Old Building Forum
Learn about the latest preservation tools and technology, policy initiatives, funding resources, and more. These quarterly, virtual convenings will cover a wide range of topics, host dynamic and informative conversations, and reach Mainers across the state. Each of these sessions will begin with a brief update on Maine Preservation initiatives.
The program was formerly known as Old House Forum
2025 Old Building Forum
No Place to Hide: Lighthouses on the Front Lines of Climate Change
Bob Trapani, Jr. and Ford Reiche
Wednesday, February 12, at 5:30pm via ZOOM
Photo by Dominic Trapani
Bob Trapani, Jr., of the American Lighthouse Foundation, and Ford Reiche, of The Presumpscot Foundation, with whom Maine Preservation partnered on the successful nomination of Maine's historic light stations to the 2025 World Monuments Watch will recount the damage from last year's January storms, explain the practical impacts of climate change, and preview plans for developing more resilient lighthouses.
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2024 Old House Forum & Annual Meeting
Held on THURSDAY, MAY 23 VIA ZOOM
The Maine House II
Maura McEvoy, Basha Burwell, and Kathleen Hackett
Dead Writers Podcast
Tess Chakkalakal
WHERE2024
Meadow Dibble
2023 Old House Forum & Annual Meeting
Held ON Wednesday, May 31 at 5pm via zoom
Meeting Hall Maine
Michelle Hauser
Sporting and Leisure Camps of Central and Western Maine
Catherine Cyr
The Maine Roadshow
Tim O’Brien
2022 Old House Forum & Annual Meeting
Held on Wednesday, May 25
Building a Skilled Workforce
Nicholas A. Redding
President & CEO, Preservation Maryland
Digital Explorations of Place
J. Mark Souther, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Public History + Digital Humanities
Re-focusing Narratives
Taylor Kabeary & Eduardo Duarte Ruas
Co-Founders, Preservation Side B
50th Anniversary Kickoff Celebration & Annual Meeting
Held On Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 4:00 - 5:45 PM
The Old House Forum & Annual Meeting
Held Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Bootstrapping Economic Development Through Reuse of Historic Structures
Presenter:
Hugh French, Director, Tides Institute & Museum of Art, Eastport
Learn about a current project that is reusing reusing an historic structure to foster economic development in Eastport.
16 Counties - 16 Stories of Early Maine Houses
Presenter: Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., Maine State Historian
Take a whirlwind tour of notable early Maine houses - all built prior to Maine statehood - and hear the stories of the bold Mainers associated with them.
Highlights from the 2019 OLD HOUSE FORUM
Grit & Granite - May 11, 2019
The 2019 event was held at Hallowell at City Hall. We celebrated Grit & Granite, the foundation of preservation in Maine, and the 50th anniversary of Row House, Inc.
