Preservation Georgia online, May 30-June 5, 2009

In this issue: -HPD welcomes new Budget & Grants Specialist -National Register news
-James E. and Bertha Hooten House, McDonough -Basket Creek Cemetery, Douglasville vicinity -Jimmy Carter National Historic Site could become National Historical Park -Civil War Preservation Trust Web site redesigned -Available grants
HPD welcomes new Budget & Grants Specialist
We are pleased to welcome back Lawana Woodson as HPD's Budget & Grants Specialist in the Management & Information Unit. Lawana is returning to HPD with a wealth of experience she obtained as a Grants Specialist with DNR's Environmental Protection Division, where she worked after her initial position at HPD. She has an MBA from the American Intercontinental University in Atlanta and a BA in Political Science from GSU. Her education and experience will be a definite asset to our division.
National Register news

May 30-June 5, 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 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 18-19 - Ornamental Iron Workshop presented by the National Park Service's National Center for Preservation Technology and Training in partnership with Tulane University - New Orleans, LA - www.ncptt.nps. gov/index.php/ornamental-iron-workshop/
National and state conferences and meetings (listed in previous newsletters) June 7-20 - Saving "Shotguns" - Aiming for a Brighter Future - Hands-on Building Conservation Workshop, Cairo, Illinois - www. heritageconservation.net/ws-cairo.htm
June 8, July 20 - Basic Preservation for your Family Treasures - Georgia Historical Society workshop - Savannah - www.georgiahistory.com/ containers/535

James E. and Bertha Hooten House, McDonough
The James E. and Bertha Hooten House, located in McDonough (Henry County), was listed in the National Register on May 20, 2009. James Ernest Hooten (1885-1950) and his wife Bertha acquired the property in 1911 from builder J. W. Stroud, and were the first to occupy the home. Known as Jamie to his friends, Hooten was a prominent civic leader in McDonough. Among many other contributions, he served on city council and was mayor in 1932 and 1934. The house remained in the Hooten family until 1963. It is located approximately two blocks north of the Henry County Courthouse on a major artery that was once the main thoroughfare between Atlanta and Florida; this area of McDonough is experiencing some transition from residential to commercial uses. The Hooten House is a good intact example of a Georgian Cottage. This house type was named for its floor plan, consisting of a central hallway with two rooms on each side. A large number of Georgian Cottages were built between 1850 and 1890, but they were also constructed well into the 20th century. Most surviving examples are found in the Piedmont region of the state. The original plan of the Hooten House is intact. A fifth room added to the rear (the original kitchen) created a small ell. Around 1928 a rear porch was enclosed to

June 8-9 - National Preservation Institute seminar on the Identification and Evaluation of Mid-20th Century Buildings - Atlanta - www.npi. org/sem-20th.html or contact NPI at 703-7650100 or info@npi.org
June 10-13 - Vernacular Architecture Forum Annual Meeting - Butte, Montana - www.vafweb. org
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
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

add more rooms to the side of the ell. The house has a deep porch with square columns and a steep hipped roof with front-gabled extensions on each side. The foundation is brick piers that have been filled in with additional brick. There are two interior brick chimneys that each service two fireplaces. The interior has 12-foot-high beadboard ceilings and plaster walls. The house retains most of its significant materials and workmanship, such as siding, windows, walls, ceilings, and mantels. The present day owners did an extensive rehabilitation to the 2,150 square foot building, transforming it from a residence to law offices in 2007. The project was approved for state tax incentives by the Historic Preservation Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources and federal tax incentives by the National Park Service. The rehab effort consisted of stabilizing and leveling the entire house, including the back and front porches; repairing and painting the exterior including the trim and pillars; repairing and refinishing the interior walls, doors, ceilings and floors; including saving the original windows. All new plumbing, electrical and HVAC systems were installed. Basket Creek Cemetery, Douglasville vicinity
The Basket Creek Cemetery, located near Douglasville (Douglas County), was listed in the National Register on May 20, 2009. The

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/ whatsnew
/calendarevents.htm or 404-885-7812
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/

cemetery, which contains 110 known burials of African-American members of the Basket Creek Baptist Church, opened in 1886 and is still in use. It is the last remaining vestige of a turn-of-the-20thcentury African-American community located in south Douglas County. This rural black community consisted of single-family houses, saw mills, tenant farms, and churches situated within an area along the Chattahoochee River.
The survival of the funerary ritual of grave mounding at this site reflects a series of unique circumstances that allowed for the generational persistence of this vanishing custom. Grave mounding was introduced to Georgia by slaves from West Africa during the late 18th century. While the ritual had largely disappeared statewide by the mid-20th century, it has been preservated at Basket Creek due to the cemetery's continuous association with the Basket Creek Baptist Church and the diligence of the remaining descendants. Similar extant examples of grave mounding in African-American cemeteries have been documented in Louisiana and Texas. Basket Creek Cemetery is the only extant example of grave mounding documented in Georgia to date.
The cemetery has a square-shaped lot and is situated on flat terrain. The cemetery's 110 known burial plots are arranged informally along a series of irregular rows that do not form straight lines or grids. The cemetery is void of vegetation and has the appearance of a swept yard. A large majority of the graves have roughly carved upright stone markers. Most of the markers lack inscriptions. The grave mounds that ornament a majority of the burials are the cemetery's most distinctive landscape features. Each one-foot high triangular-shaped mound runs the length of the grave between the headstone and footstone. The mounding ritual involves forming and continually maintaining sculpted red-clay mounds to perpetually commemorate the life of the deceased. The process involves scraping red clay soil onto the grave from its perimeter, then using a hoe to mound the loose material and, finally, using a metal file to hone the mound's sides to

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 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.

create a pointed top. Those involved in this ritual see a poorly maintained mound as an insult to their ancestors as well as a bad reflection upon the local community's association with its heritage. The constant erosion of the mounds caused by exposure and settling, therefore, necessitates the routine observance of this process. This funerary ritual has been observed at Basket Creek Cemetery on at least a biannual schedule for the last 123 years. For more information about these listings, please visit our Web site at www.gashpo.org/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=375.
Jimmy Carter National Historic Site could become National Historical Park
The boyhood home of Jimmy Carter in Archery is part of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site.
Bill H.R. 1471 was introduced in the House of Representatives on March 12th by a bipartisan group of eight Georgia representatives with the goal of expanding the boundaries of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site and re-designating it a National Historic Site. On March 30th a

related bill, S. 742, was introduced to the Senate by Georgia's two senators as well as a senator from Arkansas. Currently, both versions are in committee.
Located in Carter's hometown of Archery as well as nearby Plains (Sumter County), the proposed site would encompass 18 acres and include numerous buildings that are already popular tourist destinations. The new boundaries would unify numerous sites that are currently controlled by multiple organizations. As stated in both bills, the primary purpose of the park would be "the preservation and interpretation of a southern agricultural-based rural community during the early to middle years of the 20th century."
For more information on the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site visit www.nps.gov/jica/.
Civil War Preservation Trust Web site redesigned
The Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) has completely redesigned their Web site. New content includes maps of famous battles, historic and modern images, and expanded lesson plans. "Harnessing the opportunities presented by the Internet allows us to make the past come alive in ways never before dreamed of," stated CWPT President James Lighthizer in a press release, "By making history dynamic and relevant to new generations of Americans, we hope to instill in them the understanding that the unique landscapes of Civil War battlefields are truly hallowed grounds that need to be preserved." The redesigned site can be viewed at www.civilwar.org.
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.
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.
NHPRC Professional Development Grants for archives and historical publishing Awards of up to $150,000 for nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, government agencies, or recognized Native American groups to improve the training and education of professionals in the archival and historical publishing communities. Projects can be for professional education curriculum development; for basic and advanced institutes; or research seminars. Surveys, focus groups, and other activities to understand these professions and their educational and training needs are also eligible. www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement

/development.html Due by October 5.
NHPRC Publishing Historical Records Grants for post-1820 documents Awards of up to $250,000 annually for proposals to publish historical records of national significance. Documents should fall predominantly after 1820. www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/publishing.html Due by October 5.
NHPRC Strategies and Tools Grant Awards of up to $150,000 for nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, government agencies, or recognized Native American groups for developing new strategies and tools that can improve the preservation, public discovery, or use of historical records. Projects may also focus on techniques and tools that will improve the professional performance and effectiveness of those who work with such records, such as archivists, documentary editors, and records managers. www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/strategies.html Due by October 5.
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