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Warsaw, VA—The Menokin Foundation is pleased to announce that its historic site is the focus of a Harvard Graduate School of Design studio course for this spring semester.

The Alliance for Historic Wyoming (AHW) is pleased to announce three Historic Architecture Assistance Fund (HAAF) grant awards for this quarter.

Historians and preservationists confirm, after two years of extensive research, that an Edenton residential structure is North Carolina's oldest known house, an average citizen's home from the early 1700s.

Comstock Residents Assoc. to lead a workshop at the Historic Preservation=Sustainability2 Symposium in Las Vegas on Dec. 1.

Christmas in Salem goes seaside into the eclectic Salem Willows neighborhood. The event features a candlelight preview, eight private home tours on the Saturday and Sunday open house, and a host of holiday activities in the Willows and around Salem.

The Fairfield Foundation and Adventures in Preservation are looking for volunteers to do a week of hands-on restoration work at the 1930 Texaco Station in Gloucester, Virginia, beginning August 26, 2012.

Donated 1.4 million to historic preservation throughout the Merrimack Valley.

George Smart is recognized for his many contributions on behalf of modernist architecture and architects.

Historic Salem, Inc. will hold its 69th Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 14, 5:30 p.m. at the Salem Five Community Room, located at 210 Essex Street in historic Salem, Massachusetts.

Warsaw, VA—The Menokin Foundation is pleased to announce that its historic site is the focus of a Harvard Graduate School of Design studio course for this spring semester.

The Alliance for Historic Wyoming (AHW) is pleased to announce three Historic Architecture Assistance Fund (HAAF) grant awards for this quarter.

Though praised by Frank Lloyd Wright, Paschal heirs tear down their iconic childhood home.

Join Historic Salem, Inc. and the Salem Common Neighborhood Association for a night of food, fun, libation, live music, and prizes to support a special restoration fund dedicated to the Washington Arch on Salem Common.

Join Historic Salem, Inc. and the Salem Common Neighborhood Association for a night of food, fun, libation, live music, and prizes to support a special restoration fund dedicated to the Washington Arch on Salem Common.

Historians and preservationists confirm, after two years of extensive research, that an Edenton residential structure is North Carolina's oldest known house, an average citizen's home from the early 1700s.

Comstock Residents Assoc. to lead a workshop at the Historic Preservation=Sustainability2 Symposium in Las Vegas on Dec. 1.

Christmas in Salem goes seaside into the eclectic Salem Willows neighborhood. The event features a candlelight preview, eight private home tours on the Saturday and Sunday open house, and a host of holiday activities in the Willows and around Salem.

The popular Banner Lecture Series offered at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond, VA will host two guest speakers in October, both co-sponsored by The Menokin Foundation.

The Bronx’s Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum is looking for people up for an adventure in preservation and is recruiting volunteers to spend a week restoring interior wood shutters beginning Monday, July 30.

The Fairfield Foundation and Adventures in Preservation are looking for volunteers to do a week of hands-on restoration work at the 1930 Texaco Station in Gloucester, Virginia, beginning August 26, 2012.

Join the Hamilton Hall volunteer committee for historic house tours and afternoon tea on one of the most beautiful streets in America.

Individual and corporate members help the Preservation Trust sustain its mission to preserve and protect Lancaster County’s rich historic and architectural character through education, advocacy and direct action.

Adventures in Preservation, together with Cultural Heritage without Borders and the Gjirokastra Conservation and Development Organization, seeks volunteers to preserve the Skenduli family's tower house and enliven Albania's economy.

The Friends of Page-Walker Preservation Committee, in partnership with the Town of Cary, is trying to locate plans/architectural drawings of subdivisions and homes from the 1950′s & 1960′s; in particular, those drawn by architect Jerry Miller.

The CT Chapter of ASLA will present its 2011 CT Olmsted Award to Mary Donohue, Survey and Grants Director and Senior Architectural Historian for the State Historic Preservation Office of the CT Department of Economic and Community Development.

Former company houses in Nova Scotia, Canada preserved to provide housing to near-homeless families of Glace Bay.

The nonprofit Spady Cultural Heritage Museum in Delray Beach, Fla. is getting creative in order to survive the economic recession. The organization is focusing more on its core mission by streamlining operations and introducing some new programs.

“The Trust’s annual monitoring process is a great reminder of the value that the Trust and other easement holding organizations provide to society, “ say’s Trust for Architectural Easements founder, Steven McClain.

The Menokin Foundation requests the qualifications of teams interested in submitting proposals for implementing the Menokin glass concept project.

Adventures in Preservation and Preservation Delaware are working together to involve more volunteers in the preservation of Delaware’s long history. Their first project begins August 7, 2011 at the Bellanca Air Service Hangar.

Adventures in Preservation (AiP) has released a report highlighting the great success of a heritage building conservation project in Old Town Lamu, Kenya, funded by The Genographic Legacy Fund of the National Geographic Society.

Lakeland hospital, Indiana University Innovation Center, Business Furniture, photo studio, historic theater, nonprofit headquarters and California house take top AIA Indianapolis Excellence Awards

Adventures in Preservation and The Fairfield Foundation announce the selection of Phil Mark, Director of Preservation at Stratford Hall, to lead volunteers in hands-on preservation work at the historic Edge Hill Texaco Service Station.

In a milestone for historic preservation and cultural tourism, a Manhattan couple has turned a 1920’s-era house into the first bed-and-breakfast in Delray Beach, Fla. The Historic Hartman House Bed and Breakfast is scheduled to open in late March.

Renowned author, archivist, and historian Lynn Downey of Levi Strauss and Co. will be a featured presenter during “Valuing Historic Perspectives,” the Ninth Annual Historic Preservation Conference, to be held June 22-24, 2011 in Tucson.

Renowned author and international historian Anthony M. Tung will be a keynote speaker at the 9th Annual Arizona Historic Preservation Conference in Tucson, June 22-24, 2011.

The Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is relocating a historic single-family structure from a privately-owned lot to vacant lot in the West Settler's Historic District, on NW 5th Ave. on December 16th beginning at 5 a.m.

– Quarra Stone, the Madison, WI based company that supplies and fabricates natural stone for signature architectural projects in North America has been tapped for three high profile renovation projects.

The Delray Beach CRA, Community Land Trust, and Stuart & Shelby Development are partnering to save the historic 86-year-old Franklin House by rebuilding the home to provide affordable housing.

Quarra Taps Margaret Ann Conlon for its Nationally Recognized Stone Carving Team. Quarra Stone continues its commitment to diversity in the workplace and encouraging qualified women to enter traditionally male dominated stone industry trade.

Enjoy cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, along with tours of condos built within the former industrial site, during a Preservation Celebration from 6-8 p.m. Nov. 19 at Edenton Cotton Mill.

The Eagleville Historic District encompasses a small textile mill village – one of eight originally found in Holden – that developed and prospered from the early 19th century until the middle of the 20th century.

The Woodward Avenue Action Association's Ford Highland Park Plant preservaton project has ranked fourth in the "This Place Matters Challenge" presented by the National Trust for Historic Preservation with a week left for supporters to vote.

AiP announces its newest historic preservation-based volunteer vacation, during which volunteers will help restore one of Virginia's original Texaco stations, the 1930 Edge Hill Service Station, in Gloucester, Virginia, May 23-28, 2011.

Award-winning nonprofit organization will celebrate its third year of advocacy with a Cocktail Birthday Party at Aloft in Chapel Hill.

AIA presented the new award to Nadel for its design work on the Richmond Civic Center

The Trust for Architectural Easements has scheduled two free seminars in Queens, New York on the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentive Program for Tuesday, May 11, 2010 and Wednesday, May 12, 2010.

George Smart, Triangle Modernist Houses receives major national press.

The Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentive Program: Protecting America’s Architectural Treasures Through Voluntary Preservation Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 7 pm at The Public Library of Brookline

The Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentive Program: Protecting America’s Architectural Treasures Through Voluntary Preservation Wednesday, April 7, 2010 7:00 p.m. Newton Senior Center Newtonville Square 345 Walnut Street Newton, MA 02460

The Trust for Architectural Easements is a leading force in the preservation of architectural heritage in the United States.

The Trust for Architectural Easements is a leading force in the preservation of architectural heritage in the United States.

Those who attend the free seminar on the financial incentives for preservation – 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11th at the First Presbyterian Church of Orange – will receive a complimentary walking tour of historic Old Towne Orange.

On Thursday, March 11th at 6:30 p.m., the Trust for Architectural Easements will host a seminar in Orange, California on the financial incentives for historic preservation. To RSVP, please call 888-831-2107 or email easements@architecturaltrust.org.

If approved, the Eagleville Historic District in Holden, MA could be listed in the National Register of Historic Places this year. The Trust for Architectural Easements supports these local preservation efforts.

Raleigh-based landscape architect will help improve historic gardens in Manteo, NC, that his grandfather-in-law helped to create in the early 1950s.