Preservation Georgia online, Apr. 21-27, 2012

In this issue: May is Preservation & Archaeology Month! HPD's Jeanne Cyriaque receives Mary Gregory Jewett Award Recent National Register listings 2012 Georgia Downtown Conference call for education session proposals
May is Preservation & Archaeology Month!
Check our website for updates. Activities sponsored by HPD include:
Preservation Month Lecture Series at Rhodes Hall, Atlanta in partnership with the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation every Thursday in May. Lectures and light refreshments are free and begin at 6pm. Georgia Preservation Month proclamation will be signed by Governor Deal on May 2. This year's theme is "Discovering Georgia's Hidden Gems." 2012 "Downtown Georgia" photo contest seeks photos of the state's diverse historic downtown buildings and streetscapes by May 24 .
This year's Archaeology Month theme is "Commemorating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812." Visit the Society for Georgia Archaeology's website for more information and events, including their spring meeting and tour of Fort Daniel in Lawrenceville.
Check our calendar for events in May. Send your submissions to Helen Talley-McRae. Share your events and photos on our Facebook page.
HPD's Jeanne Cyriaque receives Mary Gregory Jewett Award

April 21-27, 2012
Recent HPD activities
April 10 - Staff participated in the Tourism Product Development Team project for Carroll County in Carrollton.
April 19-20 - Staff organized and participated in the Georgia Statewide Historic Preservation Conference in Roswell. DNR Commissioner Williams gave the opening remarks.
Upcoming HPD-sponsored events
April 30 - West Georgia Textile Heritage Trail Conference - presented by the University of West Georgia, Georgia Department of Economic Development and Historic Preservation Division Bremen - contact Dr. Keith S. Hebert
CANCELLED - May 15-17 - Conflict Resolution and Consultation Tools for Cultural and Natural Resource Projects seminar presented by NPI in cooperation with the Historic Preservation Division and the Georgia Department of Transportation - Atlanta
June 19-20 - Identification and Management of Traditional Cultural Places presented by NPI in cooperation with the Historic Preservation Division and the Georgia Department of Transportation - Atlanta
This week's new calendar listings Check our online Calendar for complete listings.
May is Preservation Month & Archaeology Awareness Month!
May 2 - Augusta's Humorous History, a talk given by Bill Kirby - Augusta Museum of History - Augusta
May 5 - Archaeology Day at 1797 Ezekiel Harris House - Augusta Museum of History and Augusta Archaeological Society - Augusta
May 19 - Isaiah Davenport: The Carpenter - lecture, tour and reception Historic Savannah Foundation Savannah
May 19-20 - Tunes From the Tombs Historic Oakland Cemetery - Atlanta
Available grants
NEH Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions - Applications due May 1.
NEH America's Historical & Cultural Organizations Grants - Applications due August 15.

Georgia Trust Chairman Nat Hansford, Jeanne Cyrique and Georgia Trust President and CEO Mark C. McDonald
HPD's African American programs coordinator, Jeanne Cyriaque, received the Mary Gregory Jewett Award at the Georgia Trust's 35th annual Preservation Awards in Roswell on April 20. Jewett was a pioneer in historic preservation who headed the Georgia Historical Commission (HPD's predecessor agency) in the 1960s. Jeanne was selected by the Georgia Trust's Board of Trustees to receive its highest honor for lifetime preservation service.
In addition to receiving this award, Jeanne was recently honored with an appointment to the Georgia Humanities Council Board of Directors. Congratulations Jeanne!

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Recent National Register listings

The Taylor-Brawner House and Brawner Sanitarium, located at 3180 Atlanta Road, Smyrna, Cobb County, Georgia, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on March 27, 2012. The Taylor-Brawner House Foundation staff and volunteers sponsored the nomination and prepared the nomination materials. The Brawner Sanitarium (a.k.a. Brawner Hospital) is set back from the road near the property's southwest corner. The Brawner Sanitarium is an excellent example of a large institutional building constructed in the Neoclassical Revival style in 1910 with stateof-the-art medical facilities. Read the full press release.
The WynneClaughton Building, more commonly known as the Carnegie Building, located at 141 Carnegie Way, NW, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on March 26, 2012. This 12-story office building was designed by noted Georgia architect G. Lloyd Preacher. Preacher specialized in institutional work including skyscrapers, hospitals, hotels, apartment buildings, and schools. Completed in 1925, the flat-ironshaped building is bounded by Ellis Street, Margaret Mitchell Square, and a small alley running north to south. In 1962 Colquitt L. Chandler, Jr. purchased the building and changed the name to the Carnegie Building. In 2010 the Wynne-Claughton Building was rehabilitated as a luxury hotel. The project was approved in 2010 for both federal and state tax incentives for rehabilitation by the National Park Service and the Historic Preservation Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Read the full press release.
2012 Georgia Downtown Conference call for education session proposals
LaGrange will host the 2012 Georgia Downtown Conference, August 22-24. This statewide conference, sponsored by the Georgia Downtown Association and co-sponsored by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, attracts over 200 professionals in preservation-based, commercial district revitalization, including new and experienced downtown Main Street directors, board members, architects, planners, economic development professionals, public officials, volunteers, and consultants. The conference sponsors welcome proposals that explore successful strategies in applying the Main Street Four-Point ApproachTM. May 11 is the proposal deadline date. Contact Cindy Eidson or Billy Peppers for more information.
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