A Division of Historic Windsor, Inc. Main Street, P. O. Box 1777 Windsor, VT 05089
(802) 674-6752 FAX/TTY (802) 674-6179
JUNE - NOVEMBER 1997
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM REQUIRED
Evaluating the physical condition of a historic or existing building
is the crucial first step in determining plans for its preservation, restoration,
or rehabilitation. This workshop will focus on brick, stone, and concrete
buildings. Through case studies presented in slides and lectures and field
investigation, students will learn about structural systems, the sources
of deterioration for masonry buildings, evaluation techniques, testing,
and suggested methods of repair.
Students are encouraged to bring slides and photos of structural repair projects on which they are currently involved.
Instructors: Keith Blades and John D. Silburn, P. E. Keith Blades is one of Canada's most highly regarded conservation specialists. With more than 25 years direct experience in preservation, Mr. Blades has specialized in the conservation of masonry structures throughout Canada, the U.S. and Europe. He has instructed building craftspeople in the trades training programs at Algonquin and Durham Colleges. He is a director and founding member of the Canadian Guild of Stone and Restoration Masons and teaches regularly in the Guild Institute. John Silburn, is a principal in Restoration Engineering, a firm that specializes in the rehabilitation of existing structures, including buildings, bridges, and marine works. He founded the Restoration Technology program at St. Lawrence College. He teaches "Traditional Masonry" at Algonquin College. Silburn has been in practice for more than 30 years.
Dates: Saturday-Monday, June 21-23, 1997
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. each day
Location: Norwich University, Northfield, VT or Vermont College, Montpelier, VT Specific details will be sent to registrants.
Cost: HWI members/$240 Others/$260
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM REQUIRED
Evaluating the physical condition of a historic or existing building is the crucial first step in developing a sensitive, cost effective rehabilitation or maintenance plan. The instruction team comprising an engineer and a timber framer will discuss types of structural systems; evaluation and testing; locating common problem areas; typical examples of rot and insect damage; introductory analysis of wood and timber structures; and case studies in timber repair. A field trip may be included. Students are encouraged to bring slides and photos of structural projects on which they are involved.
Instructor: David Fischetti, P.E., DCF Engineering. Mr. Fischetti has 25 years of engineering experience in the repair and construction of timber frame structures.
Jan Lewandoski has over 20 years of experience in the restoration of historically significant structures throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Dates: Saturday and Sunday, June 28 & 29, 1997
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Norwich University, (Chaplin Hall), Northfield, Vermont
Cost: HWI Members/$150 Others/$165 Limit of 25 people
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM REQUIRED
As any small business person knows, well planned and executed management
of the business is crucial, regardless of how knowledgeable and skilled
the owner or crew. In the working world of historic preservation, assessing
and planning for the risk of unknown variables inherent in the buildings
we save, can make or break a business. The instructor will review assessing
unknown variables, assembly of planning teams when confronting conditions
that baffle, and proven tests and methods that lessen the guess work in
estimating costs and solving problems. When an assessment reveals the worst;
knowing how to help the client cope, may make the difference between getting
and losing the job. The instructor will outline suggestions for phasing
projects over a period of time. Our field demands certain ethical standards,
the instructor will review how to convey the importance of such standards
to clients.
Instructor: John Leeke is a preservation consultant from Portland, Maine. Leeke helps owners, tradespeople, architects, and contractors understand and maintain historic buildings. He has been preserving buildings for 24 years as a tradesman and contractor and still spends a good part of his time "with hammer in hand." A contributing editor at "The Old House Journal," he has also written articles for "The Journal of Light Construction" and "Fine Homebuilding." He is a frequent lecturer for APT International, The National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the Restoration '93, '95, '96, and '97 conferences.
Dates: Saturday and Sunday, July 19 & 20, 1997
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Norwich University, Northfield, VT or Vermont College, Montpelier, VT Specific details will be sent to registrants.
The Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont, is restoring the side-wheeler, TICONDEROGA, a 220 foot paddle-wheel passenger packet that once plied the waters of Lake Champlain. The group will tour the TI workshop and the boat with one of the carpentry crew to inspect completed restoration as well as work in progress. The restoration includes the replacement of the canvas decking on the weather decks, installation of new etched glass on the hurricane deck, stripping and repainting superstructure paneling, rehabilitation of the carbon-arc searchlight, documentation of the work done and a myriad of other activities.
This behind the scenes workshop will cover the planning process used to identify and prioritize the boat's restoration needs, and discuss the methods and materials used as well as the reasoning behind the choices. Museum staff will also explain the operational history of the TI including its launching and early years, its later years as a ferry and as a showboat, the trip two miles overland to the Museum and the results of the TI oral history project. The workshop will conclude at 1 p.m. The workshop participants may choose to tour the Museum's 37 other exhibit buildings for the remainder of the day. Instructor: Peter Marsh, Shelburne Museum Dates: Saturday, July 26, 1997 Time: 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Location: Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
Cost: HWI & Shelburne Museum Members/$35 Others/$40 Limit of 15 people. Fee includes admission to the Museum. Please Note: This program does not qualify as an elective for the Certificate Program.
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM ELECTIVE
Borates offer a way to protect wood, new or in use, that are less toxic
to humans or the environment without discoloring wood, and yet, are effective
against the most wood-damaging insects and fungi. This workshop will offer
students "hands-on" information on how to effectively use borates
for unseasoned or seasoned wood, low-cost treatment techniques and equipment,
monitoring treatment quality by color tests, sources of borates and references
for further study. Also, there will be an opportunity to view a planned
wood preservation project on the covered bridge in the Shelburne Museum
collection, and a visit to Rokeby, a restored house in Ferrisburgh where
borates were used six years ago during a restoration project at the site.
Instructor: Lonnie Williams, owner of Rich Mountain Wood Protection Services, Gulfport, MS. An international authority on the use of borates for wood preservation, Mr. Williams has co-chaired 1990 and 1996 highly successful international conference on the use of borates for wood protection. He has published more than 35 articles in publications including; "The IPM Practitioner," "The APT Bulletin" and "The Journal of Light Construction," since retiring after 27 years as a research entomologist with the USDA U. S. Forest Service.
Guest speakers: Peter Marsh, Kurt Plank & Jane Williamson.
Dates: Saturday, September 6, 1997 (9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) Sunday, September 7, 1997 (1 p.m. - 5 p.m.)
Cost: HWI member/$175 Others/$200 Includes admission to the Shelburne Museum for two days.
Registrants will be sent information on special rates for immediate family members during the workshop.
Presented in cooperation with RESTORE
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM REQUIRED
This two day workshop will focus on a survey of health and environmental hazards inherent in materials and processes used in building conservation and restoration. Basic principles of health, safety, and toxicology, and occupational hazards associated with preservation materials and process will be covered. The instructor will review methods for evaluating and choosing safe materials and procedures and methods for working safely with hazardous materials when their use is necessary.
MINIMUM ENROLLMENT MUST BE MET BY JULY 18.RESTORE is a not-for-profit educational organization incorporated under the New York State Education Law. RESTORE offers people in the building industry a range of programs related to building conservation and preservation maintenance technology.
Instructors: Monona Roussel, M.S., M.F.A., I.H., is a chemist, an industrial hygienist, and a leading authority on health and environmental hazards inherent in the arts and architectural conservation who has lectured extensively both within the United States and abroad. In 1987 she founded and is the President of ACTS, Arts, Crafts and Theater Safety, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to providing health and safety services to the arts.
Dates: Friday & Saturday, September 19-20, 1997
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. daily
Location: Norwich University, Northfield, VT or Vermont College, Montpelier, VT Registrants will receive specific details.
Cost: HWI Members/$250 Others/$275
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM ELECTIVE
A three day workshop introducing craftspeople to oil and water gilding on architectural elements and objects will be offered for the first time in 1997. The materials and techniques of gilding, analysis of old surfaces and their restoration will be discus
sed with emphasis upon direct examination and hands-on studio work. One day long session will be held on-site at the Justin Smith Morrill Homestead in Strafford, Vermont to work directly on an original nineteenth century gilded picture rail. The Morrill H
omestead is the home of Sen. Justin Morrill, author of the Land Grant College Acts. Owned by the State of Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, Historic Sites Program, the Homestead is one of the state's finest Gothic Revival buildings.
Instructor: Deborah Bigelow graduated from the London College of Furniture. She has more than 22 years experience conserving gilded wood. She has taught gilded wood conservation at the Smithsonian Institution Conservation Analytical Laboratory and the Canadian Conservation Institute. She was project director for the Gilding Conservation Symposium held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1988 and managing editor for the publication .
Dates: Friday - Sunday, October 24 - 26, 1997 Possibility of a 2nd session, Oct. 27-29, 1997
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. daily
Location: Norwich University, Northfield. VT or Vermont College, Montpelier, VT Registrants will receive specific details.
Cost: HWI Members/$195 Others/$225 Limit of 20 people
Tools: Gilder's pad, knife, and tip; a variety of brushes, including No. 8 and No. 10 pointed sables; optivisors or other magnifying glasses; surgical scalpel with a No. 15 blade; and a microspatula. To purchase gilding equipment, contact Sepp Leaf Products, Inc., NYC (212) 683-2840. Art and medical supply businesses can provide the rest.
at the Moors House, Historic Deerfield, Massachusetts
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM REQUIRED
Students will learn traditional plaster repair techniques and the use of adhesives in plaster repair in this comprehensive workshop. Beginning with the basics of plaster chemistry, students will acquire a complete understanding of the material, how it performs, and how it is applied. Students will mix and apply plaster on walls and ceilings in the historic Moors House, part of the complex of buildings at the nonprofit museum, Historic Deerfield, Inc. The Moors House was built in 1848 in the Gothic cottage style. In 1865, the Ball family purchased the house and began farming the property. It remained in the family until Historic Deerfield purchased the property in 1991. Years of deferred maintenance left the structure and plaster in fragile condition.
Most of the structural work has been completed. Students enrolling in this program will have an opportunity to assist in the restoration of an important landmark within the collection of one of the nation's most important museums devoted to preservation.
Instructors: Andrew Ladygo, Preservation Services, Inc. Rory Brennan, Plaster Conservation
Dates: Saturday - Tuesday, November 1 - 4, 1997 Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Cost: HWI and Historic Deerfield Members/$300 Others/$320
Prior plaster workshop attendees desiring a refresher in techniques: $60 per day (no handouts or text)
Tools: Trowel, hawk, dual cartridge respirator, latex, neoprene, and work gloves.
Required: Students must submit proof of health insurance and sign a
liability waiver and statement of responsibilities.