WHAT / WHERE:
Care and Repair of Log Structures, a hands-on workshop at Putney Ranger Station in Harlan County, a 1930s-era Civilian Conservation Corps round log structure which has most recently been used as the Harlan County office for the Kentucky Division of Forestry.
Instruction will cover preservation techniques, the philosophy behind the use of various techniques, and hands-on experience working on the ranger station. Topics will include proper documentation methods, material identification and selection, and proper tool selection and usage. The re-establishment of log features will focus on proper handling, reinstallation of materials, and identifying and recovering or replicating character-defining features.
WHEN:
June 11-15, with lodging and accommodations at Pine Mountain Settlement School
SPONSORED BY:
Pine Mountain Settlement School, the Kentucky Heritage Council / State Historic Preservation Office and Harlan County Fiscal Court
INSTRUCTORS:
Moss Rudley, exhibits specialist with the National Park Service Historic Preservation Training Center based in Fredericksburg, MD, assisted by Paul Jensen, preservation carpentry trainer with the center.
Rudley has worked on historic log structures throughout the nation’s park system, and attendees at this workshop will include staff from Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona as well as participants from Vermont, Arkansas and Pennsylvania, staff from Kentucky State Parks and a preservation training instructor from West Kentucky Community and Technical College.
Care and Repair of Log Structures is one of three hands-on historic preservation workshops being offered in 2007 by Pine Mountain Settlement School. Next in the series is From the Ground Up – The Art of Building Dry Stone Walls October 12-14 with instructor Richard Tufnell, co-founder of the national Dry Stone Conservancy, Inc.
In conjunction with the Kentucky Heritage Council, Pine Mountain Settlement School has sponsored at least two historic preservation workshops annually since 2002, bringing together historic preservation specialists, managers and maintenance staff of historic properties, owners of historic structures, and contractors seeking to learn preservation skills. For registration information about any of these presentations, go to www.pinemountainsettlementschool.com or call the school at 606-558-3571.
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An agency of the Kentucky Commerce Cabinet, the Kentucky Heritage Council / State Historic Preservation Office is responsible for the identification, protection and preservation of historic and cultural resources throughout the Commonwealth, in partnership with other state and federal agencies, local communities and interested citizens. This mission is integral to making communities more livable and has a far-ranging impact on issues as diverse as economic development, jobs creation, affordable housing, tourism, community revitalization, environmental conservation and quality of life. www.heritage.ky.gov
A National Historic Landmark, Pine Mountain Settlement School was founded in 1913 as a school for children in the Commonwealth's remote southeastern mountains and as a social center for surrounding communities. Buildings on its campus were designed by one of America’s first female architects, Mary Rockwell Hook. Pine Mountain Settlement School operated as a boarding school through the mid-1970s, and today the institution provides instruction in environmental education, Appalachian culture and crafts to students and adults.