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In this issue: 1st Runner-Up in the Mid-20th-Century Housing Pageant Five new historic resource surveys now available Campbell Center announces 2012 preservation workshops Position available in Georgia
1st Runner-Up in the Mid-20th-Century Housing Pageant
Never as numerous as their Ranch House counterparts, Split-Level Houses were nonetheless a popular alternative. We've just posted two presentations by Richard Cloues about the history and development of this house type both nationally and in Georgia.
Five new historic resource surveys now available
Historic resources surveys for Baldwin, Barrow, Glascock, Hancock and Wilkinson counties have just been added to the GNAHRGIS online database.
Campbell Center announces 2012 preservation workshops
Located in Mt. Carroll, Illinois, the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies is offering handson specialized training for historic preservation professionals and trades people. The Campbell Center operates on a historic campus that includes 14 masonry buildings in need of every type of preservation, making it a lab for hands-on training. The Campbell Center has been offering preservation workshops since 1980. Classes run the full day and are 2-5 days in length. Lodging and meals are included with each workshop registration.
Position available in Georgia
Executive Director, Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home, Rome. The Museum's vision is to become a nationally recognized destination to experience the 19th century life of a leading Cherokee family and their role in the events that led to the "clash of cultures" that culminated in the Trail of Tears. The house museum is a National Historic Landmark and a certified site on the National Historic Trail of Tears.
March 17-23, 2012
Recent HPD staff activities
March 6 - Staff made a technical assistance visit to the T.A. Brown House in south DeKalb County
March 12 - Staff attended a TE project concept meeting in Warrenton
March 13 - Staffgave a presentation to the Bowdon Historical Society in Carroll County
March 14 - Staff attended a TE project concept meeting in Fort Valley
March 15 - Staff made a site visit to the Blue Ridge depot renovation and Streetscape TE-funded project
March 16 - Staff made a site visit to the Cedartown Streetscape TE project currently under construction
March 20 - Staff attended the Department of Community Affairs Planning Task Force Meeting
March 21-22 - Staff gave a presentation at the 2012 Main Street Institute in Woodstock
Upcoming HPD-sponsored events
Extended registration deadline: March 30-31 - Spring 2012 Historic Preservation Commission training Historic Preservation Division, Carl Vinson Institute of Government-UGA, the Center for Community Design and Preservation-UGA, and the Georgia Alliance of Preservation Commissions Valdosta. Contact Leigh Burns at HPD 404-651-5181.
April 9 registration deadline: April 19-20 - 2012 Georgia's Statewide Preservation Conference "Preservation: Professionalism & Practice" - Co-sponsored by Historic Preservation Division, The Georgia Trust, City of Roswell and the Roswell Convention & Visitors Bureau - Roswell - Details and registration are online!
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
This week's new calendar listings Check our online Calendar for complete listings.
March 24 - Civil War Heritage Day Georgia Southern Museum - Statesboro
March 29 - 4th Annual Shindig at Oakland Fundraiser - Historic Oakland Foundation - Atlanta
April 18-22 Frontiers of Capitalism and Democracy: National Council on Public History annual meeting with the Organization of American Historians Milwaukee, WI
April 18-22 - 65th annual meeting Society of Architectural Historians Detroit, Michigan
April 20-21 - 40th annual Hawkinsville Harness Festival - Hawkinsville
April 20-22 - Georgia Trust Annual Meeting and Spring Ramble - Roswell
Available grants
NEH Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions - Applications due May 1.
NEH America's Historical & Cultural Organizations Grants - Applications due August 15.
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