In this session our Field Services Manager, Jonathan Hall, will review some key things you can do to get your old house spruced for spring and we’ll take your questions about maintenance.
Architectural photographer Dave Clough will share tips and insights that will help you take better pictures of buildings and exterior views. We’ll take a look at equipment, how to compose a shot, lighting, heights and angles. Process, work flow, and photo editing software will also be looked at.
About the Presenter: Dave Clough is an architectural photographer based in Rockland, Maine.
He was the photographer for Tilbury House Publishers 2014 release, Homes Down East, by Earle Shettleworth, Chris Glass, and Scott Hanson. His second Tilbury House book authored by Scott Hanson, Restoring Your Historic House, is an in-depth look at rehabilitating historic homes and was released in December 2019. Additionally, his work has been published in the Japan National Trust’s Official Guidebook for the Yasuda House, MaineBiz’s Maine, A Portrait of the Pine Tree State (2012), and 2015’s Food That Works by Malia Dell. He was the photographer of an exhibit at the Gamble House in Pasadena, California, by noted Japanese architect Yoshihiro Takishita, Shiguchi, The Hidden Art of Japanese Joinery at the Gamble House was published June 2019. His work has also appeared in Built Heritage Journal (China), Coastal Home, Down East, Maine Home + Design, Maine, Boats, Homes & Harbors magazines, Maine Home, and Decor Maine.
In 2016 he exhibited his work and presented at an international symposium in Venice, Italy. In April 2017, the exhibit and symposium opened in Yokohama, Japan. In the fall of 2017 the exhibit traveled to Suzhou, China, and then to Milan, Italy; in February 2018 the exhibit opened at the Norwegian Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.
Most recently, his work was selected for inclusion in the 21st edition of Sir Banister Fletcher’s Global History of Architecture, details here.
For more details on his work, visit davecloughphotography.com.
In this session, you’ll learn about the National Register of Historic Places, including its purpose, the benefits to and restrictions on listed properties, eligibility criteria, and the process for listing a property, from identification through listing, with a typical timeline. You will gain insight into the state’s current listing priorities and how those priorities are derived from the State Historic Preservation Plan. A survey of Maine’s listed properties, their areas of significance, and their geographic distribution will be used to illustrate what is well represented and what is underrepresented, and a focus, of the MHPC’s efforts. The Maine Historic Preservation Commission is a co-sponsor of this program.
Speaker: Michael W. Goebel-Bain, National Register and Survey Coordinator, Maine Historic Preservation Commission
It was great to be with so many of you to celebrate the U.S. Postal Service’s issuance of new set of barn postcard stamps and talk about what old barns mean to our communities and trends in barn preservation. We appreciate your interest and action in helping prevent the loss of these icons of hard work and community!
Hope you enjoyed the broad discussion on types of historic agricultural structures, practical ideas about stewardship, repair and restoration projects as well promoting preservation with neighbors and community leaders. While there are challenges associated with deferred maintenance, expense and sustainability, our panelists and our participants shared many positive comments about strong personal and community sentiments for barns, the blessing of great tradespeople, some specific resources for barns, alliances with tourism, special event and small business ventures, and the tradition of creative adaption for agricultural and non-agricultural uses.
Many thanks to our program speakers Lorraine Merrill, Thomas C. Hubka, John Porter, Thomas D. Visser, and Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki, and our Maine-based breakout expert leader, Arron Sturgis.
Please enjoy and share the recording with colleagues and friends.
Books by Hubka, Merrill, Porter and Visser are available here:
Here is contact info associated with our presenters:
Questions for Tom Hubka? thubka@uwm.edu
Check out musician Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki’s website (www.JordanTWmusic.com). E-mail Jordan@JordanTWmusic.com.
Thomas C. Hubka, author of Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Architecture at the School of Architecture, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His newest book is How the Working-Class Home Became Modern, 1900-1940.
John Porter served New Hampshire as a Dairy Specialist, UNH Cooperative Extension for over 30 years and continues to advise farmers on structures and farmstead planning. He is also the co-author of Preserving Old Barns: Preventing the Loss of a Valuable Resource.
Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki grew up with contra dance and Celtic music and has written soundtracks for audiobooks and television, appeared as a guest on over 75 albums, and performs throughout the Northeast.
Thomas D. Visser, Professor of Historic Preservation, is the director of the graduate Historic Preservation Program at the University of Vermont. His publications include the Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings and Porches of North America.
The program’s facilitator is Lorraine S. Merrill. Merrill and her family own and operate a dairy farm in Stratham, NH and she served as commissioner of the state’s Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food. Also a journalist and technical writer, Merrill and two collaborators produced a book and documentary in 2020 titled, Communities and Consequences II: Rebalancing New Hampshire’s Human Ecology.
Arron Sturgis, owner of Preservation Timber Framing, began his career in historic preservation in 1987. In 1992, Arron created Preservation Timber Framing; a traditional timber framing company specializing in the structural repair of historic timber framed buildings. Preservation Timber Framing was incorporated in 1998 with a team of 3 craftsmen. Today, PTF, Inc. has a team of highly talented craftspeople who are dedicated to the preservation of historic buildings. Arron serves as an Advisory Trustee of Maine Preservation after two terms as president.
We so appreciate the involvement of our program co-sponsors. Check out their web-sites for news and contact information: National Barn Alliance, New Hampshire Preservation Alliance, Preservation Connecticut, Preservation League of New York State, Preservation Massachusetts, Preservation Pennsylvania, Preserve Rhode Island and Preservation Trust of Vermont.
