Preservation Georgia online, Feb. 13-19, 2010

In this issue: -Community Landmarks Conference to be held March 25-26 -National Register news
-Beulah Grove Lodge No. 372, Free and Accepted York Masons -Brunswick named Best Place to Buy an Old House -AASLH seeks Leadership in History Awards nominations -Available grants
Community Landmarks Conference to be held March 2526
Do you want to find strategies to convince your community to preserve its historic city hall? Would you like to learn how to market a historic site in your downtown? Or do you have the opposite problem of too many visitors to your house museum and want to learn how to protect it? Would you like to "meet" Franklin D. Roosevelt and learn about his New Deal for America? These topics and more will be included in the upcoming History & Heritage Tourism: Discovering Georgia's Community Landmarks, which will be held in Warm Springs. Registration is only $60 and includes meals and tours. Co-sponsors include HPD, the Georgia Department of Economic Development, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, the Georgia Council for the

February 13-19, 2010
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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 March 2 - Mt. Zion Community Exhibit opening reception - DeKalb History Center, Decatur - www. dekalbhistory.org /dekalb_history_center_eventsprograms.htm
March 10 - Downtown Day at the State Capitol Georgia Downtown Association - Atlanta - RSVP by March 1 to gda@gmanet.com
National and state conferences and meetings (listed in previous newsletters)
February 24 - Tribal Consultation Workshop Atlanta - contact Terry Klein at tklein@srifoundation.org or 505-892-5587
February 26-27 - Center for Heritage Conservation Annual Symposium - College Station, TX - http://archone.tamu.edu/chc /advocacy/symposium_2010.html
March 1 - National Register/National Historic Landmark workshop - sponsored by NPS and NCSHPO - Washington, DC - www.ncshpo.org or email barbara_wyatt@nps.gov
March 2-5 - NCSHPO Annual Meeting and Advocacy Day - Washington, D.C. - www.ncshpo.

Humanities, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, the Three Rivers Regional Commission, and the Fox Theatre Institute. For more information, contact Conference Coordinator Carole Moore at 404-4638434 or carole.moore@dnr.state.ga.us. Click on the link below to see the registration brochure.
National Register news
Beulah Grove Lodge No. 372, Free and Accepted York Masons
The Beulah Grove Lodge No. 372, Free and Accepted York Masons, located near Douglasville (Douglas County), was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 3, 2010. Circa 1881, a church building was constructed and a Masonic lodge was founded in the historic African American community of Pleasant Grove. About 20 years later in 1910, a dual-purpose lodge/school building was constructed and classes for children began. This building was listed in the National Register for the significant role it played in the social history and education of the community. Pleasant Grove was a rural community where most of the residents were sharecroppers. Members of the adjacent Pleasant Grove Baptist Church's Board of Deacons were trustees for the lodge. Jack Smith, who donated the land for the lodge/school building, was believed to be a Mason. The building was used for lodge activities until the 1950s when the members joined another lodge due to dwindling membership

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March 3-5 - National Historic Tax Credit Conference - Washington, D.C. - www.ncshpo.org/ meetings/index.htm
March 10-14 - National Council on Public History and American Society for Environmental History annual meeting - Currents of Change - Portland, OR - www.ncph.org/cms/?page_id=7
March 11 - 2010 Georgia Women of Achievement Induction Ceremony - Macon - www. georgiawomen.org
March 13 - Georgia Trail of Tears Association meeting - Indian Spring Hotel/Museum, Flovilla www.gatrailoftears.org
March 17-19 - Main Street Institute - St. Marys Featuring HPD's Ced Dolder and Leigh Burns on March 18 - contact Kimberly Carter at kim. carter@dca.ga.gov
March 19 - The Georgia Trust's Preservation Gala - Atlanta - www.georgiatrust.org/news/events /event.php?id=21
March 25-26 - 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
March 25-26 - Historic House Museum Issues & Operations workshop - presented by AASLH in partnership with the National Trust - Atlanta History Center - www.aaslh.org/hhissues.htm
March 26 - Downtown Development Authority Training - Sea Palms - www.gmanet.com /Training.aspx?CNID=36160
April 9-11 - The Georgia Trust's Annual Meeting & Spring Ramble - Rome - www.georgiatrust.org /news/events/event.php?id=22
April 21-24 - Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation Annual Meeting - Albuquerque, NM www.ahlp.org/docs/meetings.html
April 21-25 - Society of Architectural Historians annual meeting - Chicago, IL - link

at Beulah Grove. The lodge was also used by the Order of the Eastern Star, a predominately female Masonic order. This building was used for the Pleasant Grove School until the mid-1930s. For more information read the full press release at www.gashpo.org/ content /displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=375. The building will also be featured in an upcoming Preservation Posts article.
Brunswick named Best Place to Buy an Old House
The Old Town Historic District in Brunswick has been named a Best Place to Buy an Old House by This Old House magazine. The magazine annually seeks neighborhoods "populated by people who share an appreciation of finely crafted homes that have plenty of past and lots of future." For more information visit www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos /0,,20343296_20738484,00.html.
AASLH seeks Leadership in History Awards nominations
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) seeks submissions for the 2010 Leadership in History Awards. The program recognizes exemplary work in the field of state and local history.

April 22-25 - Central of Georgia Railway Historical Society meeting - Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, Kennesaw - www.cofg. org
April 23-24 - GAPC Historic Preservation Commission Training - Albany - www.facebook. com /event.php?eid=286711007220&index=1
April 27-29 - AASLH Project Management for History Professionals workshop - Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, Birmingham, AL www.aaslh.org /projectmanagement.htm
May 2-5 - National Main Street Conference Oklahoma City, OK - www.mainstreet.org
May 15 - Society for Georgia Archaeology meeting - The Parks at Chehaw, Albany - www. thesga.org
May 19-22 - Vernacular Architecture Forum annual meeting - Washington, D.C. - www. vernaculararchitectureforum.org /conferences/2010.html
May 24-28 - Current Archaeological Prospection Advances for Non-Destructive Investigations in the 21st Century - NPS workshop - Knife River Indian Villages NHS, North Dakota - www.nps.gov/ history/mwac/
June 5-12 - Preservation Leadership Training Baton Rouge, LA - www.preservationnation.org /resources/training/plt
June 8-10 - Section 106: An Introduction - NPI seminar - Atlanta - www.npi.org
June 26 - Downtown Development Authority Training - Savannah - www.gmanet.com /Training.aspx?CNID=36160
July 17-24 - Advanced Preservation Leadership Training - Cincinnati, OH - www. preservationnation.org /resources/training/plt
July 28-31 - National Underground Railroad Conference - Topeka, KS - www.nps.gov/history/

Nominees need not be members of AASLH to qualify. Nominations are due to state award representatives by March 1. Nominations are then reviewed by a national committee in the summer of 2010 with formal presentation of the awards made during the AASLH 2010 Annual Meeting, September 22-25, in Oklahoma City, OK. For more information visit www.aaslh.org/aaslh_awards.htm.
Available grants
Athens-Area Watson-Brown Foundation Junior Board grants A total of $33,000 is available for historic preservation projects located in the Athens area. Eligible counties include Banks, Hall, Habersham, Stephens, Franklin, Hart, Madison, Jackson, Barrow, Walton, Oconee, Clarke, Oglethorpe, and Greene. Any non-profit preservation organization in the area may apply. Call 706-369-3513, email shays@trrcobbhouse.org, or visit www.trrcobbhouse.org for an application. Applications are due by February 26.
Milledgeville Watson-Brown Foundation Junior Board grants A total of $33,000 is available for historic preservation projects located in Middle Georgia. Eligible counties include Baldwin, Jones, Hancock, Washington, Wilkinson, Twiggs, Bibb, Monroe, Jasper, Putnam, and Morgan. Any non-profit entity in the area may apply. Applications are available by calling 478-445-4545 or by emailing at matt.davis@gcsu. edu. Applications are due by March 8.

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July 29-August 6 - National Alliance of Preservation Commissions Forum - Grand Rapids, MI - www.uga.edu/napc/programs /napc/forum.htm
September 9-12 - Preserving the Historic Road Washington, D.C. - www.historicroads.org
September 22-25 - American Association for State and Local History annual meeting: The Winds of Opportunity - Oklahoma City, OK - www. aaslh.org/2010AnnualMeeting.htm
September 28 - Downtown Development Authority Training - Augusta - www.gmanet.com /Training.aspx?CNID=36160
September 29-October 1 - Georgia Downtown Conference - Augusta - contact Kimberly Carter at kim.carter@dca.ga.gov
September 30-October 2 - National Barn Alliance Southern Conference - Rock Barn, Canton - www. rockbarn.org
October 6-9 - Association for Preservation Technology International annual conference Denver, CO - www.apti.org/conferences /conference-current.cfm
October 26-30 - National Preservation Conference - Austin, TX - www. preservationnation.org /resources/training/npc/ or email conference@nthp.org
December 7-9 - Section 106: Agreement Documents - NPI seminar - Atlanta - www.npi.org
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.

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