Preservation Georgia online, Aug. 22-28, 2009

In this issue: -National Register news
-Donaldson-Bannister House and Cemetery -The Georgia Trust to announce 2010 Places in Peril -New Preserve America Communities designated in Georgia -Vintage report on Georgia Community Development now online -Available grants
National Register news
Donaldson-Bannister House and Cemetery
The Donaldson-Bannister House and Cemetery, located in Dunwoody (DeKalb County) was listed in the National Register on August 9, 2009. William J. Donaldson, a yeoman farmer, built the Plantation Plain-type

August 22-28, 2009
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Preservation events calendar
Check the Events Calendar at www.gashpo.org for complete listings by date.
This week's new listings September 2 - Colonel James Grierson, American Revolution Loyalist Leader - Augusta - www. augustamuseum.org./month_september.htm
October 8-12 - Society of Architectural Historians Study Tour: Civil Rights Memorials in Georgia and Alabama - www.sah.org/index.php?src=gendocs& ref=Civil%20Rights& category=Study%20Tours
National and state conferences and meetings (listed in previous newsletters) September 11-15 - International Downtown Association 55th Annual Conference - Milwaukee, WI - www.ida-downtown.org/eweb/DynamicPage. aspx?webcode=MeetEvents
September 12 - Trail of Tears Association, Georgia Chapter general meeting - New Echota State Historic Site - www.gatrailoftears.com/ events.htm
September 17-18 - Georgia Municipal Cemetery Association Annual Conference - Rome - contact

house circa 1870. During the late 19th century, the house was part of a large farm owned by Donaldson. After Donaldson's death in 1900, his wife, Milly Adams Donaldson, managed the farm until her death in 1931. Four years later, Lois Patillo Bannister purchased the property at an estate sale to be used as a secondary residence. Bannister was an affluent widow, socialite, and entrepreneur. As the nation endured the hardships of the Great Depression, she paid for an extensive architectdesigned renovation of the house and property, hiring the Atlanta architectural firm of Cooper and Cooper. Bannister sold the property in 1942.
The property is an excellent example of the thorough application of Colonial Revival-style elements in an early 20th-century residential renovation project in Georgia. The Colonial Revival style was a dominant expression of residential architecture during the first half of the 20th century. The style was viewed by many as an architectural expression of the nation's common heritage of good sense and egalitarian principles. The Colonial Revival style was popular in Georgia for a long period, from the 1890s through the 1940s and beyond. During the 1930s and 1940s, the style was sometimes referred to as "Williamsburg" because of its association with John D. Rockefeller's renovation of Colonial Williamsburg.
The property is also an excellent example of a type of funerary landscape associated with rural agricultural homesteads in Georgia prior to the mid-20th century. The cemetery's grave markers are good examples of common marker types found in turn-of-the-20th century Georgia. The cemetery's 27 plots contain the remains of three generations of Donaldson family members who died between 1883 and 1931, including the gravesites of William J. and Milly A. Donaldson.
For more information, visit www.gashpo.org/content /displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=375.
The Georgia Trust to announce 2010

Stan Rogers at 706-236-4534
September 18-19 - The Georgia Trust's Fall Ramble - Washington - www.georgiatrust.org/ whatsnew
/calendarevents.htm or 404-885-7812
September 20 - National Neighborhood Day www.neighborhoodday.org/index_flash.asp
September 24-26 - Returning to Our Roots: Planting & Replanting the Historic Southern Garden - 17th Conference on Restoring Southern Gardens and Landscapes - Old Salem, Winston-Salem, North Carolina - www. southerngardenhistory.org /conference.html or www.oldsalem.org/index.php? id=286
September 29-October 3 - Georgia Trust Fall Study Tour - Hudson River - Register by July 26 www.georgiatrust.org/historic_sites /study_tours.htm
October 7-9 - Georgia Downtown Conference Roswell - www.georgiadowntownassociation.org /conference.asp or contact Cindy Eidson at cindy. eidson@dca.ga.gov or 404-679-3101
October 13-17 - 2009 National Preservation Conference - Nashville, TN - www. preservationnation.org /resources/training/npc/
October 15-17 - 13th Annual Salve Regina University Conference on Cultural and Historic Preservation - Newport, RI - www.salve.edu/ departments/chp/
October 19-21 - Nationwide Cemetery Preservation Summit - held by the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training - Nashville - www.ncptt.nps.gov/index.php/ nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit/
October 22 - DCA Urban Redevelopment Plans &

Places in Peril
The Crum & Forster building in Atlanta (Fulton County) is on the 2009 Places in Peril list.
The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation will announce its 2010 Places in Peril list at Rhodes Hall on November 4. The Places in Peril program seeks to identify and preserve historic sites threatened by demolition, neglect, lack of maintenance, inappropriate development, or insensitive public policy. Visit the Georgia Trust at www.georgiatrust. org.
New Preserve America Communities designated in Georgia

Opportunity Zones workshop - Savannah - kim. carter@dca.ga.gov or call 404-679-0604
October 29-31 - Pioneer America Society Annual Conference - Pipestem Resort State Park, West Virginia - www.pioneeramerica.org /conference_information.htm
October 31-November 21 - 50th Seminar for Historical Administration - Indianapolis - www. aaslh.org/histadmin.htm
November 2-6 - Preservation in the City Without Limits: Association for Preservation Technology International (APT) conference - Los Angeles www.apti.org/conferences/ conference-current.cfm
November 13 - Historic Real Estate seminar National Trust for Historic Preservation and ERA Savannah - www.era.com/eraresources /featuredservices/nationaltrust.jsp
December 9-10 - National Preservation Institute seminar on Section 4(f) Compliance for Transportation Projects - Atlanta - www.npi.org/ sem-4f.html or contact NPI at 703-765-0100 or info@npi.org
March 25-26, 2010 - History and Heritage Tourism: Discovering Georgia's Community Landmarks - Warm Springs - www.gashpo.org/ content/ displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=460 or contact Conference Coordinator Carole Moore at carole. moore@dnr.state.ga.us or at 404-463-8434
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.

The waterfront in Darien (McIntosh County), one of Georgia's newest Preserve America Communities.
On August 4 the designation of 26 new Preserve America Communities was announced, the first under the Obama Administration. Among these were two in Georgia: Cobb County and Darien. The program recognizes communities that protect and celebrate their image; use their historic assets for economic development and community revitalization; and encourage people to experience and appreciate local historic resources through education and heritage tourism programs. Among other benefits, Preserve America Communities are eligible to apply for special grants. For more information on the program visit www.preserveamerica.gov.
Vintage report on Georgia Community Development now online
The December 1989 report entitled Georgia Community Development and Morphology of Community Types is now available on HPD's "Publications - resource types" Web page at http:// hpd.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=167 under the Communities subheading. Prepared by Darlene Roth of Roth and Associates, the 182 page report aimed to "identify and categorize,

as far as possible, the types of communities which were endemic to Georgia."
Available grants
GHRAB Historical Records Digitization Services Grants Awards of up to $10,000 to local governments and historical repositories in Georgia for digitization services. Preference will be given to records of high genealogical value. www.sos.ga.gov/archives /who_are_we/ghrab/grant_programs /historical_records_digitization_services.htm or contact Elizabeth Barr at 678-364-3718 or ebarr@sos.state.ga.us. Due by September 1.
James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation award nominations sought The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation will award research grants of up to $25,000 to mid-career professionals who have an academic background, professional experience, and an established identity in historic preservation or related field. The organization also will grant its biennial Richard L. Blinder Award of up to $15,000 for the best proposal exploring the preservation of an existing structure, complex of buildings, or genre of building type for use for a cultural purpose. More information about these awards is available at www. fitchfoundation.org. The application deadline is September 16.
Partnership in Scholarship Grants for African American Historic Places These grants will support collaborative projects between African American historic places and college/university scholars. This year, four grants of $15,000 each (no match required) will be awarded in the fall of 2009 to projects that help sustain current or attract new audiences at historic sites or enhance the interpretation of challenging topics at historic sites. Guidelines for the Partnership-in-Scholarship Grants are available at http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/

partnership-in-scholarship-grant-application-form/. For additional information contact Max A. van Balgooy at max_vanbalgooy@nthp. org. The application deadline is September 30.
Preservation Services Fund Grants Administered by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, these grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations and public agencies for preservation planning and education efforts. Grant awards range from $500 to $5,000. For more information, contact the Southern Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation at 843-722-8552 or soro@nthp.org and the National Trust website at www.nationaltrust.org/ help/grants.html. The application deadline is October 1.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Public Programs grants The National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Public Programs funds public projects at museums, libraries, historic sites, and other historical and cultural organizations. The grants support historic site interpretation, exhibits, reading or film discussion series, symposia, and digital projects. For more information contact the Division of Public Programs, 202-606-8269 or www.neh.gov. The application deadline for funds from America's Historical and Cultural Organizations and Interpreting America's Historic Places programs is January 13, 2010.
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