The annual Jane’s Walk festival takes place the first weekend in May, in more than 200 cities and towns around the globe. In 2024, it will be held in Maine on Saturday, May 4.
We're here to help! Maine Preservation is hosting office hours on the first Monday of every month to provide guidance about your historic rehabilitation efforts. This month we’ll be joined by Guy Marshall of ReVision Energy to field questions and lead discussion on solar panels. The maintenance and reuse of existing buildings is central to the sustainability principles of historic preservation, but we can also be a bigger part of the solution by considering how renewable energy sources can be integrated into historic buildings and sites while limiting their impact of their historic integrity. Guy brings 25 years of experience in his role as a Commercial Design Specialist, working with Maine businesses and nonprofits interested in exploring solar energy options as alternatives to fossil fuels.
Bring your questions and your curiosity! Register to join the conversation!
Join us in celebrating Maine Preservation’s 2024 Honor Award-winning projects. Register today!
We're here to help! Maine Preservation is hosting office hours on the first Monday of every month to provide guidance about your historic rehabilitation efforts. This month we’ll be joined by Tony Castro of Tony Castro & Company to field questions and lead discussion on historic plaster. Among the most versatile materials, plaster is found in older buildings and even some new construction throughout Maine and can be modelled, cast, incised, colored, stamped, and stenciled. Looking to repair your flat plaster walls and ceilings? Hoping to do right by your home’s ornamental plaster? We’ll have answers and resources for you. Tony’s focus for over 25 years has been creating and restoring decorative painting, which first requires carefully repairing the underlying plaster. His notable project include the interiors of Cumston Hall, Bowdoin Chapel, Joshua Chamberlain’s House, The Norlands, Biddeford City Theater, and First Parish Church in Yarmouth. Tony also hand painted the Maine State Seal on canvas that hangs above the entry of our State House in Augusta.
Bring your questions and your curiosity! Register to join the conversation!
Interesting in leading a Jane’s Walk? Want to learn more? Enroll in Walk Leader virtual training.
In the wake of destructive storms we’ve recently experienced, this month’s meet-up will provide an opportunity to talk about the impacts of extreme weather on historic buildings. We will be joined by Anastasia Azenaro-Moore, an Environmental Protection Specialist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). As a preservationist, Anastasia works with the National Historic Preservation Act to ensure historic resources are identified and considered as part of hazard mitigation projects throughout New England. She has been working in the field with FEMA for seven years at the regional and national level, including work in Puerto Rico and South Carolina. Anastasia will be ready to answer your questions about the impacts of extreme weather on historic resources and how communities across New England are preparing and adapting. She has also been out in the field for the past two weeks assessing storm damage in Maine. Anastasia is a former staff member and current Trustee of Maine Preservation, who resides in Eliot.
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We're here to help! Maine Preservation is hosting office hours to provide guidance about your historic rehabilitation efforts. This month we will be joined by Cale Pickford based at the Camden office of Allen Insurance and Financial. If you’ve ever wondered whether its harder to insure an old house or curious about how to protect irreplaceable landmarks, this is your time to ask! Cale will be ready to answer your questions about insuring historic properties, both residential and commercial. When Cale is not busy with work or enjoying time with his family at their home in Lincolnville, we’re fortunate to have him serving as the President of our Board of Trustees.
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We're here to help! Maine Preservation is hosting office hours on the first Monday of every month to provide guidance about your historic rehabilitation efforts. This month we will be joined by Richard Irons of Maine-based Irons Restoration Masons, to answer your questions about historic chimneys, fireplaces, flues, bakeovens, beehives, and everything in between. Richard has 40+ years of experience in historic restoration and authentic reproduction of masonry chimneys and fireplaces. His work has taken him across New England, working on historic properties from the 17th to the 19th centuries.
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We're here to help! Maine Preservation is hosting office hours on the first Monday of every month to provide guidance about your historic rehabilitation efforts. This month we will be joined by Bo Jespersen of Augusta-based The Breathable Home, to discuss energy audits and retrofits of older homes. Bo is a certified Building Analyst 1 (energy auditor), Efficiency Maine Qualified Energy Advisor, and a state licensed Oil Limited Energy Auditor Technician.
Bring your questions and your curiosity! Register to join the conversation!
Matt Bishop, Curator and Operations Manager with the Bangor Historical Society, will share stories of our first settlers, the greatest disaster in U.S. Naval History (until Pearl Harbor), the British Occupation during the War of 1812, the Great Fire of 1911 and so much more.
We're here to help! Maine Preservation is hosting office hours on the first Monday of every month to provide guidance about your historic rehabilitation efforts. This month we will be joined by Judson Star to discuss historic cemeteries, graveyards, and burial grounds as well as the conservation of the grave markers that dot these hallowed grounds. Judson serves as the Recording Secretary for the Maine Old Cemetery Association (MOCA) Board of Directors, is a member of the Kennebunkport Cemetery Committee, and the owner of gravestone preservation and cleaning firm Maintain the Memory. Bring your questions and your curiosity. Register to join the conversation!
Please note this month's session will not take place on the first Monday of the month
Anastasia Azenaro-Moore, MP Trustee and Historic Preservation Specialist, will share stories of the path’s history and grand summer homes as the group strolls the one-mile out and back trail.
Join our Gala celebration at the newly rehabilitated Lemont Hall in Brunswick, a 2023 Honor Award-winning project.
We're here to help! Maine Preservation is hosting office hours on the first Monday of every month to provide guidance about your historic rehabilitation efforts. This month we welcome historic building expert John Leeke to answer all your questions about historic windows! John has been restoring historic buildings across New England for more than 35 years, recording and sharing the knowledge he has acquired along the way through numerous publications and his Historic Homeworks Q&A column. Register to join the conversation!
We're here to help! Maine Preservation is hosting office hours on the first Monday of every month to provide guidance about your historic rehabilitation efforts. This month’s meetup is all about lead paint — how to test for it and how to safely remove it when working on a historic building or site. Join the conversation!
Come learn about this spectacular village on a tour with Linda Nelson, Economic & Community Development Director for Stonington. Tickets: $10
We're here to help! Maine Preservation is hosting office hours on the first Monday of every month to provide guidance about your historic rehabilitation efforts. This month’s meetup is all about ongoing advocacy efforts to expand Maine’s Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit program.
We will be joined by Sarah Hansen, Executive Director of Greater Portland Landmarks, to answer questions about advocacy efforts for LD 1810: An Act to Expand the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit that will benefit small commercial projects and homeowners.
We are pleased to present this year's Old House Forum & Annual Meeting program which will celebrate and explore Maine's community spaces, recreational outposts, and roadside attractions.
Jane’s Walk is a global festival of free, volunteer-led walking conversations which combine the simple act of exploring a place with personal observations, local history, and civic engagement.
Maine Preservation is excited to be collaborating with Friends of Congress Square Park, Greater Portland Landmarks, Maine Downtown Center, and Portland Downtown to bring Jane's Walk to communities across Maine on Saturday, May 6, 2023.
We're here to help! Maine Preservation is hosting office hours on the first Monday of every month to provide guidance about your historic rehabilitation efforts. This month’s meetup is all about downtowns, main streets, and village centers.
We will be joined by Anne Ball, Senior Program Director of Maine Downtown Center at the Maine Development Foundation, and Michael Hall, Executive Director of Augusta Downtown Alliance. They will be ready to answer your questions about grassroots economic development, placemaking initiatives, and activating underused historic buildings.
Come learn about this inland hamlet on a tour with Scott Berk, owner of Cafe Nomad and member of the Maine Downtown Center Advisory Council and Andrea Burns, Maine Preservation Advisory Trustee. Tickets: $10
The focus of our latest preservation workshop and info session: DIY (Do It Yourself) and old house stewardship.
Jonathan Hall, Maine Preservation’s Field Services Manager, will be ready to answer all your questions. But, more importantly, we want this virtual meeting to be an opportunity for DIY’ers to connect with one another and find community for idea-sharing, support, and more.
Maine Preservation hosts virtual office hours on the first Monday of every month to provide guidance about your historic rehabilitation efforts.
The annual Maine Preservation Honor Awards have celebrated excellence in historic preservation since 1998, focusing on the transformative rehabilitation of historic buildings and the people that make those projects possible. We also want to recognize the grassroots efforts of folks advocating for important places in their communities, the creative activation of underused open spaces, the long haulers who steward historic buildings across the state, and the legacy businesses that serve as cornerstones of our downtowns. It is through these projects and people that the cultural and economic vitality of Maine is strengthened for the future.
Registration is closed.
We're here to help! Maine Preservation is hosting office hours on the first Monday of every month to provide guidance about your historic rehabilitation efforts.
This month, our Director of Development, Gina Lamarche will be ready to field all your questions about fundraising - How do I cultivate major donors? What is the typical process for applying for a grant? How can we secure corporate sponsorships? If you are considering establishing (or already manage) a nonprofit to support a preservation campaign, you don’t want to miss this virtual event!
Learn more about this global festival of free, volunteer-led walking conversations, including instructions for how to submit and lead a walk. We look forward to seeing you there!
We're here to help! Maine Preservation is hosting office hours on the first Monday of every month to provide guidance about your historic rehabilitation efforts.
We will be joined by Michael Goebel-Bain of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission this month, so come prepared with your questions about the National Register of Historic Places, and other state-wide preservation matters.
We're here to help! Maine Preservation is hosting office hours on the first Monday of every month to provide guidance about your historic rehabilitation efforts.
Come prepared with your building, advocacy, and fundraising questions for Field Services Manager, Jonathan Hall, and Preservation Manager, Brad Miller at Monday Meet-up!
We're here to help! Maine Preservation is hosting office hours on the first Monday of every month to provide guidance about your historic rehabilitation efforts.
Come prepared with your building, advocacy, and fundraising questions for Field Services Manager, Jonathan Hall, and Preservation Manager, Brad Miller at Monday Meet-up!
Executive Director, Tara Kelly Preservation Manager, Brad Miller, and Field Services Manager, Jonathan Hall are heading to Bethel on November 15 for all things preservation outreach, advocacy, and consultation. Reach out with your preservation questions and let us know how we can help you!
Contact info@mainepreservation.org to schedule a meeting with the team.
With New England winter’s icy darkness looming closer and the sun setting earlier by the day, our thoughts turn to our cozy nests, blankets, and tea. But first, there is much to do to get our homes ready before winter’s icy blasts and holiday frenzies welcome themselves. Join us on November 9th for a new webinar on preparing your historic home for another winter.
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We're here to help! Maine Preservation is hosting office hours on the first Monday of every month to provide guidance about your historic rehabilitation efforts.
Come prepared with your building, advocacy, and fundraising questions for Field Services Manager, Jonathan Hall, and Preservation Manager, Brad Miller at Monday Meet-up!
