Preservation Georgia online, Sept. 5-11, 2009

In this issue: -Rosenwald Schools context approved -Two rehabilitation tax credit bills to be introduced in the U. S. House -Adventures in Preservation offers hands-on preservation vacations -Available grants
Rosenwald Schools context approved
Dedicated in 1937, the Eleanor Roosevelt School in Warm Springs

September 5-11, 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 13 - Geechee Gullah Shouters performance - Atlanta History Center - contact Andrea Rombauer, manager of family programs, at 404-814-4018
September 18 - Kings of the Chattahoochee: Horace King Family, Master Builders from Atlanta to Apalachicola - LaGrange - register by Sept. 14 - call 706-884-1828
September 22 - The History of Dunwoody DeKalb History Center, Decatur - contact Karen Kopanezos, Archivist at 404.373.1088 ext. 23 or archives@dekalbhistory.org
September 24 - Historic Chattahoochee Commission Annual Meeting - Eufaula, Alabama register by Sept. 19 - www.hcc-al-ga.org/calendar/ calendar_current.cfm
September 26 - FREE admission to all Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites, one day only Statewide - www.gastateparks.org

(Meriwether County) was the last of over 5,000 schools nationwide seeded with money from Julius Rosenwald.
The historic context Rosenwald Schools in Georgia, 1912-1937 was approved by the National Register of Historic Places on August 17, 2009. The context will facilitate the nomination of Georgia's extant Rosenwald schools to the National Register by property owners, historical societies, and community groups.
The context is the result of several years of research by Jeanne Cyriaque, African American Programs Coordinator at HPD, and is part of a larger initiative to identify, document, and preserve the remaining Rosenwald schools in the state. The context also provides a detailed factual account of the Rosenwald Fund's specific impact in Georgia and places its significance within the broader framework of black education in the state.
Between 1915 and 1937, the Julius Rosenwald Fund provided funding and plans for the construction of 259 schools throughout the state. To date, approximately four dozen of the Georgia schools have been identified. The fund had a significant impact upon the advancement of African American education in the state of Georgia, and was a welcome relief for the state's African American population that had long endured the hardships and injustices imposed by the South's segregated public education system. In addition to assisting with the construction of new school buildings, the fund also advocated extending the school term for black students, increasing compensation received by black educators, subsidizing transportation for black students, and supporting the development of libraries.

October 10 - DOCOMOMO Georgia Tour Day Walking tour of Modern sites in downtown Atlanta - Atlanta - www.facebook.com/event.php? eid=83128642186&ref=nf
October 27-January 16, 2010 - Marcel Breuer: Design and Architecture - Atlanta - www.facebook. com/event.php?eid=126021934098&ref=mf
October 31 - Run Like Hell 5K Race & Run Like Heck Fun Run - Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta www.oaklandcemetery.com/run.html
November 17 - The History of Avondale Estates DeKalb History Center, Decatur - contact Karen Kopanezos, Archivist at 404.373.1088 ext. 23 or archives@dekalbhistory.org
April 27-May 1, 2010 - National Association of Environmental Professionals annual conference Atlanta - www.naep.org/mc/page.do? sitePageId=92305&orgId=naep
National and state conferences and meetings (listed in previous newsletters) 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 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

Rosenwald-funded schools varied in size from small oneteacher schools to large 11-teacher facilities that offered instruction from first grade through high school. In the fund's early years, wood-frame, one-story, one- and twoteacher schools were the most common. In later years, larger schools constructed of brick were built with greater frequency, though always in much smaller numbers than the wood-framed rural schools. Rosenwald schools were built according to standardized plans that were produced by the Rosenwald Fund. The fund required a two-acre campus that often included teachers' homes, industrial vocational buildings, privies, and athletic fields in addition to the school. View the context in full at www.gashpo.org/Assets/ Documents /Rosenwald_Schools_In_Georgia_1912_1937.PDF.
Visit www.gashpo.org/content/displaycontent.asp? txtDocument=381&txtPage=1 for more information about Rosenwald Schools in Georgia. If you have more information about a Rosenwald school in your community, please contact Jeanne Cyriaque at 404-656-4768 or jeanne. cyriaque@dnr.state.ga.us.
Two rehabilitation tax credit bills to be introduced in the U.S. House
Two bills that could provide tax incentives to the owners of historic buildings are expected to be introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives next week.
A historic homeowner tax bill would create a 20 percent tax credit, capped at $60,000, for homeowners who make expenditures to rehabilitate historic structures in

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 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
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 & Opportunity Zones workshop - Savannah - kim.

accordance with the Secretary's standards. To qualify, the taxpayer must make qualified rehabilitation expenditures over a 2 year period that exceed the greater of $5,000 or the taxpayer's basis in the property, and must use the home as his/her principal residence. The credit would also be available for developers who rehabilitate homes and sell them to individuals for use as their principal residence and the credit would be increased for rehabilitation projects in designated HUD difficult to develop areas.
A new version of the Community Restoration and Revitalization Act would propose ten amendments to improve the existing federal commercial rehabilitation tax credit. The bill contains several provisions that would encourage the rehabilitation of smaller projects that populate rural America, main streets, and older neighborhoods. For the first time the bill also places an emphasis on accomplishing significant energy efficiency and savings during the rehabilitation process. Other provisions include permitting the 10 percent non-historic credit for older buildings to be used for the rehabilitation of residential rental property, allowing for less in-depth rehabilitation by reducing by half the substantial rehabilitation requirements, and specifying that proceeds from the sale of state historic tax credits should not be taxed at the federal level.
For information about the Federal and State tax incentives currently available in Georgia visit www.gashpo.org/content/ displaynavigation.asp?TopCategory=199.
Adventures in Preservation offers

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
February 13, 2010 - Georgia Days Birthday Bash and Awards Gala - Georgia Historical Society Savannah - www.georgiahistory.com/stories/112
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

hands-on preservation vacations
Adventures in Preservation, formerly known as the Heritage Conservation Network, is a non-profit organization that offers hands-on preservation vacations to destinations throughout the world. Guided by experts, participants take part in real-world preservation projects. Planned trips for 2010 include U.S. destinations in Illinois, Montana, and New York City as well as international destinations in Kenya, Armenia, Slovenia, and Albania. For more information visit www.adventuresinpreservation.org.
Available grants
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

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.

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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