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Notes of Past Meetings

2006

2005

December 2004

November 2004

October 2004

September 2004

July 2004 -- see Sept. 2004

June 2004

May 2004

April 2004

March 2004

February 2004

January 2004

December 2003

November 2003

October 2003

September 2003

July 2003

June 2003

May 2003

April 2003

March 2003

February 2003

January 2003

2002 and earlier notes

BSA Historic Resources Committee Archive

Date and featured topic at the meeting

2010

March Marie Sorensen, "Beyond the Conservators' Yardstick: Care, Exigency, and Opportunity in the Re-use of Industrial Buildings and Sites"

February John Wathne, ASTM C1713-10, Standard Specification of Mortars for the Repair of Historic Masonry

January  Ivan Myjer and John Walsh: Assessment and Analysis of the Carved Stonework at the Mission San Jose, San Antonio, TX

2009

December Gregory Colling and Sara Wermiel, The architecture of Robert Mills's early 1830s custom houses and the solid masonry system of fireproof construction used to build these structures

November HRC members' recent work: Deane Rykerson, Susan Brauner, Gregory Colling, Henry Moss, and others...

October Jean Carroon and her teammates from Goody Clancy, Sustainable Design at the McCormack Federal Courthouse and Post Office

September Kelly Streeter (Vertical Access) and Natalie Wampler (Mount Auburn Cemetery), Recording Mount Auburn

July Sally Zimmerman and Kate Preissler: Modern Houses Database Project, Preliminary Findings

June Susan Ceccacci: Discoveries Made: Researching a Book on the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District in Worcester

May Rob Olson on Alterations to the Somerset Club

April Ned Goodell's compelling account of his eponymous grandfather's early Modernist architectural practice, his experience during the Great Depression, and his collision with McCarthyism

March Historic Industrial Landscapes

February Member projects -- digital potluck; sustainable design meets historic preservation

January Jeffrey Gonyeau, Historic Boston, Historic Neighborhood Centers Program

2008

December Glazing Replacement in Historic Facades

November Bill Remsen, Save Program, Cyprus, USAID

October Bill Steelman, Essex National Heritage Area, Heritage Development

September Ben Haavik, Historic New England's Team Leader for Property Care, and Erin Knerr, Kress Fellow, Environmental Systems at Historic New England (HNE) Properties

July Matt Formicola, Graham Gund Architects, with Andrea Gilmore, Building Conservation Associates, "The Chestnut Hill Waterworks Project"

June Ellen Lipsey, Executive Director, Boston Landmarks Commission & Stephen Stowell, Administrator, Lowell Historic Board; Design guidelines for mixed commercial/residential historic districts

May Deane Rykerson, Rehabilitation of the 1737-38 Hancock-Clarke House, Lexington, MA

April Arthur MacLeod, Brick growth due to freezing in the Fuller Memorial Bell Tower

March Members works in progress

February John Wathne, ASTM ASTM C 12.03.03 & Mortars for the Preservation of Masonry

January Shaun Provencher, Mass. DCR, Stone Features in Landscapes

2007

December Members' recent projects

November Emerson College: Campus Heritage Survey. Getty Grant Film

October Sara Wermiel, Lighthouse Construction Types

September Ric Detwiller, Understanding and Dating Construction of 17th-19th Century Wood Dwellings in New England

July Richard L'Heureux, Mass. CCP, Historic Courthouses and Today's Courts

June John Fidler, Preservation accreditation, training and crafts skills development in England - lessons for the USA?

May Jean Caroon, Sustainable Design and Historic Buildings

April Bill Barry, New Orleans Recovery

March Susan Keats and Matthew Bronski, Wright-Locke-Hamilton Farm, Winchester, including a brief tie-in with a CPA/Schools debate

February Henry Moss Sustainable Preservation-Masonry Insulation Case Study

January Philip Westover, Enemies of Timber: a primer on wood deterioration issues

2006

December 2006 Lisa Howe, Sever Hall Exterior Restoration

November 2006 Member discussion, Advocacy in the Dark: Timing problems with demolition or major alterations by institutional owners

October 2006 David Fixler, Restoration and Reconstruction Approaches for Modern Buildings

September 2006 Jeanne Van Orman, Brooklyn Museum's new entrance and plaza

July 2006 Wayne Towle, Fine Wood Finishes

June 2006 HRC members' projects of interest -- digital potluck

May 2006 Providence Preservation Society: Vance Freymann, Trustee, and Jack Gold, Executive Director

April 2006 Archdiocese of Boston, Property Disposition -- Marilyn Fenollosa

March 2006 Heritage at Risk on the Gulf Coast - updates from the field: Bill Barlow, Bill Barry, Ed Moll, Beth Nathan, and John Wathne

February 2006 Preserving Historic Roads and Parkways in Massachusetts - Wendy Pearl and Jessica Rowcroft of DCR

January 2006 Joint Session with BSA Access Committee

2005

December 2005 Storefront renovations - Chuck Parrott and Jillian Adams

November 2005 H. H. Richardson's Brookline House preservation - Allan Galper

October 2005 Lowell mill development - Stephen Stowell

September 2005 Massachusetts Historical Commission: the next five years - Christopher Skelly

July 2005 Issues raised by HRC members' recent work

June 2005 Challenges of Rehabilitating the Twentieth Century Building Envelope - Matthew Bronski

May 2005 Perspectives on international preservation - Philip Marshall

April 2005 Expansion underground - Jack Glassman

March 2005 Window hardware - Michael Lynch: overview of hardward used to hold up and fasten double-hung windows

February 2005 Preservation Planning for the United Nations Headquarters - David Fixler

January 2005 Roof/top of buildings additions in historic context

2004

December 2004 Vapor Drive 101: Sean O'Brien, a mechanical engineer at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger who specializes in building envelope issues, presented a primer on the fundamentals of moisture migration through building envelopes.

November 2004 Building additions, the sequel. More presentation and analysis of additions to historic buildings.

October 2004 The architecture of additions: Henry Moss introduced the new year's committee focus on design issues tied to historic preservation

September 2004 Ernest Hemingway estate museum, San Francisco de Paula: Henry Moss showed pictures of the site, buildings, and interior settings for the extensive Hemingway collection at Finca Vigia

July 2004 Department of Conservation & Recreation, Historic Landscape Programs: At its July meeting, the committee discussed the broad, grass-roots nature of DCR's historic landscape survey and grant programs.

June 2004 Orchard House, Concord - The Movie: David Hart presented "The Restoration of Orchard House, 1999-2003," a video he wrote and directed that documents the renovations to Orchard House in Concord.

May 2004 The Modern House in New England: David Fixler presented an illustrated chronology of the development of modern houses in New England.

April 2004 Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, Library, Envelope Repairs and Restoration: Carl Jay of Shawmut Design and Construction, Mark Jarvinen of Boston Building Consultants, and Catherine Truman of Ann Beha & Partners presented the restorations they have made to Louis Kahn's library.

March 2004 Stained Glass Basics for Architects and Other Novices – Lyn Hovey presented a crash course in the basics of stained glass repairs and restoration.

February 2004 Pantages Theater Rehabilitation/Reconstruction, Minneapolis: John Hecker, returned to Boston after long years in Minnesota, showed us how he transformed a ruined and forgotten box along a dubious city street into a glorious recreation of an historic vaudeville theater.

January 2004 Committee members' current projects