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Zoar Community Association and the Ohio Historic Preservation Office of the Ohio Historical
Society will sponsor a Building Doctor Clinic for old-building owners in the Zoar, Ohio, area on
May 1-2, 2008.
The clinic features Building Doctors Mariangela Pfister and Justin of the Ohio Historic
Preservation Office.
It begins with a free seminar on Thursday, May 1, from 7-9 p.m. at the Zoar Schoolhouse on Foltz
St. in Zoar. 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, May 2, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Pfister and Cook will be available to visit pre-1955
buildings within five miles of Zoar, advising owners on specific technical or design problems by
appointment. The on-site consultations are free.
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.
Cook, history reviews manager, has a bachelor’s degree in classics from the University of
Pittsburgh and a master’s degree in historic preservation from the University of Vermont, with
post-baccalaureate studies in history at the University of North Florida and urban and regional
planning at the University of Florida. He reviews federally-assisted projects for effects on
historic properties.
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.
To register, visit www.building-doctor.org or call toll free
1-800-499-2470. For more information contact Diane M. Geis
of the Zoar Community Association, (330) 874-3181, or geis@wilkshire.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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Contact Tom Wolf, Public Education Manager, Ohio Historic Preservation Office, (614) 298-2000, or
via e-mail: twolf@ohiohistory.org
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