Preservation Georgia online, Apr. 2-8, 2011

In this issue: - HPD's Jim Lockhart receives award from Georgia Trust - Enter our Mid-Century Modern Georgia Photo Contest - May is Georgia Archaeology month - DeKalb Ranch House report wins national award - Georgia's Historic Landscape & Garden Grants - Coastal Georgia's resources need your help
HPD's Jim Lockhart receives award from Georgia Trust
Retired HPD photographer, James R. Lockhart (above, right) was awarded the Georgia Trust's Preservation Service Award at their annual meeting on April 1 in Macon. The award nomination was sponsored by the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission and Historic Preservation Division. Jim was recognized for his dedication to photographing historic buildings and landscapes throughout Georgia. During his 32 years with HPD, Jim compiled the state's largest and most diverse collection of images of Georgia's historic properties - a collection containing an estimated 50,000 images. A sample of National Register nomination photos taken by Jim not long before he retired in February 2010 can be seen on HPD's Flickr page. Jim also provided the photography for numerous books on architecture, including monographs on Neel Reid, William Frank McCall, Jr., and James Means. Congratulations and many thanks to Jim for years of dedication documenting Georgia's historic resources! See photos and learn more about all of this year's other award recipients, including two DNR properties - Hardman Farm and the Chief Vann House, on the

April 2-8, 2011
-Upcoming HPD-sponsored events -This week's new listings -Available grants
Upcoming HPD-sponsored events
April 9 - Camp Lawton archaeology public work day - Ga. Southern University, HPD/DNR, & USFWS - Magnolia Springs State Park
May 10-11 - Section 106: A Review for Experienced Practitioners seminar - NPI, HPD & GDOT - Atlanta
May 12-13 - Consultation and Protection of Native American Lands seminar - NPI,HPD & GDOT - Atlanta
This week's new listings
Check our Events Calendar for complete listings by date.
April 11 - Historical Marker Dedication: The Burning and Destruction of Atlanta - Georgia Historical Society and the Georgia Dept of Economic Development - Atlanta - RSVP to Brian Williams at bwilliams@georgiahistory.com.
April 15-16 - Mid-century modern architecture excursion - Vernacular Georgia - Atlanta vernaculargeorgia@gmail.com
April 16 - Civil War Heritage Day - Georgia Southern University & Museum - Statesboro
April 19 - Unveiling at Cedartown Camp & Original Route Signage - Trail of Tears National Historic Trail - Cedartown - aeriehollow@ellijay. com
April 21 - Historic Landscape & Garden Grants fundraiser, lecture & book-signing - Garden Club of Georgia - Atlanta
May 12-14 - AIA 2011 National Convention and Design Exposition - New Orleans
Available grants
Historic Theatre Grants will assist local communities in promoting their historic theaters through heritage tourism. Application deadline is April 15, 2011.
Preservation Services Fund Grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations and public agencies for preservation planning and education efforts. Grant awards range from $500 to $5,000. The Application deadline is June 1, 2011
America's Historical and Cultural Organizations grant competition funds humanities projects that are intended for broad public audiences at museums, libraries, historic sites and other historical and cultural organizations The next deadline is August 17, 2011.

Georgia Trust's website.

HPD is partnering with the Georgia chapter of DOCOMOMO US to launch the "Mid-Century Modern Georgia" photo contest on Flickr. The contest seeks photos that depict buildings or sites in the state that are a part of the design movement that lasted from the 1930s through the 1970s. For full contest details and rules visit our website. Entries must be received no later than May 15, 2011. Entries can be viewed on the contest Flickr group.
May is Georgia Archaeology Month
May 2011 marks the 18th annual archaeology awareness promotion in Georgia. From its inception as a week-long celebration in 1994, the observance has expanded to an entire month of special public events, exhibits, and demonstrations in communities across the state. This year's theme, Gone But Not Forgotten: Rediscovering the Civil War Through Archaeology, was chosen to coincide with the beginning of the Sesquicentennial Commemoration of the Civil War. Event listings may be sent to helen.talley-mcrae@dnr.state.ga.us for inclusion on HPD's events calendar.
The Society for Georgia Archaeology's (SGA) annual spring meeting on May 14 in McDonough will feature a general paper session regarding archaeology in Georgia in the morning and papers regarding Civil War Archaeology in Georgia in the afternoon. There will also be a silent auction fundraiser. Information regarding this and other Archaeology Month events that are open to the public will continue to be updated on the SGA website. You may also contact Tammy Herron at tfherron@gmail. com or 706-831-3169.
DeKalb Ranch House report wins national award

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DeKalb resident Tom Bearden in front of his new house in 1952.
The Spring 2010 Case Studies in Historic Preservation class in Georgia State University's Heritage Preservation Masters program has been awarded the Paul E. Buchanan Award from the Vernacular Architecture

Forum. The project the class completed, "Single-family Residential Development in DeKalb County 1945-1970," is linked from HPD's Ranch Houses web page.
The Buchanan Award is a national honor given since 1993 to recognize the study and preservation of vernacular architecture and cultural landscape for projects that are not published. The selection committee "was particularly impressed with the context report's comprehensiveness, its usefulness as a model for evaluating potentially threatened landscapes, and its focus on the recent past." They also said that the project not only "addressed the criteria of the award, but it has the added benefit of training the next generation of preservationists." Congratulations to the class members, who include HPD historic programs assistant, Maysyly Naolu, and former intern, Courtney Lankford. Read more on GSU's website.
Georgia's Historic Landscape & Garden Grants
On April 21, the Garden Club of Georgia is hosting a fundraiser lecture and book signing by Andrea Wulf (above), the author of the recently published Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation. All proceeds from the event will go directly into the Garden Club of Georgia's Historic Landscape and Garden Grants Program. Since 1998, over 60 historic properties have benefited from this initiative. Nonprofits and local governments are eligible to apply for matching grants up to $3,000. Grants for 2011 will be announced at the annual meeting of the Garden Club of Georgia in late April. For questions about the Historic Landscape or Garden Grants Program, contact HPD's Mary Ann Eaddy at 404-651-5283.
Coastal Georgia's resources need your help
The Georgia coast has a rich natural and cultural heritage, and several organizations are considering how to engage the public about this -- e. g., raising awareness, preservation and interpretation and making the coast accessible in selected ways. Complete an online survey about your perceptions and interests in visiting and/or finding out about the history and people's relationship to the natural environment on Georgia's coast. Your answers will be anonymous and you will not be asked for donations at the end.

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