Preservation Posts

Preservation Posts is HPD's monthly e-journal.  It is written by HPD staff and focuses on HPD programs and projects.  To subscribe, visit the link below.  To unsubscribe or update your contact information, use the links that are found at the bottom of each message.

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 April 2012
-2012-2016 State Preservation Plan is now available
-Keep an Eye Out for Centennial Farm Signs
-The National Rosenwald Schools Conference
-The Popper Site
-The Augusta State History Walk

March 2012
-Message from the Director
-March is Women’s History Month - Girl Scouts of the USA turns 100
-HPD’s Public Outreach Events in February
-Announcing the First Runner-Up in the Mid-20th-Century Housing Pageant: the Split-Level House
-Hall County's Hulsey Cemetery
-Palmetto Depot Renovations
-Historic Places of Incarceration: Georgia's County Jails

February 2012
-Message from the Director
-2012 Weekend for Wildlife
-Waynesborough Academy Senior Residences
-Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge
-HPD Partner Spotlight: DOCOMOMO/US, Georgia Chapter
-Periodic Maintenance for National Register Historic Districts Series, part 2

January 2012
-Mining the Chestatee
-Back to Main Street:  The Rise and Fall of the Shopping Mall
-Tax Program Highlight: 1030 & 1035 Elm Street, Macon
-ER Case Study: Dalton's Covenant Bank and Trust
-Updates to HPD's Consultants Directory
-Staff Profiles: Dr. David Crass

December 2011
-Message from the Director
-Historic House Plan Books Donated to the Historic Preservation Division
-Thankful Baptist Church Dedicates Georgia Historic Marker
-Environmental Review Program Case Study: A Tale of Three Mills
-Archaeology at Bush Head Shoals
-Periodic Maintenance for National Register Historic Districts Series, Part 1
-Tax Program Highlight: 111 Howard Street
-Staff Profiles: Betsy Shirk

November 2011
-Message from the Director: The Ant
-A 1960s Road Trip:  Georgia’s First Welcome Centers
-Streetscapes in Greenville
-HPD Partner Spotlight: Thomasville Landmarks
-Mary Ann Eaddy Retires
-Staff Profiles: Robert Entorf

October 2011
-Message from the Director: Hidden Gems
-Twenty-two Farms Receive Georgia Centennial Farm Awards
-Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) Members Attend Rome Training
-Announcing the Publication of Preservation Primer:  A Resource Guide for Georgia
-Designing Women:  Four Pioneer Architects in Georgia
-Duluth Depot Restoration
-Staff Profiles: Hellen Harris

September 2011
-Message from the Director
-Historic Theater Grants Announced
-Submitting Your Project for Environmental Review
-A New Logo for Georgia's Centennial Farm Awards
-Staff Profiles: Amanda Schraner

August 2011
-HPD's New Website: the process and result
-Ossabaw 2011 Archaeological Field Investigations
-Sautee Nacoochee African American Heritage Site Unveiled at Folk Life Festival
-Tax Program Highlight: E. A. Eason House
-Cool Tools for Research – Historic Photographs
-Staff Profiles: Stephen Dilk

July 2011
-Message from the Director: Innovation in the Face of Adversity
-HPD Partner Spotlight: Historic Augusta, Inc.
-A Quick Look at Historic Building Rehabilitation Issues: Project Planning - Photo Documentation
-Describing historic houses: types and styles
-Cool Tools for Research: Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
-Staff Profiles: Karen Anderson-Cordova

June 2011
-Message from the Director: A Trip to Ossabaw Island
-Celebrating Americas Treasures in Georgia
-Waynesboro Ice Plant Renovation
-A Quick Look at Historic Building Rehabilitation Issues: Alterations
-The National Register of Historic Places in Georgia, Part 6
-Staff Profiles: Erin Parr

May 2011
-Message from the Director: Lessons from 1966
-Mid-Century Modern Georgia
-Preservation Makes "Cent$" in Georgia, Washington, D.C., and Nationwide
-Tax Program Highlight: Stovall-Barnes House
-Staff Profiles: Charlie Miller

April 2011
-Message from the Director: To Bridge a Gap
-A Good Time Was Had By All: Preservationists Meet in Macon for 2011 Statewide Preservation Conference
-Update on Georgia's Statewide Historic Preservation Plan Revision - Public Input Phase
-The National Register of Historic Places in Georgia, Part 5
-Staff Profiles: Richard Moss

March 2011
-Message from the Director: Communications Within the Community of Interest
-The Georgia Statewide Shipwreck Inventory
-The National Register of Historic Places in Georgia, Part 4
-Preparing Maps for Proposed National Register District Nominations
-Hunting for Equalization Schools
-Staff Profiles: Rachel Rice

February 2011
-Message from the Director: Historic Preservation's Challenge, part 2
-Join Us in Macon for the 2011 Statewide Historic Preservation Conference!
-Economic Impact Study Tells of "Good News in Tough Times"
-Georgia: A Leader in African American Properties Listed in the National Register of Historic Places
-The Men at the Meeting with General Sherman
-Mustering up Public Outreach in Savannah
-Staff Profiles: Leigh Burns

January 2011
-Message from the Director: Historic Preservation's Challenge
-On the Road Again! - For Georgia Heritage Grants
-Rock Pile Research
-My house is old and full of mold!  What should I do?
-Case study Little Five Points Commercial District, Fulton County
-The National Register of Historic Places in Georgia, Part 3
-Staff Profiles: Gretchen Brock

December 2010
-Effingham County Courthouse Ribbon Cutting and Re-Opening
-A Voyage to Queen Anne's Revenge
-Georgia Rocks the Recent Past!
-Crawford Depot Renovation Project Update
-The National Register of Historic Places in Georgia, Part 2
-Staff Profiles: Candy Henderson

November 2010
-National Trust Presents Honor Award to HPDs Jeanne Cyriaque
-Nonprofits Meet in Macon for Preservation Summit
-The National Register of Historic Places in Georgia, Part One
-The State Agency Historic Preservation Stewardship Program and the University System of Georgia
-A Quick Look at Historic Building Rehabilitation Issues: Plaster
-Staff Profiles: Bryan Tucker

October 2010
-Twenty Farms Receive Georgia Centennial Farm Awards
-More to the Story: Artifacts Help Tell Tales
-Vanishing History
-Tax Program Highlights
-2010 Staff Photo
-Staff Profiles: Melina Vasquez

September 2010
-Camp Lawton Archaeological Discoveries Unveiled
-Patterns in the Rural Landscape: Identifying Barn Types in Georgia
-New Connections: Developing Pedestrian Options in Historic Downtowns
-Georgia Heritage Grant to Tybee Theater is Catalyst for More Funding
-Staff Profiles: Beth Gibson

August 2010
-Georgia's Equalization Schools
-Artifacts on the Move
-Case Study: New Life for Historic School
-A Quick Look at Historic Building Rehabilitation Issues: Windows
-HPD's Consultants Directory
-Ask HPD: Economic Incentives
-Staff Profiles: Lynn Speno

July 2010
-New Deal Art: Post Office murals in Georgia
-Tax Program Highlight: The Edward H. Dorsey House, Athens, Clarke County
-Archaeology at Fort Morris
-Georgians celebrate National Historic Preservation Month
-Ask HPD: development and cemeteries
-Staff Profiles: Helen Talley-McRae

June 2010
-The Ranch House in Georgia
-Moving historic buildings
-Georgia Sea Island Festival
-Balloon tests
-Georgia State Historic Preservation Office timeline, Part 10
-Ask the SHPO: consultants
-Staff Profiles: Jennifer Bedell

May 2010
-American Indian Consultations and the To Bridge The Gap Conference
-HPD's Preserve America grant projects
-Modern Architecture Enthusiasts Tour Thomson and Augusta
-Is Living in a Historic House Right for You?
-Georgia State Historic Preservation Office timeline, Part 9
-Staff Profiles: Dean Baker

April 2010
-Georgia's State Historic Sites: Treasures at our Doorstep
-Atlanta's Historic Holocaust Memorial
-Electronic Section 106 Review for Transportation Enhancement Projects
-Bishop Henry McNeal Turner: Forefather of Civil Rights
-Georgia State Historic Preservation Office timeline, Part 8
-Staff Profiles: Rebekah McElreath

March 2010
-Dont Forget the Wife and Kids!
-National Historic Preservation Advocacy Week
-The Cabretta Inlet shipwreck
-Celebrating National Historic Preservation Month in Georgia
-Lead-Paint and Asbestos - Dont Panic! Part 2 of 2
-Georgia State Historic Preservation Office timeline, Part 7
-Staff Profiles: Denise Messick

February 2010
-Changing Tack: restructuring our division
-Jim Lockhart retires
-The Permanent Archival Record for mitigation projects
-Georgias African-American Masonic Lodges
-Lead-Paint and Asbestos: Don't Panic! Part 1
-Georgia State Historic Preservation Office timeline, Part 6
-Staff Profiles: Jo Ann Jenkins

January 2010
-Tybee Theater completes Phase 1 of project funded by license plate
-HPD moves into its third building designed by architect A. Thomas Bradbury
-Camp Lawton update
-The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and Section 106 compliance
-Georgia State Historic Preservation Office Timeline, Part 5
-The Better Streets, Better Cities blog
-Staff Profiles: Chris McCabe

December 2009
-Strength in Numbers: Kirkwood Historic District
-Georgia Coast Archaeological Erosion Study is underway
-Experiences as a Diversity Scholar at the National Preservation Conference
-Clermont Huger Lee, Georgia's first female landscape architect
-Georgia State Historic Preservation Office timeline, Part 4
-Happy Holidays from HPD

November 2009
-Spanish Mission Research on St. Catherines and Sapelo islands
-A Celebration of Georgia's Historic Farms
-Georgia State Historic Preservation Office timeline, Part 3
-Frequently Asked Questions: Preservation Tax Incentives
-Staff Profiles: Jackie Tyson

October 2009
-Retirement reception held for Dr. W. Ray Luce
-"A Grand Curiosity" by the Chestatee River
-Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church celebrates its listing in the National Register
-Georgia State Historic Preservation Office timeline, Part 2
-Staff Profiles: Ced Dolder

September 2009
-Environmental Review case study: East Hiram Parkway
-Featured Resource: "Slot and tab" grave markers
-Slave cabins on Sapelo Island's South End Plantation discovered
-Why Is Ethnography essential to preservation?
-Georgia State Historic Preservation Office timeline, Part 1
-Staff Profiles: Lawana Woodson

August 2009
-Surveying St. Catherines Sound
-Are you familiar with these churches?
-Preservation license tags
-Staff Profiles: Keith Hebert

June/July 2009
-The brief life of Camp Lawton
-HPD receives Battlefield Preservation Project Grant
-What style is it?
-Environmental Review case studies
-Joint research cruise aboard R/V Savannah
-Staff Profiles: Jeanne Cyriaque

May 2009
-Introducing HPD's new e-journal
-National Register milestones
-Preservation 101: A Georgia Orientation
-Message from the Director: Update on Tag Sales
-The Driftwood Beach Shipwreck
-What type is it?
-Tax incentives for historic houses
-Frequently Asked Questions: Historical Markers
-Staff Profiles: Ryan Kennedy