What: Educational Workshops at NH Farm & Forest Expo
“How to Read Your Barn” Friday, February 3 from 9 – 11 am in the Frost/Hawthorne Room, with Arron Sturgis of Preservation Timber Framing Inc
“New Models for Saving Historic Farm Properties” Friday, February 3, from 12 – 2 pm in the Hale Room. A roundtable discussion with Steve Taylor, former NH Commissioner of Agriculture; John Porter, UNH Cooperative Extension; preservationist Linda Ray Wilson; and Jennifer Goodman, NH Preservation Alliance.
When: Friday, February 3, How to Read Your Barn: 9-11am and New Models for Saving Historic Farm Properties: 12-2pm
Where: NH Farm & Forest Expo, Radission/Center of New Hampshire, 700 Elm Street, Manchester, NH
Price: $7 for Expo admission for adults. Age 15 and under are free.
Contact: Preservation Alliance at 224-2281 orwww.nhpreservation.org or the Expo at http://nhfarmandforestexpo.org.
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The New Hampshire Preservation Alliance, the statewide non-profit membership organization dedicated to the preservation of historic buildings, resources and landscapes, announces that it is sponsoring two educational sessions at the 2012 Farm & Forest Expo February 3- 4 at the Center of New Hampshire, Radisson Hotel, in Manchester. Both sessions are free and open to the public to Expo attendees. Expo information athttp://nhfarmandforestexpo.org.
“How to Read Your Barn” will be offered on Friday, February 3 from 9 – 11 am in the Frost/Hawthorne Room. Arron Sturgis of Preservation Timber Framing Inc. will present and lead a discussion on historic barns with a focus on how these barns were built and how they were used. Sturgis will share tips to determine the age of a barn by examining its timber frame joinery, architectural features (doors and windows) and its orientation on the land. He will also explore some of the common and unusual features of New England barns such as hay tracks, internal silos, and integrated loft ladders. Participants are invited to bring their own barn pictures to share. The session is co-sponsored by the N.H. Historic Agricultural Structures Advisory Committee, the N.H. Preservation Alliance and the N.H. Division of Historical Resources.
“New Models for Saving Historic Farm Properties” will be offered on Friday, February 3, from 12 – 2 pm in the Hale Room. As long-standing patterns of family ownership yield to economic necessity, many of New Hampshire’s most historic and scenic farm properties are being offered for sale with little assurance that they will remain as signature elements of their community’s heritage and economy. How can these historic agricultural properties be saved from becoming house lots or highways, and how might current trends affect outcomes? What can be done to include historic structures in business plans and conservation efforts? What economic models and partnerships are logical in such efforts? This roundtable discussion will present promising new efforts and explore strategies to blend conservation, preservation and agriculture. Case studies will include Battles Farm, Bradford; Dimond Hill Farm, Concord; Putnam Farm, Cornish; Town of Lee; and Goss Farm, Rye. The audience will be invited to share other examples as well.
Panelists include Steve Taylor, former NH Commissioner of Agriculture; John Porter, UNH Cooperative Extension; preservationist Linda Ray Wilson; and Jennifer Goodman, Executive Director, NH Preservation Alliance.
Sponsors for the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance’s programs include the Otto Fund of the NH Charitable Foundation, PSNH, and The 1772 Foundation with additional support from Arnold M. Graton Associates, Inc., Bedard Preservation & Restoration, LLC, Ian Blackman, LLC, Farms & Barns, Fifield Building Restoration & Relocation, Frank R. Whittemore Builder, Innerglass Window Systems, NH Humanities Council, North Country Door, Inc., R & T Electric, Selectwood, Sunrise Woodworks, Woods & Co. Civil Engineering.
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