In this issue: Full agenda for Statewide Preservation Conference now available! National Register news Where's Georgia's Best Old House Neighborhood for 2012? GHRAB wants your input Full agenda for Statewide Preservation Conference now available! We've just posted the agenda for both days, April 19-20, of the Preservation Professionalism & Practice conference to be held in Roswell. With 15 sessions, targeting three distinct audiences over two days, there's something of interest for everyone. Monday, April 9 is the registration deadline. Register online now: only $100 for both days and discounted rates as low as $50 for students. We look forward to seeing you in Roswell! National Register news March 24-30, 2012 Recent HPD staff activities March 20 - Staff presented information about HPD's economic incentives programs at "Economic Development Strategies for the West End Business Corridor" meeting in Atlanta. March 20 - Staff attended the Department of Community Affairs Task Force Meeting for Statewide Comprehensive Planning March 21-23 - Staff made presentations about HPD community assistance programs at the Main Street Institute in Woodstock. March 23 - Staff attended the DeKalb History Center annual meeting in Decatur. March 27 - Staff presented information about mid-20th-century houses and the National Register to the GlenridgeHammond neighborhood association in Sandy Springs. Upcoming HPD-sponsored events 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. April 10-15 - Civil War 150 Commemoration Events at Fort Pulaski National Monument - Savannah April 25-28 - 34th Annual Meeting Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation - Victoria, British Columbia April 27-28 - Annual Book Sale fundraiser - Georgia Historical Society Savannah Available grants NEH Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions - Applications due May 1. NEH America's Historical & Cultural Organizations Grants - Applications due August 15. The Mott-Fox-Huguley House, located at 2027 6th Avenue, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on March 12, 2012. The property owner sponsored the nomination and prepared the nomination materials with assistance from the Historic Columbus Foundation. A. E. and J. Randolph Mott built the house in 1892 and lived there for four years until they sold the property to their son, James Randolph Mott, and his wife, Annie Battle Mott. From 1913 until 1950, Kathryn Bulger Fox and Jacob Fox resided in the house. M. C. Huguley owned the house from 1950 until 2000. He divided the house into three apartments, two on the first floor and one on the second floor, which were rented to working-class tenants. The house was recently rehabilitated for office space using federal and state tax incentives for rehabilitation, which are administered by the National Park Service and the Historic Preservation Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. This privately-owned property is not open to the public. Read more about this property online. Send submissions and questions to Helen Talley-McRae Subscribe to our enewsletters. Visit our new website! georgiashpo.org like us on Facebook follow us on Twitter find us on Flickr visit our YouTube channel Where's Georgia's Best Old House Neighborhood for 2012? Avondale Estates Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. According to This Old House magazine, it's Avondale Estates in DeKalb County! According to its National Register of Historic Places nomination form, "the Avondale Estates Historic District comprises the historic core, or about one-third, of the City of Avondale Estates, a planned suburban town with an 'English Village' theme developed beginning in 1924. The district includes the town's commercial center, the historic portion of the town's residential area, several historic landscape features, a historic transportation corridor, two historic parks, and an entry gate, all tied together by the historically developed portion of the city's plan. The district is surrounded by mid--20th century residential and suburban development, some of which is within the city limits of Avondale Estates and some of which is in adjacent unincorporated DeKalb County." Avondale Estates is a Certified Local Government. GHRAB wants your input The Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board (GHRAB) is currently updating its strategic plan and invites your participation in a brief survey to help them focus their priorities and better serve the records community in Georgia. The Board, appointed by the Governor, promotes the educational use of Georgia's documentary heritage by all its citizens, evaluates and improves the condition of records, encourages statewide planning for preservation and access to Georgia's historical records, and advises the Secretary of State and the Georgia Archives on issues concerning records. Our mailing address is: Georgia Historic Preservation Division Department of Natural Resources 254 Washington Street, SW, Ground Level Atlanta, GA 30334 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2012 Georgia Historic Preservation Division All rights reserved.