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The Old Plat Association, Huron Public Library, Cardinal House Bed & Breakfast, and the Ohio
Historic Preservation Office of the Ohio Historical Society will sponsor a Building Doctor Clinic
for old-building owners in the Huron, Ohio, area on May 14-15, 2009.
The clinic features Building Doctors Judith L. Kitchen and Mariangela Pfister of the Ohio Historic
Preservation Office.
It begins with a free seminar on Thursday, May 14, from 7-9 p.m. at the Huron Public Library,
333 Williams St., Huron. 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 15, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Kitchen and Pfister will be available to visit pre-1955
buildings within five miles of downtown Huron, 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).
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 continues to work 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.
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 Lisa Yako of Huron, (419) 433-6233 or
old.plat@gmail.com.
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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