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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Downtown Wapakoneta Partnership, Auglaize County Historical Society, and the
Ohio Historic Preservation Office of the Ohio Historical Society will sponsor a Building Doctor
Clinic for old-building owners in the Wapakoneta, Ohio, area on April 26-27, 2007.
The clinic features Building Doctors Judith Kitchen and Mariangela Pfister of the Ohio Historic Preservation
Office.
It begins with a free seminar on Thursday, April 26, from 7-9 p.m. at All About Thyme@Generations,
101 W. Auglaize St., Wapakoneta. 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 27, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Pfister and Kitchen will be available to visit pre-1955
buildings within five miles of downtown Wapakoneta, 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 holds degrees in architecture, architectural history, and business administration from the
University of Virginia and The Ohio State University. As technical preservation services manager
for the Ohio Historic Preservation Office, she reviews applications for a federal Rehabilitation
Investment Tax Credit and provides design assistance to Ohio’s Main Street communities. An adjunct
professor of architecture at Ohio State, she teaches American architectural history and historic
preservation and has written extensively on 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, a historian, manages the Building Doctor program, answers questions from the public about
care of older buildings, and works with applicants for the Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credit.
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 Rachel Barber of Wapakoneta, (419) 738-9328 or
rachel@auglaizecountyhistory.org.
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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