Preservation Georgia online, June 7-13, 2008

Preservation Georgia Online June 7-13, 2008
In this issue: Recent National Register listings This Place Matters: NTHP wants your photos NTHP Resource for Historic Preservation and Sustainability Information New Grant and Technical Assistance to Encourage Community Center Schools Positions available in Georgia Preservation events calendar Subscription information
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Recent National Register listings
The William Barker Whiskey Bonding Barn, located on Old Zebulon Road in the Molena vicinity, Pike County, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 12, 2008. Bonding barns or warehouses for the storage of whiskey were established by Congress in 1868 across the whiskey-producing region in order to delay the payment of federal excise taxes while the whiskey was aging for up to four years. The whiskey was stored in charred oak barrels until it was ready for sale. William Thomas Barker (1839-1902), a farmer in Pike County, built the whiskey bonding barn circa 1870. An 1898-1899 Georgia Gazetteer lists at least five distilleries in Pike County. This building most likely served as the local bonding warehouse for those distilleries. The barn served as a bonding barn from the time of its construction probably until the late 1800s or early 1900s when the 1897 Bottled-in-Bond Act established more rigorous stipulations for whiskey production. The barn is significant in the area of commerce for its association with the production and sale of whiskey in Pike County. In 2005, Pike Historic Preservation, Inc. purchased the barn plus three acres with plans to rehabilitate the barn for use as event space and photograph gallery. The organization recently received a Georgia Heritage Grant from HPD to repair the barn's floor.
The Martin Elementary School, located on Church Street in Bronwood, Terrell County, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 12, 2008. In an effort to delay integration following the Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision in 1954, many southern counties hastily built new schools for African Americans. These new schools were an attempt to convince integration advocates that the "separate but equal" clause of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) provided equal educational facilities for African American students. Martin Elementary School is significant in the areas of education, African American ethnic heritage and social history. Its design and accommodations contrast sharply with earlier African American schools built with county funds in the state prior to the 1954 ruling. Constructed in 1956 by the Terrell County Board of Education, it served African American children of the town of Bronwood and the

surrounding area and was named in honor of local African-American educator, Walter Martin. As with most of the state's African American schools, it was closed in 1970 when its students were integrated into consolidated white schools.
The Leesburg Depot, located on Walnut Avenue in downtown Leesburg, Lee County, was listed in the National Register on May 12, 2008. Construction of the Leesburg Depot began circa 1895. As was the custom at the time, railroad carpenters likely built the wooden depot. The impetus for its construction was to provide a larger facility for the growing community and it became the center of town, serving as a passenger and freight depot, as well as the telegraph office. The depot is significant in the area of social history for its reflection of how public facilities were segregated during the late 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries with separate waiting rooms for white and African-American travelers. Leesburg Depot is significant in the area of architecture as a good and intact example of a simple 1890s depot in Georgia.
For more information about these listings and others, please visit http://hpd.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=375
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This Place Matters: NTHP wants your photos
The "This Place Matters" campaign is designed to help people share the place that matter to them, wherever these places happen to be. By simply printing a sign and taking a picture, you can tell the story about a place that matters to you. Visit www.preservationnation.org/thisplacematters
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NTHP Resource for Historic Preservation and Sustainability Information
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has created a webpage that focuses on how historic preservation can help the environment, and is part of the organization's Sustainability Initiative that will demonstrate how older buildings can ''go green.''
Historic preservation is an effective tool for valuing and protecting our environmental resources, including those that have already been expended as well as those not yet used. Because it encourages us to reuse sound older buildings instead of abandoning or demolishing them, and to revitalize existing neighborhoods instead of building sprawling new subdivisions, preservation is ''recycling'' on a grand scale.
An economic system is not sustainable unless it respects the limits of the ecosystems on which it depends. By advocating wise stewardship of existing

resources and judicious development and use of new ones, historic preservation advances this goal. In addition, preservation supports economic sustainability by encouraging reinvestment in existing communities and local economic bases.
The environmental, economic and social benefits of preservation can be further enhanced by improving the energy efficiency of historic buildings. More and more projects are demonstrating that older buildings can ''go green'' -- and the Trust's Sustainability Initiative, outlined on this website, will serve as a ''best practices'' resource for employing green technology in the reuse and rehabilitation of historic structures. - http://www.preservationnation.org/issues/sustainability/
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New Grant and Technical Assistance to Encourage Community Center Schools
Concerned about the abandonment of older neighborhood schools and the siting of new schools outside of communities, the National Trust is offering an opportunity for organizations and coalitions in up to five states to analyze their state's current policies and develop an educational outreach program with policy recommendations to help citizens and officials make informed choices when spending their limited dollars on school facilities. The proposal deadline is July 14, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. eastern. For more information about this issue and details about applying for this new grant opportunity, visit http://www.preservationnation.org/issues/historic-schools/ or contact Renee Viers Kuhlman, Director of Special Projects, Center for State and Local Policy, at Phone: 202-588-6234, e-mail: renee_kuhlman@nthp.org.
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Positions available in Georgia
Preservation Services Director, Historic Augusta, Inc. - Historic Augusta's Preservation Services Director will provide technical services in the field for historic resources in Augusta, Georgia and the surrounding area. The PSD will carry out a program developed under a three-year contract with the National Trust's Partners in the Field initiative. The ideal candidate will have a bachelor's degree at a minimum, master's degree desirable, in a preservation related field, with a demonstrated interest and solid grounding in preservation through professional or avocational activity. A minimum of two years of working with real estate development is highly desirable. Familiarity with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Historic Preservation Projects, as well as design guidelines in general will be required. Knowledge and basic understanding of the National Historic Preservation Act will be important for fulfilling the role of the PSD as an advisor to the general public. Starting salary is set at $40,000 with benefits for well-qualified applicant. A complete job description can be found at

www.historicaugusta.org. Send resume with cover letter, references and two representative samples of work to Erick Montgomery, Executive Director, Historic Augusta, Inc., P. O. Box 37, Augusta, GA 30903. Erick@historicaugusta.org.
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Preservation events calendar Check the Events Calendar at www.gashpo.org for complete listings by date.
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 -
June 12-July 24 - Georgia's Historic Courthouses Exhibit - Historic Newton County Courthouse - Covington http://hpd.dnr.state.ga.us/Assets/Documents/NEGRDC%20Press%20Release.do c
June 14 - Cherokee Voices Festival - Museum of the Cherokee Indian Cherokee, NC - www.cherokeeheritagetrails.org.
July 16-17 - Community Planning Institute - Department of Community Affairs Office of Planning and Quality Growth - Helen - 404-679-5279 or visit www.georgiaplanning.com.
National and state conferences and meetings (listed in previous newsletters)-
June 17-18 -Urban Georgia Network Symposium - Department of Community Affairs, Office of Downtown Development - Decatur - For more information, contact Cindy Eidson, ceidson@dca.state.ga.us, 404-679-3101 or visit http://www.mainstreetgeorgia.org/UserFiles/File/UGNsymposium08.pdf
June 20-21 - The Vernacular GeorgiA Summer 2008 Excursion to Newnan and Coweta County - abbie.parks@gmail.com
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/

June 23-27 - Fifth International Congress of Maritime History, Greenwich, London, UK - Suzanne Bowles, imeha2008@greenwich.ac.uk
June 29-July 4 - World Archaeological Congress, Dublin, Ireland http://www.worldarchaeologicalcongress.org/site/news_wac6.php
July 10-13, 2008 - National Alliance of Preservation Commissions 6th biennial forum New Orleans - napc@uga.edu
July 10-12 - 3rd International Congress on Underwater Archaeology, London, UK - www.ikuwa3.com
July 12 - Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association meeting - Lithia Springs - aeriehollow@ellijay.com or at 706-635-3864
July 22 Applying building and fire related codes to existing historic buildings seminar - Department of Community Affairs, Office of Downtown Development Columbus - http://www.mainstreetgeorgia.org/events/news.aspx?id=25
July 15-23 - 16th World Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Kumming, China - www.icaes2008.org)
July 16-19 Thinking outside the Fox: League of Historic American Theatres 32nd annual meeting Atlanta www.lhat.org/conference_theatre.asp
August 23-26 - National Scenic Byways 2009 conference: Elevate Your Expertise - Denver, CO - www.bywaysresourcecenter.org or center@byways.org
September 3-4 - Section 106 Essentials course - Advisory Council on Historic Preservation - Atlanta - http://www.achp.gov/106essentials.html
September 2-6 - Council on Geographic Names Authorities (COGNA) annual meeting, Oklahoma City, OK - Wayne Furr, 405.364.7278 or http://www.cogna50usa.org/conferences.htm
September 9-12 - American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) annual meeting: Discovering the Power of Transformation, Rochester, NY Bethany Hawkins, 615.320.3203 or Hawkins@aaslh.org
September 11-14 - Preserving the Historic Road: 6th biennial conference, Albuquerque, NM - www.historicroads.org
September 13-20 -10th Docomomo International Conference: The Challenge of Change, Dealing with the Legacy of the Modern Movement, The Netherlands http://www.archi.fr/DOCOMOMO/docomomo_electronic_newsletter5.htm

September 16-17 - Cemetery Landscape Preservation Workshop - National Center for Preservation Technology and Training - Natchitoches, Louisiana www.ncptt.nps.gov.
September 19-20 - Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference Chicago www.traditionalbuildingshow.com
October 1-3 - Georgia Downtown Conference - Douglasville www.georgiadowntownassociation.org
October 15-19 - Oral History Association annual meeting: A Convergence of Interests: Oral History in the Digital Age, Pittsburgh, PA - Charles Hardy, chardyIII@wcupa.edu or 610-436-3329
October 21-25 "Preservation in Progress": National Preservation Conference National Trust Tulsa, Oklahoma - http://www.nthpconference.org
October 28 Thomasville Landmarks' Annual Membership Picnic - Thomasville 229-226-6016
November 1-22 - Seminar for Historical Administration - American Association for State and Local History - Indianapolis - www.aaslh.org/histadmin.htm
November 5-7 Georgia Association of Regional Development Centers 9th Annual Training Conference St. Simons Island www.gardc.com
November 12-16 - ICOM/ICMAH Annual Conference, "Museums and Disasters" New Orleans - http://shotnews.net/?p=441 - Submit suggestions for talks and presentations by May 31 to m.jungblut@musee-hist.lu and dkahn@crt.state.la.us.
April 22 - April 26, 2009 - Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 74th Annual Meeting - abstract deadline September 10, 2008 - Atlanta - www.saa.org
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