Preservation Georgia online, June 6-12, 2009

In this issue: -National Register news
-Solomon and Penelopy Pace House, Vinings -2009 Georgia Trust Preservation Awards are now online -Boyhood Home of Woodrow Wilson designated a National Historic Landmark -Preservation and Fundraising Coordinator position available in Macon -National Park Service launches HistoricPreservation.gov -Available grants
National Register news
Solomon and Penelopy Pace House, Vinings

June 6-12, 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 June 20 - Athens Heritage Walks, Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery - Athens - www.achfonline.org
June 25 - Friends of the Tybee Theater's Tybee Drive-In - Million Dollar Mermaid - Tybee Island www.tybeeposttheater.org/ComingEvents.htm
June 27 - Athens Heritage Walks, Henderson Avenue - Athens - www.achfonline.org
June 30 - Award of Excellence Ceremony, Atlanta Urban Design Commission - RSVP by June 22 - Atlanta - 404-330-6200 or email dpotts@atlantaga.gov
July 9 - Friends of the Tybee Theater's Tybee Drive-In - Summer Rental - Tybee Island - www. tybeeposttheater.org/ComingEvents.htm
July 23 - Friends of the Tybee Theater's Tybee Drive-In - How to Stuff a Wild Bikini - Tybee Island - www.tybeeposttheater.org/ ComingEvents.htm

The Solomon and Penelopy Pace House, located in Vinings (Cobb County), was listed in the National Register on May 20, 2009. Solomon Pace's father, Hardy, operated a ferry across the Chattahoochee River near his large land holdings in Vinings. Hardy Pace, pioneer settler in Cobb County, had operated the ferry since the 1830s, after the last land lottery in 1832 opened this part of Georgia to white settlers. The ferry and the family home were destroyed during the Civil War. According to deed records, Solomon Pace built his house sometime between 1867 and 1874 on the same spot where the family home had been, with only the granite steps from the Hardy Pace home remaining. Pace built a Central Hallway Cottage, which he enlarged around 1883 into a Gabled Wing Cottage in the Folk Victorian style. After his daughter's death in 1907, the property went through a series of owners before Ruth Carter Vanneman, the great-granddaughter of Solomon Pace, purchased the property in 1952. Upon her death in 1992, the property went to the Vinings Historic Preservation Society.
In 1894, Pace reopened Pace's Ferry in partnership with his cousin, Hardy Isaiah Randall. The ferry transported passengers, rig, and cattle across the Chattahoochee River for free as part of an agreement with Fulton County. While there were other ferries in Cobb County, Pace's was the only one in Vinings. It therefore contributed significantly to the growth of Vinings and the surrounding area. The ferry was

August 13 - Friends of the Tybee Theater's Tybee Drive-In - Blue Hawaii - Tybee Island www.tybeeposttheater.org/ComingEvents.htm
National and state conferences and meetings (listed in previous newsletters) June 13 - Limewash Workshop - presented by the National Park Service's National Center for Preservation Technology and Training in partnership with Save Our Cemeteries, Inc. New Orleans, LA - www.ncptt.nps.gov/index.php/ limewash-workshop/
June 20-27 - Preservation Leadership Training National Trust for Historic Preservation Deadwood, SD. Applications are due by March 31. www.preservationnation.org/plt or plt@nthp. org.
June 29, July 13, August 24 - Introduction to Genealogical Research - Georgia Historical Society workshop - Savannah - www. georgiahistory.com/containers/535
July 8-10 - Collections Camp for Military History - AASLH workshop - Kansas City, MO - www. aaslh.org/julywkshp
July 8-11 NCSHPO Summer Board Meeting Big Bend, TX - www.ncshpo.org/meetings/
July 11 - Georgia Chapter, Trail of Tears Association meeting - Roswell - www. gatrailoftears.com/events.htm
July 15-18 - 33rd Annual League of Historic American Theatres Conference - Cleveland www.lhat.org or call 877-627-0833
July 19-22 - Transportation Research Board Committees on Historic and Archaeological Preservation in Transportation and Native American Transportation Issues midyear conference - Sheridan, WY - www.itre. ncsu.edu/adc50/09summermeeting.htm

operational until 1903 when it was replaced by an iron bridge. The house is the only known extant property associated with Solomon Pace. The house is a four-room, wood-frame, Folk Victorian Gabled Wing Cottage. It retains its character defining features and is a good example of a Gabled Wing Cottage. The 1883 addition relocated the front entrance to face Pace's Mill Road. The historic entrance, with granite stairs from a previous house, is located on the west elevation. A wraparound porch extends along both of these elevations of the house. The porch has tongue-and-groove wood flooring, split wood posts, jigsaw trim and exposed rafter ends. An addition in the 1950s brought the cottage to its current four-room plan. The interior layout remains intact from the 1883 renovation/addition. The interior retains its heart pine floors, wood-paneled doors, baseboards, crown molding, mantels, and window and door moldings. For more information, visit http://www.gashpo.org/content/ displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=375
2009 Georgia Trust Preservation Awards are now online
The Appling County Courthouse, winner of a 2009 Historic Preservation Award

July 20 - Basic Preservation for your Family Treasures - Georgia Historical Society workshop - Savannah - www.georgiahistory.com/ containers/535
July 22-24 - Digitizing Audio Collections AASLH workshop - St. Louis, MO - www.aaslh. org/julywkshp
July 27-31 - Saving the Susan Marr House Hands-on Building Conservation Workshop Virginia City, Montana - www. heritageconservation.net/ws-virginia-city-2009. htm
August 2-7- Galleting Galore at the Abreuvoir Hands-on Building Conservation Workshop Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, The Bronx, New York - www.heritageconservation.net/ws-bartowpell-2009.htm
August 17 - Oral History: Getting Started Georgia Historical Society workshop - Savannah - www.georgiahistory.com/containers/535
August 20 - Oral History: It's Recorded, Now What? - Georgia Historical Society workshop Savannah - www.georgiahistory.com/ containers/535
August 23-26 - National Scenic Byways 2009 conference: Elevate Your Expertise - Denver, CO - www.bywaysresourcecenter.org or center@byways.org
August 26-29 - 2009 AASLH (American Association for State and Local History) Annual Meeting - Indianapolis, IN - www.aaslh.org/2009annual-meeting.htm
September 17-18 - Georgia Municipal Cemetery Association Annual Conference - Rome - contact Stan Rogers at 706-236-4534
September 18-19 - The Georgia Trust's Fall Ramble - Washington - www.georgiatrust.org/

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The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation has posted details of their 2009 Preservation Awards winners on their Web site at www. georgiatrust.org/whatsnew/pres_winners09.htm. This year's ceremony was held in Augusta at the Georgia Trust's annual meeting. For more than 30 years the Trust has recognized preservation projects and individuals in the state who have made significant contributions to the field of historic preservation. Awards are presented on the basis of the contributions of the person or project to the community and/or state and on compliance to the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
Boyhood Home of Woodrow Wilson designated a National Historic Landmark
The Boyhood Home of Woodrow Wilson, located in Augusta, was recognized as a National Historic Landmark (NHL) on May 15th. Coinciding with the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation's Annual

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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 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
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

Meeting and Spring Ramble, the event was attended by preservationists from across the state. Built in 1859, the home was occupied by the Wilsons for 11 years that included the Civil War and the beginnings of Reconstruction. It is now operated by Historic Augusta as a house museum. In addition to the Boyhood Home, Augusta contains five other NHLs.
For more information visit www.wilsonboyhoodhome.org. For more information on National Historic Landmarks visit www.nps.gov/history/ nhl/.
Preservation and Fundraising Coordinator position available in Macon
The Historic Macon Foundation has announced that it is seeking applicants for a Preservation and Fundraising Coordinator position. The position oversees all fundraising events for the foundation, manages communication and advertising, and performs most preservation research for the organization. For details visit www.preservenet.cornell. edu/employ/jobdetail.cfm?POSTID=1683 or email info@historicmacon. org.
National Park Service launches HistoricPreservation.gov
The Federal Preservation Institute of the National Park Service has launched the Historic Preservation Learning Portal, the largest search engine devoted entirely to historic preservation. Each week, the search engine indexes the contents of nearly 2,000 preservation Web sites. Queries can be entered in plain language, without the need for abstract keywords. Visit the site at www.historicpreservation.gov.

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.

Available grants

Preserve America grants A total of $80,000 is available to Certified Local Governments or Preserve America Communities. Eligible projects include research and documentation, interpretation and education, planning, marketing, or training. www.gashpo.org/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=460 or contact Carole Moore, HPD Grants Coordinator, at 404-463-8434 or email carole.moore@dnr.state.ga.us. Must be postmarked by June 15.
Le Corbusier study grant One 10,000 euro grant is available for study of the architect. Applicants must be pursuing an advanced degree and be under the age of 35. www.fondationlecorbusier.fr Due by June 30
Historic Chattahoochee Commission matching grants $10,000 in grants is available for qualifying non-profit organizations or agencies headquartered within the Chattahoochee Trace region. Successful projects must contribute to the promotion of tourism, history, and/or historic preservation. www.hcc-al-ga.org/resources.cfm?GetPage=6 or email trace@eufaula. rr.com. Due by August 3.
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.
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