These workshops are free and open to the public, but reservations are required. To reserve a space, or for more information, please contact Patrick Hauck, Director of Neighborhood Preservation Programs, at 215-546-1146 x4 or patrick@preservationalliance.com.

About the Homeowner Workshops:
In order to meet the need for information about the care and maintenance of historic properties, the Preservation Alliance offers an ongoing series of Homeowner Workshops targeted to the owners, and aspiring owners, of older and historic homes.  A key educational and outreach component of the Allianceís Neighborhood Preservation Programs, the Homeowner Workshops have been very well received, with over 1000 people having taken advantage of the free programs since they were introduced in the Fall of 2006.  Workshop attendees have taken the opportunity to learn from a broad variety of preservation professionals on a range of topics including: working with architects and contractors; roofing on historic buildings; historic windows; and masonry and pointing. The workshops include either visual presentations or hands-on demonstrations followed by a question and answer time.

These workshops are free and open to the public, but reservations are required. To reserve a space, or for more information, please contact Patrick Hauck, Director of Neighborhood Preservation Programs, at 215-546-1146 x4 or patrick@preservationalliance.com.

About the Homeowner Workshops:
In order to meet the need for information about the care and maintenance of historic properties, the Preservation Alliance offers an ongoing series of Homeowner Workshops targeted to the owners, and aspiring owners, of older and historic homes.  A key educational and outreach component of the Allianceís Neighborhood Preservation Programs, the Homeowner Workshops have been very well received, with over 1000 people having taken advantage of the free programs since they were introduced in the Fall of 2006.  Workshop attendees have taken the opportunity to learn from a broad variety of preservation professionals on a range of topics including: working with architects and contractors; roofing on historic buildings; historic windows; and masonry and pointing. The workshops include either visual presentations or hands-on demonstrations followed by a question and answer time.

Directions to the Sheep Barn:
(Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust’s Offices)

Via SEPTA:

Take the #38 bus westbound from Center City (JFK) or eastbound from Wissahickon Transfer Center.  Alight at Belmont Mansion Drive.  Walk into the park on Belmont Mansion Drive.  Turn left onto Chamounix Drive.  At the sign for the Wellness Community, the Sheep Barn will be on your right.

From Center City:

Travel northwest on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.  Continue around Eakins Oval past the front of the Art Museum and then turn right onto West River Drive.  Follow West River Drive to Montgomery Drive.  Turn left onto Montgomery Drive.  Turn right onto Belmont Mansion Drive.  At the first stop sign, turn right onto Chamounix Drive.  Turn right at the sign for “Wellness Community of Philadelphia.”  The Sheep Barn will be the first building on your right.

From the Schuylkill Expressway:

Exit at Montgomery Drive and travel west on Montgomery Drive.  Turn right onto Belmont Mansion Drive.  At the first stop sign, turn right onto Chamounix Drive.  Turn right at the sign for “Wellness Community of Philadelphia.”  The Sheep Barn will be the first building on your right.

From I-95:

Exit I-95 onto I-76 W.  Exit at Montgomery Drive.  Turn left at the bottom of the ramp onto Montgomery Drive.  Turn right onto Belmont Mansion.  At the first stop sign, turn right onto Chamounix Drive.  Turn right at the sign for “Wellness Community of Philadelphia.”  The Sheep Barn will be the first building on your right.

Jim Garrison, AIA of RMJM Hillier will present a preview of "Great Houses of Philadelphia – Chestnut Hill and the Wissahickon Valley" to be published by the Acanthus Press September 2008.  The book continues a series that includes "Main Line Estates" and other volumes on American domestic architecture between 1880 and 1940.  Also the book features a forward by Preservation Alliance Executive Director John Gallery.

These workshops are free and open to the public, but reservations are required. To reserve a space, or for more information, please contact Patrick Hauck, Director of Neighborhood Preservation Programs, at 215-546-1146 x4 or patrick@preservationalliance.com.

About the Homeowner Workshops:
In order to meet the need for information about the care and maintenance of historic properties, the Preservation Alliance offers an ongoing series of Homeowner Workshops targeted to the owners, and aspiring owners, of older and historic homes.  A key educational and outreach component of the Allianceís Neighborhood Preservation Programs, the Homeowner Workshops have been very well received, with over 1000 people having taken advantage of the free programs since they were introduced in the Fall of 2006.  Workshop attendees have taken the opportunity to learn from a broad variety of preservation professionals on a range of topics including: working with architects and contractors; roofing on historic buildings; historic windows; and masonry and pointing. The workshops include either visual presentations or hands-on demonstrations followed by a question and answer time.

"HANDS-ON" DEMONSTRATION WORKSHOP: PORCH REPAIRS

Demonstrated by representatives of the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust

Workshop Location: The Sheep Barn, 2020 Chamounix Drive, West Fairmount Park (Directions at bottom of this page)

Presented as part of the HANDS-ON DEMONSTRATION WORKSHOPS in West Fairmount Park in April and May 2008

The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia is pleased to present the newest in our ongoing series of workshops for owners, and aspiring owners, of historic homes. Attendees will have a great opportunity to learn about the best practices for the restoration and maintenance of older and historic homes--including how to be evironmentally friendly and how to incorporation "green design" with historic preservation. (For information on the entire Spring 2008 Homeowner Workshop series, incuding the Preservation and "Green Design" Workshops at Cliveden visit: http://www.preservationalliance.com/events/workshops.php

These workshops are free and open to the public, but reservations are required. To reserve a space, or for more information, please contact Patrick Hauck, Director of Neighborhood Preservation Programs, at 215-546-1146 x4 or patrick@preservationalliance.com.

About the Homeowner Workshops:
In order to meet the need for information about the care and maintenance of historic properties, the Preservation Alliance offers an ongoing series of Homeowner Workshops targeted to the owners, and aspiring owners, of older and historic homes.  A key educational and outreach component of the Allianceís Neighborhood Preservation Programs, the Homeowner Workshops have been very well received, with over 1000 people having taken advantage of the free programs since they were introduced in the Fall of 2006.  Workshop attendees have taken the opportunity to learn from a broad variety of preservation professionals on a range of topics including: working with architects and contractors; roofing on historic buildings; historic windows; and masonry and pointing. The workshops include either visual presentations or hands-on demonstrations followed by a question and answer time.

Directions to the Sheep Barn:
(Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust’s Offices)

Via SEPTA:

Take the #38 bus westbound from Center City (JFK) or eastbound from Wissahickon Transfer Center.  Alight at Belmont Mansion Drive.  Walk into the park on Belmont Mansion Drive.  Turn left onto Chamounix Drive.  At the sign for the Wellness Community, the Sheep Barn will be on your right.

From Center City:

Travel northwest on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.  Continue around Eakins Oval past the front of the Art Museum and then turn right onto West River Drive.  Follow West River Drive to Montgomery Drive.  Turn left onto Montgomery Drive.  Turn right onto Belmont Mansion Drive.  At the first stop sign, turn right onto Chamounix Drive.  Turn right at the sign for “Wellness Community of Philadelphia.”  The Sheep Barn will be the first building on your right.

From the Schuylkill Expressway:

Exit at Montgomery Drive and travel west on Montgomery Drive.  Turn right onto Belmont Mansion Drive.  At the first stop sign, turn right onto Chamounix Drive.  Turn right at the sign for “Wellness Community of Philadelphia.”  The Sheep Barn will be the first building on your right.

From I-95:

Exit I-95 onto I-76 W.  Exit at Montgomery Drive.  Turn left at the bottom of the ramp onto Montgomery Drive.  Turn right onto Belmont Mansion.  At the first stop sign, turn right onto Chamounix Drive.  Turn right at the sign for “Wellness Community of Philadelphia.”  The Sheep Barn will be the first building on your right.

1218 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA

Tuesday - May 20 – Nan Gutterman and Carl Baumert – City Hall Restoration

Nan Gutterman, AIA of VITETTA and Carl Baumert, P.E. of Keast & Hood, Co. will showcase their firms’ collaborative work to conserve the monumental marble sculptures on Philadelphia City Hall. Their work on the 250+ Alexander Milne Calder designed sculptures is one aspect of the ongoing multi-phase exterior renovation of the building. The conservation of these sculptures is a critical component of the overall exterior envelope renovation project. Gutterman and Baumert will discuss the need for the project’s conservation objectives to balance life-safety and conservation concerns. 

Preservation Alliance
Preservation Month Speaker Series

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The AIA Center for Architecture

1218 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA

From 1862 to 1864, President Lincoln and his family escaped the oppressive summer heat by moving to a well-appointed Gothic Revival cottage on the northern edge of the Washington, DC. By 2000, the Lincoln Cottage had fallen into disrepair, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation identified it as one of the National Trust’s 11 Most Endangered Properties. Shortly thereafter, President Clinton declared the site a national landmark and placed under the Save America's Treasures program which contributed significant funding toward its restoration.  In 2003, RMJM Hillier restored the building's exterior and interior and created a Visitor Education Center by renovating an adjacent historic structure. Elisabeth Dubin, RA, LEED® AP, and John Evans, LEED® AP, of RMJM Hillier will discuss both projects.

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Preservation Month Speaker Series

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The AIA Center for Architecture

1218 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA

Architectural historian Emily Cooperman will explore the history and significance of Beth Sholom, located in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.  The only synagogue ever designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Beth Sholom is one of his most important projects, and in 2007, was listed as a National Historic Landmark.