National Historic Preservation Month Activities!
May is National Historic Preservation Month and Heritage Ohio is gearing up to celebrate all month long! Here are some of the awesome ways you can celebrate this month with us. Several of the listed activities have been approved for continuing education through AIA and some are HSW.
Activites
Apr 29 Preservation Month Photo Contest Entries Due!
May 3 Preservation Month Webinar Series: Teaching Walls to Talk
May 6 Old House Fair Reception
May 7 Old House Fair
May 7 Preservation Month Photo Contest Voting Opens
May 10 Preservation Month Webinar Series: Building Pathology
May 13 Preservation Month Photo Contest Voting Closes
May 16 Preservation Month Photo Contest Winner Announced
May 18 Preservation Month Webinar Series: Discovering Ohio’s Architecture
May 19 Tiffin Dollars and Sense of Building Rehabilitation Workshop
May 24 Preservation Month Webinar Series: Reading the Rural Landscape
May 31 Preservation Trivia Night (POSTPONED TO JULY 20TH!)
Be an Advocate for Preservation
Celebrate Preservation Month by speaking up for the places that matter most to you through the National Trust for Historic Preservation campaign This Place Matters. Download the materials and take pictures in the places that matter most to you, then share your pictures with #ThisPaceMatters.
Our 2015 Preservation Month Photo Contest winner, Judith Khaner, captured the architectural beauty of The Arcade in Cleveland
Hello. I am writing to you concerning cemetery preservation issues in the state of Ohio. More specifically, what types of funding are available to those seeking to conduct cemetery / gravestone preservation and restoration work at cemeteries in Ohio where funds are needed for supplies, training, and hiring of professionals to lead volunteers and others with tasks such as cleaning, repairing and resetting gravestones. There is such a great need for this type of work at many of Ohio’s cemeteries; both active and inactive and abandoned cemeteries in both rural and city environments.
Too much history has already been lost at Ohio’s cemeteries, and more and more people are realizing this fact and seeking ways to restore what is possible and improve the condition of cemetery grounds and gravesites. Quite often levies are either not enough or not there at all and cemeteries are dependent upon private donations for their ongoing maintenance care. Sadly, little to no funds are left over for anything further than conducting basic mowing.
I look forward to hearing more about Heritage Ohio and how it can help those who are seeking help with improving Ohio’s cemeteries. Thank you.
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