HISTORIC VERMONT
An On-line News Journal about the Preservation of Vermont’s
Historic Architecture and Landscape
Number 38 January 2005
Published by the Preservation Trust of
Vermont, 104 Church Street, Burlington, VT 05401
http://www.ptvermont.org
Historic Vermont is available free to
subscribers. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit our
website http://www.ptvermont.org/ptv_news.htm.
To submit something for publication, please contact Meg Campbell
at ptv@sover.net
TOP
STORY
Leahy Secures Nearly $600,000 for the
Preservation Trust of Vermont To Restore And Preserve Historic
Vermont Buildings
Sen. Patrick Leahy announced in December that he has secured
nearly $600,000 in federal funds to help preserve historic
buildings throughout Vermont. The funding, included in a
federal budget package approved by Congress before the
Thanksgiving holiday, will be used by the Preservation Trust of
Vermont to help Bellows Falls, Hardwick, Salisbury, Brookfield,
Brandon, Bloomfield and Strafford renovate and restore historic
buildings, including town halls and other significant
architecture.
Leahy has been a long-time supporter of
historic preservation to retain Vermont’s unique character and
help expand Vermont’s local and state economies. He has
used his position as a senior member on the Senate
Appropriations Committee, the panel that writes the federal
government’s budget bills, to help Vermont communities save
and restore historic properties.
“Historic buildings are often the
centerpiece of a town’s life and culture,” said Leahy.
“These towns are weaving their history into the fabric of
their future, by giving new life to their historic
buildings. Old town halls have hosted our town meetings,
our children’s stage plays and our community suppers.
Italian murals, like those found in the Shard Villa in
Salisbury, help demonstrate Vermont’s rich cultural
heritage. Letting these gems deteriorate would be letting
pieces of our history slip away.”
“There is tremendous passion for saving
historic buildings throughout Vermont, and these funds will be
enormously helpful to a variety of volunteer community groups
and local governments as they save and use their local
landmarks. We're most grateful for the support."” said
Executive Directory of the Preservation Trust of Vermont, Paul
Bruhn.
The following projects will receive funding as
part of this partnership of Senator Leahy and the Preservation
Trust:
$100,000 Bellows Falls Town Hall
$100,000
Hardwick Jeudevine Memorial Library, Memorial Hall and Town
House
$100,000
Shard Villa, Salisbury
$75,000 Brookfield
Town Hall
$70,000 Brandon Town
Hall
$70,000 Bloomfield
Town Hall
$50,000 Strafford
Historic Town House
NEWS
FROM THE PRESERVATION TRUST
Robert Sincerbeaux Funds Awarded
Robert Sincerbeaux Fund grants up to $500 are available
from the Preservation Trust of Vermont through the Field
Services Program. The 1:1 matching grants are available to
municipalities and non-profit organizations for hiring
consultants to provide specialized assistance for a preservation
project. For more information, contact ann@ptvermont.org,
doug@ptvermont.org or meg@ptvermont.org.
Recent Robert Sincerbeaux Fund Grants include:
- The Old Stone Mill, Shaftsbury
- W. Rutland Town Hall, West Rutland
- Thompsonburg School, South Londonderry
- McIndoe Falls Congregational Church
- Green Mountain Perkins Academy, South
Woodstock
- United Methodist Church, White River
Junction
- United Church of Irasburg, Irasburg
- Barre Preservation Society, Barre
- United Church of Dorset, Dorset
- Alburg Historical Society, Old Fire
Station, Alburg
- Park Street School, Springfield
- Bixby Library, Vergennes
- Dorset Congregational Church, Dorset
- Social Band, Vermont Composers Project
- North Pomfret Congregational Church, North
Pomfret
- Middlesex United Methodist Church,
Middlesex
- West Addison Methodist Church, West Addison
PTV's Silent Auction Results
Thank you to everyone who donated and bid upon items in our 2004
Silent Auction. We had a wealth of good items, and a
bounty of enthusiastic bidders. In all, the auction has
brought in approximately $24,000 for the Preservation
Trust. This wouldn't be possible without the generous
participation of all of you!
Update on the PTV Newsletter
As you all now know, the distribution of our electronic
newsletter came to an abrupt halt late last fall with the
mandate from our Internet service provider to rebuild the
mailing list. The good news is that we have survived the
long and tedious process and we appreciate all of your notes of
encouragement about the newsletter and the work of the
Preservation Trust! With this (large) issue, I hope to get
back to distributing reasonable sized monthly newsletters around
the 15th of every month.
The bad news is that in the process we have
lost many of our original subscribers. If you know people
who might be interested in getting the newsletter, I encourage
you to invite them to subscribe! Past newsletters are
posted on our website http://www.ptvermont.org/ptv_news.htm,
and individuals can subscribe via a web-interface: http://www.ptvermont.org/historicvermontinfo.htm
Thank you! -- Meg Campbell, Editor
VERMONT
NEWS
Governor Announces Nearly $4 Million for
Community Enhancement Projects
Nearly $4 million dollars will be distributed among 40 towns and
sponsoring organizations for projects that
improve local transportation, expanded recreational
opportunities and encourage and support economic development of
Vermont’s historic downtowns and village centers.
These resources, from the 2005 transportation
enhancement projects fund, help to preserve historic
transportation buildings and create visitor centers; construct
sidewalks, bicycle pathways and bridges; and purchase scenic
easements that enhance the state’s travel and tourism
industry. “These funds are a significant contribution to our
intermodal transportation system and help us to continue to
strengthen our economy,” Governor Douglas added.
The Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act (ISTEA), passed by Congress in 1991, created the
Transportation Enhancement Program offering communities new
funding opportunities to help expand local transportation
choices including safe bicycle and pedestrian facilities, scenic
routes, beautification, and other investments that increase
recreation opportunity and access.
2005 Grant Awards are listed below (total
project costs are in parentheses):
- St. Albans City: Lower Welden Street
Sidewalk & Pedestrian Bridge $103,000 ($131,970)
- Barton: Village Sidewalk Feasibility
Study $13,000 ($16,440)
- Bennington: West Main Street Sidewalks and
Historic Lighting. $168,000 ($212,025)
- N. Bennington: Pedestrian Improvements and
Landscaping at the Main Street/Bank Street Intersection
$121,000 ($151,893)
- Colchester: Colchester Log Schoolhouse Bike
Path Visitors Center $147,000 ($183,500)
- Hyde Park : Sidewalks in the Village of
Hyde Park $87,000 ($210,000)
- Wallingford: Wallingford Village Sidewalks
$128,000 ($160,000)
- Middlebury & Weybridge: Sidewalks and
Erosion Control Demonstration Project at the Otter Creek
Access Site $290,000 ($595,237)
- Chelsea: Chelsea Connector Pedestrian Path
$75,000 ($96,000)
- Brighton: Island Pond Sidewalks $90,000
($123,000)
- Williston: Route 2A Multi-Use Path (River
Cove Road to Essex Junction) $130,000 ($162,000)
- Fairlee: Historic Fairlee Railroad Station
Visitors' Center $170,000 ($388,150)
- Multi-Town: CT Transit, Inc. Installation
of Bike Racks on Public Transit Buses $10,000 ($15,123)
- Brandon: Maple and Union Street Sidewalks
$155,000 ($193,210)
- Middlebury: Court Square Historic Lighting
$130,000 ($282,620)
- Rutland: Twin Covered Bridge $30,000
($77,000)
- Morristown: Wilkins Ravine Stormwater
Mitigation $75,000 ($104,149)
- Northfield Village: Depot Square
Improvements $20,000 ($25,000)
- Londonderry: Historic South Londonderry
Depot Visitors' Center $298,000 ($376,561)
- Shelburne: Harbor Road Shared-Use Path
$20,000 ($25,000)
- Troy: Troy Village Common Improvements
$16,000 ($20,000)
- South Burlington: San Remo Drive Sidewalks
and Landscaping $265,000 ($438,930)
- Rockingham: Documenting and Stabilizing the
Historic Bellows Falls Canal $21,000 ($27,250)
- Winhall: Bondville Village Sidewalks Design
$15,000 ($20,000)
- Vergennes: Upper Basin Pedestrian
Improvements $12,000 ($15,000)
- Bristol: Howden Hall Visitor Center $80,000
($251,305)
- Middlesex: Village Bike/Ped Improvements
$16,000 ($20,000)
- Hartford: Railroad Row Improvements, Phase
III $50,000 ($200,900)
- Woodstock: Pedestrian Improvements and
Landscaping at the Taftsville Green $50,000 ($62,752)
- Johnson: Phase 1 of the Johnson Village
Main Street Project $294,000 ($367,254)
- Thetford: Thetford Village Bike/Ped
Improvements $25,000 ($33,000)
- Hartland: Village Bike/Ped Improvements
$45,000 ($75,018 )
- Hinesburg: Village Pedestrian Improvements
- Phase III (near Town Hall) $79,000 ($98,450)
- Alburg: Village Streetscape Improvements
$16,000 ($20,000)
- Barre: New Sidewalk and Restored Historic
Gazebo in City Hall Park $100,000 ($343,400)
- Burlington: Battery Street Shared-Use Path
$200,000 ($250,000)
- Lyndon: Passumpsic River Pedestrian Bridge
$114,000 ($145,740)
- Brighton Brighton: Island Pond Welcome
Center $150,000 ($385,810)
- Bennington: Restoration of Historic
Farmhouse and Visitor Information $100,000 ($338,448)
- Statewide: Vermont Bicycle & Pedestrian
Coalition Bike/Ped Safety Education Programs $60,000
($140,677)
Downtown Development Board Approves
"Designated Downtowns"
The Vermont Downtown Development Board recently announced
that it has renewed the Downtown Designation status for
Vergennes, supporting the on-going and dramatic improvements to
the city's downtown. Vergennes was initially designated in
2001, and this renewal recognizes the work of the city, and of
the Vergennes Partnership, which is the city's non-profit
downtown corporation.
Designated downtowns are eligible for a
variety of programs to assist revitalization, including over
$1.8 million in state funds and tax credits for transportation
improvements, public infrastructure, and the rehabilitation of
older and historic buildings. Currently 18 downtowns have
achieved designation.
$175,000 in Grants Awarded to Three
Projects Downtown Projects
The Vermont Downtown Development Board has awarded grants
totaling over $175,000 to support parking and pedestrian
projects in three designated downtowns. The three grants are:
- ]$75,000 to Barre, for the
reconstruction of sidewalks and a parking lot, in
preparation for the Main Street reconstruction project to
begin in the next few years;
- $28,000 to Burlington for the
reconstruction of Lakeview pedestrian path, connecting
downtown to Battery Street; and
- $75,000 to Poultney for the second phase of
sidewalk replacement on Main Street.
"These communities continue to demonstrate
their commitment to downtown revitalization through these
transportation improvements that assist property owners and
businesses with safe, convenient and attractive places for
people to work, live, do business, and socialize," said
Governor James Douglas.
The funding is available to all downtowns that
have been designated by the state's Downtown Development Board.
To achieve designation, a community must be prepared to support
a long-term, comprehensive effort of downtown business
development, public improvements, property development, and
marketing and promotion.
$90,000 in Tax Credits Awarded to St.
Johnsbury
The Vermont Downtown Development Review Board awarded a total of
$90,000 in tax credits to St. Johnsbury for general
building rehabilitation and elevator and sprinkler installation
for two Railroad Street projects.
394-398 Railroad Street received a $40,000 tax
credit for elevator and sprinkler work, as well as a $25,000
credit for facade and code improvements.
430 Railroad Street received a $25,000 tax
credit to support the installation of a sprinkler system.
New Village Center Designations
The Vermont Downtown Development Board also approved Village
Designation for Proctorsville (Town of Cavendish), East
Randolph, and for the three village centers in Hartland -
Hartland Three Corners, Hartland Four Corners, and North
Hartland. "There has been a lot of interest in the
Village Center Designation Process, and I think this is
reflective of the strong interest Vermonters have in their
communities", said Kevin Dorn, Secretary of the Agency of
Commerce and Community Development and Chair of the Downtown
Development Board. "The energy and commitment of these
small communities is impressive and we look forward to
supporting their vision for their village centers'
future."
With the addition of these village centers,
there are now thirty-four communities that have achieved village
center designation since the legislature created this process to
encourage local revitalization efforts. To become a Designated
Village Center, a community must demonstrate a confirmed
planning process and develop a map of the commercial and civic
core of the village, consistent with the statutory definition.
Communities that receive the designation become eligible for a
number of benefits, including tax credits for building
rehabilitation and improvements, to help support continued
commercial activity in the village center.
Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
Awards $67,500 for the Park Street School in Essex Junction, VT
VHCB recently awarded a $60,000 grant to the Essex Junction
School District for the rehabilitation of the 1873 Park Street
School brick school building near the 5-Corners in Essex
Junction. The Park Street School is one of the oldest
continually operating primary schools in the state and has
housed an alternative public high school for at-risk youth for
the past 20 years. The building is also used for a number
of other community meetings and education purposes. The
building is located within walking distance of the historic
commercial center, the train station, the town offices and
library, providing pedestrian, bike and mass transit access. The
property is listed in the Vermont State Register and is eligible
for the National Register of Historic Places for its historic
and architectural merit. This highly intact, brick school, built
in 1873 for graded and secondary classrooms, ranks among the
best of its class in the state as an outstanding example of a
school in the category of more than two classrooms.
The grant is part of a $800,000 campaign to
further renovate and rehabilitate this historically significant
building. A historic preservation easement will be co-held
by VHCB and the Preservation Trust of Vermont and $7,500 has
been designated for this purpose. In addition to the
facades of the building complex and significant historic
features of the interior, the easement will also cover the
surrounding land historically associated with the building.
National Register News
The National Park Service has recently listed the following
Vermont properties on the National Register of Historic Places:
Burlington Traction Company, Burlington
This property includes a large 4 bay brick c. 1900 trolley
barn and related brick c. 1910 maintenance trolley barn with a
connected battery house built by the Burlington Traction
Company for their electrified trolley. Although Vermont once
had electric trolleys in over a dozen of its urban areas, very
few trolley barns remain. The barns are important in
representing the trolley era of transportation history and
reflect the evolution of public transportation systems in
Vermont. In 1929 the trolley system was taken over by the
Burlington Rapid Transit Company bus system. Modifications
were made to the buildings to service buses and were
continuously used for bus garaging and repair service until
1999. Features of the buildings typical of trolley barns
are the single story, flat roof, structural brick with
segmental arched window openings, rectangular form with
service bays running from front to back and garage door
openings at one or both ends. Dating from the bus era are the
overhead garage doors and concrete floors and service pits,
concrete block additions for storage, multi-pane metal
windows, and steel frame garage addition. This property was
rehabbed using the Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credit.
West Hartford Village Historic District
This linear district, strung between the east bank of the
White River and the Central Vermont Railroad tracks, is in the
extreme northwestern corner of Hartford. Route 14, known as
the White River Road, is also known as Main Street as it runs
through the Village. Located along several major
transportation routes, this village represents a typical small
scale Vermont river valley railroad village that evolved from
a mill and agricultural hamlet at the turnoff the 19th
century.
The district includes 41 contributing
resources and 22 non-contributing. Along with residential
dwellings there are commercial and institutional buildings as
well as two cemeteries. Although many buildings have
experienced some degree of alteration, the primarily wood
framed, gable roofed, 1½ story structures still
reflect vernacular interpretations of nineteenth century
building styles. While the Greek Revival style predominates,
there are also examples of the Federal, Italianate, Craftsman,
Shingle, and Colonial Revival styles.
This nomination was initiated by the
Hartford Historic Preservation Commission and prepared with a
CLG grant.
Fletcher-Fullerton Farm, South
Woodstock
The farm is a 55.8 acre property consisting of hayfields,
woodlands, pastures, stone walls, fence lines and a c. 1850
Greek Revival style farmhouse, c. 1820 carriage house, c. 1830
corn barn, c. 1830 dairy barn, c. 1925 sugar house, c. 1944
shop/hen house, and two barns built in the 1960s.
The farm with its 6 contributing and two
noncontributing buildings represents the evolution of a
diversified Vermont hill farm that has been in continuous use
for almost two centuries. It has been owned by only two
families since its inception. Current activities focus
primarily on maple sugaring and running a B&B. The
property is being nominated under the Agricultural Resources
of Vermont MPDF and meets the Registration Requirements for
the farmstead property type.
The nomination was undertaken by the
property owner who is interested in promoting the protection
of this historic property into the future.
Downtown Essex Junction Commercial
Historic District
This commercial district at the five corners intersection in
Essex Junction stretches along Railroad Avenue and Main Street
and fronts along the railroad tracks. It includes 10
contributing and 2 non-contributing buildings. The
commercial buildings reflect the growth Essex Junction
experienced during the second half of the 19th and early 20th
centuries as a result of its role as a railroad junction. Some
of the buildings in the district have experienced varying
degrees of alteration but their height, scale, orientation,
and remaining architectural features continue to contribute to
the historic character of the district. The compact commercial
core, largely built over a period of 40 years from 1890-1930,
is small in scale with two story urban blocks of brick and
clapboard constructed largely in the Italianate style although
examples of other late 19th and early 20th century styles can
also be found.
This nomination was prepared at the request
of the Development Directors for the Village of Essex Junction
as a preliminary step in preparing for application as a
Designated Downtown or Village Center.
First Annual Vermont Cultural Heritage
Month Planned for 2005
In January 2004 the Vermont Historical Society and the Vermont
Department of Tourism and Marketing began discussing the
possibility of having a month long celebration of Vermont's
cultural heritage. In September, a consortium of Vermont
organizations representing artisans, humanities, history,
agriculture, marketing, and cultural facilities, decided to
create an annual June showcase for the Green Mountain State's
rich array of history, arts, preservation, and humanities
attractions, events and performances and to call it Vermont
Cultural Heritage Month.
The month will highlight the remarkable range
of heritage and cultural organizations and activities in
Vermont, that begin with Open Studio Weekend in late May,
include Vermont Days in mid-June, and culminate with the Vermont
History Expo at Tunbridge the last weekend in June.
Vermont organizations and individuals
interested in participating in this celebration may publicize
their 2005 Cultural Heritage events in the Vermont Travel
Planner at VermontVacation.com, the official Vermont Tourism
website. Its pages are viewed between a quarter and half
million page times per month. Visitors, residents, the
media and the travel trade use it year-round to discover or
learn more about Vermont's events, attractions, dining and
lodging establishments.
For assistance in adding events or cultural
facilities to the Vermont Travel Planner at
www.VermontVacation.com, contact Carol Batchelder, 828-3619, carol.batchelder@state.vt.us,
Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing.
For those getting started, the 2004 Cultural
Heritage Tourism Toolkit is a useful source of advice and models
for networking, creating events and publicizing
attractions. The CHTK is a joint publication of the
Vermont Arts Council, Vermont Department of Tourism and
Marketing and the Lake Champlain Basin Program, and available
from the Vermont Arts Council, 828-3291, www.VermontArtsCouncil.org.
LOCAL
NEWS
Historic Burlington 1890 Website
Completed
The Burlington 1890 project was undertaken by a group of first
year graduate students in the University of Vermont's Historic
Preservation Program. Every fall, first year students take
HP 206: Researching Historic Structures and Sites, taught by
Professor Tom Visser. In previous years, students have
examined an 1830 map of Burlington, the 1869 Beers Atlas map of
Burlington, and the 1877 Birds’ Eye View of Burlington.
The purpose of each of these projects was to discover what
structures remain standing in Burlington that could be seen on
the respective maps.
The web site address is http://www.uvm.edu/~hp206/2004-1890/burlington1890/website/?page=default.html
Ferrisburgh Success Story
Occassionally people from around Vermont share with our staff
news of their progress in their preservation projects. While
grants such as the many listed above play a critical role in the
rehabilitation of historic structures throughout Vermont,
support from individuals and their personal stories are equally
important to the people of our towns and communities.
Below is an excerpt from a letter to the Ferrisburgh Grange/Town
Hall Restoration Project:
" First, let me compliment you and your
committee on your fundraising letter and on the wonderful
project prospectus that you sent. Both are well-designed and
clear, and should suck the money out of peoples' pockets! That
said, I am enclosing my check for $1,000 to be applied to the
handicapped lift in the Grange Hall."
" As one reason for my wanting to
contribute to this, let me tell you about a remarkable woman
named Beulah Hagadorn. Beulah was born in 1918 in the front
parlor of the parsonage of the North Ferrisburgh Methodist
Church. Her father, Fred Hagadorn, was pastor of the yoked
parishes of Ferrisburgh and North Ferrisburgh. This past July,
we brought her ashes to rest in the cemetery across the street
from the parsonage, closing the circle."
"During her lifetime Beulah was a proud
native Vermonter, although her life took her to Albany and
then here to Bronxville, New York, where she was the Principal
of the Bronxville Elementary School. She touched many, many,
lives, and is remembered for her strong intellect and moral
leadership, leavened by an utterly winning sense of humor. She
restored my soul during summers at Long Point, and retired
there for six months of the year until illness prevented it.
She died in October 2003..."
" She would be delighted to have the
Grange Hall restored! For that reason, I want to make this
gift In Loving Memory of Beulah Hagadorn.
I wish you the best in your quest; I will
watch your progress with great interest.
Sincerely, Germaine Safford."
The Ferrisburgh Town Hall Project is rehabilitating the old
Grange on Route 7 for a Town Hall with municipal offices,
community meeting space, and an upstairs auditorium. The
community has strongly supported the effort through a Town bond
and over $66,000 in individual charitable contributions.
The project has also received grants from the Preservation Trust
of Vermont in partnership with the Freeman Foundation, the
Argosy Foundation, the Division for Historic Preservation, the
National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Vermont Housing
& Conservation Board, the State of Vermont Educational and
Recreational Facilities Program, the Vermont Community Fund and
the Walter Cerf Fund.
Nominations Sought for 2005 AASLH Awards
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)
invites submissions to the 2005 Awards Program. The deadline is
March 1, 2005.
Now in its 60th year, the AASLH Annual Awards
Program is the most prestigious national recognition for
achievement in the preservation and interpretation of local,
state, and regional history. The Awards Program was initiated in
1945 to establish and encourage standards of excellence in the
collection, preservation, and interpretation of state and local
history throughout America.
The AASLH Awards Program recognizes exemplary
work completed by state or federal historical societies,
institutions, or agencies; regional, county, or local historical
societies, institutions, or agencies; specialized subject
societies in related fields such as oral history, genealogy,
folklore, archeology, business history, railroad history, etc.;
junior historical societies; privately owned museums or
foundations; individuals; and organizations outside the field of
traditional historical agencies.
Awards are given for general excellence,
exhibits, public programming, special projects,
media/publications, individual achievement, and preservation or
restoration projects. Nominees need not be members of AASLH to
qualify.
Nomination forms may be obtained by visiting
the AASLH website, www.aaslh.org,
or by contacting the AASLH office by phone: 615.320.3203; or
email: history@aaslh.org.
Nominations are due to state award
representatives on March 1, 2005. Nominations are then reviewed
by a national committee in the summer of 2005 with formal
presentation of the awards made during the AASLH Annual Meeting,
September 21-24, 2005, in Pittsburgh, PA.
The American Association for State and Local
History is a not-for-profit professional organization of
individuals and institutions working to preserve and promote
history. From its headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, AASLH
works to advance knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of
local history in America. AASLH publishes books, technical
publications, a quarterly magazine, and monthly newsletter. The
Association also sponsors regional and national training
workshops and an annual meeting. For more information about the
Awards Program, contact Harry Klinkhamer in the AASLH office at
615.320.3203.
NATIONAL
NEWS
Chester Liebs Receives the James Marston
Fitch Preservation Education Lifetime Achievement Award
Pioneering Historic Preservation Educator Chester H. Liebs has
been awarded the James Marston Fitch Lifetime Achievement Award
in Preservation Education by the National Council for
Preservation Education (NCPE). According to NCPE Chair
Vince Michael, the award is "the highest honor in the
Preservation Education field and reflects Professor Liebs'
wide-ranging career of innovation, advocacy and
accomplishment."
After helping to develop what is today the
Vermont Division for Historic Preservation in the early 1970s,
Liebs went on to found and direct the Historic Preservation
Program at the University of Vermont in 1975. Liebs has
served on world-wide historic preservation advisory committees,
and made substantial contributions to preservation education in
Japan. Today his work continues in the Southwest where he
is Adjunct Professor at the University of New Mexico's School of
Architecture and Planning and Director of the Southwest Summer
Institute in Preservation and Regionalism.
Nominations Sought for 11 Most
Endangered Places List
The deadline for nominations to the National Trust for Historic
Preservation's 2005 11 Most Endangered List which
highlights the plight of sites threatened with neglect,
insufficient funds, inappropriate development or insensitive
public policy. For more information, contact Ann Cousins ann@ptvermont.org,
Doug Porter doug@ptvermont.org,
or if in Bennington County Meg Campbell meg@ptvermont.org
or visit http://www.nationaltrust.org/11most/nomination.html
Save America's Treasures Grants Awarded
The National Trust for Historic Preservation recently announced
the 2004 recipients of the Save America’s Treasures grant
program. Of the $14.5 million awarded to 60 projects in 24
states, nearly $7 million was granted to 31 projects in the
Northeast Region. Grants were made for a wide variety of
projects, with awards ranging from $51,000 to $450,000.
For the complete list of winners and detailed
descriptions of their projects, please visit http://www2.cr.nps.gov/treasures/2004grants.htm.
Obituary: Kathy Neva Hatch
Designer and innovative educator Kathlyn Neva Hatch, 57, known
for her devotion to teaching architectural principles to
children, college students, and peers, died of cancer on
September 29 in Albany, NY. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan,
on October 26, 1947, Hatch grew up in Indianapolis. She earned a
B.A. in History in 1969 from Barnard College and her M.A. in
1974 from the Columbia University School of Architecture,
Planning, and Preservation.
Hatch taught historic preservation and
architectural history at Boston University, the University of
Vermont, the University of North Carolina, the State University
of New York, and the University of Florida. For the
National Endowment of the Humanities, Hatch developed and
directed the award-winning pilot program Architectural Heritage
Education in which Massachusetts teachers learned how to
incorporate architectural themes into traditional curriculums
such as science, English, math and history. She believed that
architecture made these other disciplines "lively
subjects," writing in one of her many publications
that "children not comfortable reading already
inhabit the familiar, approachable, tangible world of the
architecture that surrounds them." Hatch also
consulted in Albany for the Capital Region Center for the Arts
in Education and for the Greater Capital Region Teacher
Center. An internationally known scholar in
architectural history and design, she developed architectural
programs for the Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in
Education, the National Humanities Center, the Cathedral of St.
John the Divine in New York, as well as for school districts and
education groups in the United States, Canada, England,
Scotland, and France.
PUBLICATIONS
& RESOURCES
PreservationOnline.org E-Newsletter
Preservation magazine recently launched a free weekly
e-newsletter that provides links to daily preservation related
news stories through its Web site, PreservationOnline.org.
Sign up to receive the latest headlines and links to stories
about the world of historic preservation at www.PreservationOnline.org/newsletter.
To send items for inclusion in Trust Worthy, please e-mail: pr@nthp.org.
New Publications from the National Trust
for Historic Preservation
Protecting Older Neighborhoods through Conservation
District Programs provides an overview of conservation
districts and the conservation district ordinance. The
24-page booklet includes charts that outline the pros and cons
of conservation districts and the differences between local
historic districts and neighborhood conservation districts. It
also includes an annotated list of jurisdictions that
currently operate conservation district programs. http://www.preservationbooks.org/
Protecting Older and Historic Barns
through Barn Preservation Programs, is designed to help
individuals and state and local preservation organizations get
started in developing a barn preservation program.
Written by Jennifer Goodman, director of the New Hampshire
Preservation Alliance, and Bill Kimball, board member of the
Michigan Barn Preservation Network and the National Barn
Alliance, the 16-page booklet suggests a variety of activities
that will generate interest in older and historic barns.
It offers guidance on initiating and funding a local or
statewide program to protect historic barns. An
extensive resource guide is also included. The booklet
is available online from Preservation Books for $8 plus
shipping and handling or by calling 202-588-6296. http://www.preservationbooks.org/
The third edition of A Layperson's Guide
to Preservation Law offers a guide to federal, state, and
local laws governing historic resource protection. The 2004
edition includes updates on transportation issues, takings
law, the regulation of historic religious properties, and tax
incentives for historic preservation. Both publications
were written by Julia Miller, editor of the Preservation Law
Reporter, and each costs $15. http://www.preservationbooks.org/
Fall/Winter 2004 Issue of Community Works Journal is Now
Available in Print and On-Line!
Written by teachers and accompanied by student work and photos,
Community Works Journal features essays and reflections
accompanied by curriculum overviews that highlight the
importance of place, service, and sustainability to a relevant
and meaningful education.
This issue's highlights include articles
entitled Pooling Knowledge in the Collaborative Spirit,
Redeeming Place: A Letter from the Mississippi Delta, After the
Asphalt: A San Francisco Alliance Sows City Full of Green School
Yards, A Fourth Grade Plants Hope in the Egyptian Desert,
Together We're Better, A Student-Town Partnership, Portrait of a
Rural Teacher, Learning through Collaboration: An Interview with
Fern Tavalin, Getting Started with Primary Resources, and
Building Community: A School Fire Provides a Unique Opportunity.
Regular Contributing Editors, Greg Sharrow, Jen Cirillo and
David Sobel, provide timely reflections in "Educating for
Sustainability," "Discovering Community" and
"Of Place And Education" that nicely complement the
contents of this issue.
To review or download the issue's PDF
version go to Community Works On-Line www.vermontcommunityworks.org
The Journal, now in its eighth year of
publication, continues to serve a crucial need for models and
resources that inspire by example. We showcase innovative
educational strategies and practices that involve teachers and
students in meaningful work within their communities. Community
Works Journal is distributed across North America and beyond to
schools, programs, and educational networks. For more
information about obtaining a subscription, print copies,
submitting articles and more, call (802) 655-5918.
EDUCATION
and TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Save the Date for the 2005 Historic
Preservation Conference in Bennington
Friday, May 6th, 2005 is the date set for Vermont's annual
statewide Historic Preservation Conference in Bennington.
We'll send more details as they are available.
GRANTS
and FUNDING
Reminder! Barn Preservation Grant
Deadline is 4:30 pm on Monday, January 10, 2005
This Vermont Division for Historic Preservation Grant Program is
open to all owners of historic agricultural buildings that are
eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in
Vermont. Funds up to $10,000 will be awarded for a variety
of repair projects such as foundation, framing and/or roofing
repair. total grant funds appropriated are $90,000. The grant
guidelines and application are available on the Division's
website at: http://www.historicvermont.org/
For more information contact Eric Gilbertson
at (802) 828-3211.
2005 National Scenic Byways Program:
Jan. 31, 2005 Deadline
Under this program, the Secretary of Transportation may make
grants to States to implement projects on roads designated as
National Scenic Byways or All-American Roads, or as State scenic
byways. The Secretary may also make grants to States to plan,
design, and develop a State scenic byway program. Eligible
projects must be from one of the eight eligible activities:
State Programs, Corridor Management Plans, Safety Improvements,
Byway Facilities, Access to Recreation, Resource Protection,
Interpretive Information, or Marketing. Priority is given to
projects that demonstrate the relationship of the project to the
byway, benefit the byway traveler, and leverage funds from
multiple funding sources. The Federal share of the byway project
grant is generally 80 percent.
Nonprofit organizations may apply to this
program, but must coordinate their applications with their State
Departments of Transportation (DOT). The formal applications to
FHWA are submitted by the State DOTs, and the projects are
generally managed by the cognizant State DOT.
For More Information: http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/DOT/FHA/HAAM/FHWA-2005-HEP/listing.html
Save America's Treasures Grants:
February 1, 2005 Deadline
Applications for the 2005 Save America's Treasures (SAT) grants
are now being accepted. Grants are available for
preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant
intellectual and cultural artifacts and collections and historic
properties. The grants are administered by the National
Park Service in partnership with the National Endowment for the
Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute
of Museum and Library Services, and the President's Committee on
the Arts and the Humanities. Grants are awarded through a
competitive process and require a dollar-for-dollar, nonfederal
match. More information and a downloadable application are
available online. Applications must be received by no
later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard time, February 1, 2005.
This is not a
postmark deadline. http://www2.cr.nps.gov/treasures/
We the People Challenge Grants: Feb. 1,
2005 Deadline
As part of its We the People initiative, the National Endowment
for the Humanities invites proposals for challenge grants
designed to help institutions and organizations secure long-term
improvements in and support for humanities activities focused on
exploring significant themes and events in American history. NEH
is particularly interested in projects that advance knowledge of
the founding principles of the United States in their full
historical and institutional context.
Grants may be used to support long-term costs
such as construction and renovation, purchase of equipment,
acquisitions, and conservation of collections. Grants may also
be used to establish or enhance endowments that generate
expendable earnings for program activities.
The federal portions of NEH We the People
challenge grants will likely range between $300,000 and
$1,000,000. For More Information: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/wtpchallenge.html
Joanna Favrot Fund for Historic
Preservation: Deadline February 1, 2005
The Johanna Favrot Fund for Historic Preservation provides
nonprofit organizations and public agencies grants ranging from
$2,500 to $10,000 for projects that contribute to the
preservation or the recapture of an authentic sense of
place. Individuals and for-profit businesses may apply
only if the project for which funding is requested involves a
National Historic Landmark. Funds may be used for
professional advice, conferences, workshops and education
programs. Funds are not available to support “bricks and
mortar” restoration costs. Competition for these grants
is intense; this is a national grant source with a very limited
number of funds. The application deadline is February
1. For more information contact Ann Cousins ann@ptvermont.org,
Doug Porter doug@ptvermont.org,
or if in Bennington County Meg Campbell meg@ptvermont
org.
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund for Historic
Interiors: Deadline February 1, 2005
The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund for Historic Interiors provides
nonprofit organizations and public agencies grants ranging from
$2,500 to $10,000 to assist in the preservation, restoration,
and interpretation of historic interiors. Individuals and
for-profit businesses may apply only if the project for which
funding is requested involves a National Historic Landmark.
Funds may be used for professional expertise, print and video
communications materials, and education programs. Funds
are not available to support “bricks and mortar” restoration
costs. Competition for these grants is intense; this is a
national grant source with a very limited number of funds.
The application deadline is February 1. For more
information contact Ann Cousins ann@ptvermont.org,
Doug Porter doug@ptvermont.org,
or if in Bennington County Meg Campbell meg@ptvermont
org.
Preservation Services Fund: Deadline
February 1, 2005
The Preservation Services Fund provides nonprofit organizations
and public agencies matching grants from $500 to $5,000 (grants
awards typically average around $1,000 to $1,500) for
preservation planning and education efforts. Funds may be
used to obtain professional expertise in areas such as
architecture, archeology, engineering, preservation planning,
land-use planning, fund raising, organizational development and
law as well as preservation education activities to educate the
public. Funds are not available to support “bricks and
mortar” restoration costs. The application deadline is
February 1. For more information contact Ann Cousins ann@ptvermont.org,
Doug Porter doug@ptvermont.org,
or if in Bennington County Meg Campbell meg@ptvermont
org.
Hart Family Fund: Deadline February 1,
2005
The Hart Family Fund for small towns is a new program aimed at
assisting small town preservation and revitalization efforts and
focuses on towns of 5,000 or less. The Hart Family Fund is
being administered through the Preservation Services Fund.
Please use the PSF application and clearly mark "Hart
Family Fund" on the first page. Awards from the Hart
Family Fund will range from $5,000-$10,000. Because the
Hart Fund is a new program, a small amount of money is available
for the first round (deadline Feb 1). We anticipate only
making 1 or 2 grants nationwide out of this fund, so it will be
very competitive. Deadline is February 1, 2005. For
more information contact Ann Counsins ann@ptvermont.org,
Doug Porter doug@ptvermont.org,
or if in Bennington County Meg Campbell meg@ptvermont
org. For more information contact Ann Cousins ann@ptvermont.org,
Doug Porter doug@ptvermont.org,
or if in Bennington County Meg Campbell meg@ptvermont
org.
NEH Implementation Grants for Museums
and Historical Organizations: Feb. 3, 2005 Deadline
These grants support interpretive museum exhibitions (both
long-term and traveling) and the interpretation of historic
sites, and include support for accompanying publications,
websites, and public humanities programming. Public humanities
programs support lifelong learning in history, literature,
comparative religion, philosophy, and other fields of the
humanities for broad public audiences.
Applicants for implementation grants should
have already done most of the planning for their projects,
including the identification of the key humanities themes,
relevant scholarship, and program formats.
Awards of up to $350,000 are usually made for
a period of 24 to 36 months. Applicants may also request an
additional $150,000 for a smaller traveling version of the
proposed exhibition for a maximum total request of $500,000.
Implementation grants normally pay no more than 60% of a
project's total cost.
For More Information: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/implement-museums.html
NEH Implementation Grants for Special
Projects: Feb. 3, 2005 Deadline
Special Project grants support a variety of public humanities
program formats, including public discussion forums, hands-on
learning experiences, discussion series based on reading or
film-viewing, multi-faceted conferences, or symposia. Small
exhibitions or interpretive publications might serve as common
texts for such programs. Living history or historical
impersonations might also be appropriate if they are deeply
grounded in scholarship.
Applicants for an implementation grant should
have already identified their project's key humanities themes,
relevant scholarship, and program formats. Most of the planning
and consultation with scholars and programming advisors should
already have taken place. Awards of up to $300,000 are usually
made for a period of 24 to 36 months. Implementation
grants normally pay no more than 60% of a project's total cost.
For More Information: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/implement-special.html
Historic Vermont is available free to
subscribers. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit our
website http://www.ptvermont.org/ptv_news.htm.
To submit something for publication, please contact Meg Campbell
at ptv@sover.net
|
|
