http://www.sacredplaces.org/training.htm - RSVP by February 14 by calling Gay Alston, Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, 404-898-0711 x 127. For more information please email Elizabeth Ann Terry, Director of Training, Partners for Sacred Places at eterry@sacredplaces.org
February 28-29 - The Atlantic World and African American Life and Culture in the Georgia Lowcountry, 18th to 20th Century - A Symposium - Savannah www.ossabawisland.org.
March 4 Form-Based Development Codes for Cultural Heritage Tourism Districts training workshop - Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs - Washington, Ga. http://www.mainstreetgeorgia.org/UserFiles/File/CulturalHeritageOrdinance.pdf or Cindy Eidson at ceidson@dca.state.ga.us or 404-679-3101.
March 8 - GA Chapter of the Trail of Tears Assn meeting - guest speaker will be Don Shadburn, Forsyth County historian, author and retired teacher - Cumming 770-704-6338 or badnil@alltel.net
March 11 - Georgia Applause Symposium - Real estate consultant and preservation advocate Donovan Rypkema will speak on the importance of historic theatres in downtown revitalization - Statesboro - contact ceidson@dca.state.ga.us - 404-679-3101
March 12-16- American Society for Environmental History 2008 Annual Meeting "Agents of Change: People, Climate, and Places through Time" - Boise, Idaho www.aseh.net

March 12-14 - Main Street 101 Training and Development Conference Department of Community Affairs Statesboro contact Kimberley Carter at 404-679-0604 or kcarter@dca.state.ga.us
March 26-30 - Society for American Archaeology 73rd Annual Meeting Vancouver, BC, Canada - www.saa.org
March 28-29 - "Concrete & Cast Stone in the 21st Century: Design, Preservation, & Care of Contemporary & Historic Architecture" an intensive two-day conference - Cambridge, MA - 617-623-4488; ses_tec_con@msn.com
March 30-April 2 National Main Streets Conference National Main Street Center Philadelphia, PA http://conference.mainstreet.org
April 4-6 - The Georgia Trust's 2008 Annual Meeting and Spring Ramble Columbus - www.georgiatrust.org - 678-560-6301
April 10-13 National Council on Public History Annual Meeting: Public Histories of Unity and Division Louisville, KY www.ncph.org
April 11-13 - "High Cotton and Tall Columns" Southern Garden History Society Annual Meeting - Athens - www.southerngardenhistory.org/annualmeeting.html
April 17 - Georgia Historical Society Annual Meeting - Savannah www.georgiahistory.com/events/59
April 23-27 - 2008 Society of Architectural Historians annual meeting - Cincinnati, Ohio - http://www.forum.nthp.org/default.asp
April 25-26 - Spring Historic Preservation Commission Training Douglas http://www.uga.edu/gapc/training.htm or contact Jennifer Lewis at 706-583-8047 or gapc@uga.edu.
May 7-10 - VAF 2008 Annual Meeting - "In the Garden of the Sun: California`s San Joaquin Valley" - Fresno, CA - http://vernaculararchitectureforum.org
May 21-31 - 11th US/ICOMOS International Symposium "Developing a Comprehensive Approach to US Participation in the Global Heritage Community" - Washington, DC. - http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/436

June 21 Downtown Development Authority Training Department of Community Affairs Savannah contact Kimberley Carter at 404-679-0604 or kcarter@dca.state.ga.us
June 21-24 Georgia Municipal Association's Annual Convention Savannah http://www.gmanet.com/annual_convention/
July 10-13, 2008 - National Alliance of Preservation Commissions 6th biennial forum New Orleans - napc@uga.edu.
July 16-19 Thinking outside the Fox: League of Historic American Theatres 32nd annual meeting Atlanta www.lhat.org/conference_theatre.asp
October 21-25 "Preservation in Progress": National Preservation Conference National Trust Tulsa, Oklahoma - http://www.nthpconference.org/
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