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For Immediate Release
'Building Doctors' Will Be Making Rounds In Findlay September 11-12, 2008
(COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 11, 2008) – The Historic Preservation Guild of Hancock County and the Ohio Historic Preservation Office of the Ohio Historical Society will sponsor a Building Doctor Clinic for old-building owners in the Findlay, Ohio, area on September 11-12, 2008.
The clinic features Building Doctors Judith L. Kitchen and Mark Epstein of the Ohio Historic Preservation Office.
It begins with a free seminar on Thursday, September 11, from 7-9 p.m. at the Hancock Historical Museum, 422 W. Sandusky St., Findlay. 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, September 12, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Kitchen and Epstein will be available to visit pre-1955 buildings within five miles of Findlay, 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.
Kitchen heads the Technical Preservation Services Department, which advises on the care of older buildings and reviews applications for federal and state rehabilitation tax credits. She holds degrees in architecture, architectural history and business administration from the University of Virginia and The Ohio State University and has taught American architectural history and historic preservation courses at Ohio State for many years. She has written extensively on the subject of rehabilitating old and historic buildings, including the Old-Building Owner's Manual (Ohio Historical Society, 1983) and Caring for Your Old House (The Preservation Press, 1991).
Epstein heads the Resource Protection and Review Department. 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 seminars and visits from the Building Doctors are free, but advance registration is required.
To register, visit www.building-doctor.org or call toll free 1-800-499-2470. For more information, contact Jill Taber of Findlay, (419) 423-2415 or mysilvervette@sbcglobal.net.
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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