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For Immediate Release: March 28, 2008
Building Doctors Will Be Making Rounds In Bexley April 24-25, 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Bexley Historical Society, City of Bexley, and the Ohio Historic Preservation Office of the Ohio Historical Society will sponsor a Building Doctor Clinic for old-building owners in the Bexley, Ohio, area on April 24-25, 2008.
The clinic features Building Doctors Mariangela Pfister and Mark Epstein of the Ohio Historic Preservation Office.
It begins with a free seminar on Thursday, April 24, from 7-9 p.m. at the Jeffrey Mansion, 165 N. Parkview Ave., Bexley. Open to all old-building owners in the area, the seminar will feature guidelines for renovation projects and ways to solve some of the most common problems of buildings dating from 1800 to 1955.
On Friday, April 25, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Pfister and Epstein will be available to visit pre-1955 buildings within five miles of downtown Bexley, advising owners on specific technical or design problems by appointment. The on-site consultations are free.
The ‘doctors’ examine all kinds of older buildings. Some of the things that typically call for an on-site examination include persistent peeling paint or flaking plaster, a wet basement, deteriorating masonry, and plans for remodeling, additions, or demolitions.
Pfister, technical preservation services manager for the Ohio Historic Preservation Office, manages the Building Doctor program, answers questions about care of older buildings, and works with applicants for a federal Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credit and the Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit. She has developed a wood conservation presentation, has written articles on preservation topics, and has worked on a series of fact sheets entitled Fast Facts on common old-building maintenance issues. Pfister holds a master’s degree in history from The Ohio State University and bachelor’s degrees in history, English, and secondary education from Capital University.
Epstein heads the Resource Protection and Review Department of the Ohio Historic Preservation Office. He has a master’s degree in city and regional planning from The Ohio State University and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the American University. Epstein has served as an assistant to the German Village Commission in Columbus, assistant editor for the Journal of Planning Literature, and writer and editor for Wilson Business Abstracts. He serves on the Bexley Historical Society’s board of trustees and the Bexley Technology Commission.
The seminar and visits from the Building Doctors are free. Advance registration is required.
To register, visit www.building-doctor.org or call toll free 1-800-499-2470. For more information contact Nancy Beck of the Bexley Historical Society, (614) 559-4360 or info@bexleyhistory.org.
Bexley launches the 30th season of Building Doctor Clinics in Ohio. The first Building Doctor Clinic was held in Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1979. Since then, more than 240 clinics for old-building owners have been held in communities throughout Ohio. Six more clinics are planned this year, including Zoar, May 1-2; Deerfield, May 22-23; Findlay, September 11-12; Burton, September 25-26; Botkins and Anna, October 9-10; and Cambridge, October 23-24.
The Building Doctor program is made possible in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Historic Preservation Fund, administered by the Ohio Historic Preservation Office of the Ohio Historical Society. Each clinic is made possible by support from local cosponsors, as well.
The Ohio Historic Preservation Office is Ohio’s official historic preservation agency. A part of the Ohio Historical Society, it identifies historic places in Ohio, nominates properties to the National Register of Historic Places, reviews federally-assisted projects for effects on historic, architectural, and archaeological resources in Ohio, consults on the conservation of older buildings and sites, and offers educational programs and publications.
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Media contact: Tom Wolf: 614.297.2000 or twolf@ohiohistory.org
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