National Register of Historic Places and African American Sites
Wednesday, June 8th – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Ohio has hundreds of important historic sites related to under represented communities: Ohio Green Book properties and other Civil Rights related properties from the 19th and 20th century. This webinar will provide the background and knowledge to encourage more conversations in the field of preservation in relation to underserved communities. Diamond will also touch on two specific projects King Records and the Harriet Beecher Stowe House.
We will discuss the National Register of Historic places and illuminating the importance of underrepresented communities in preservation. This webinar also examines The National Park Service Underrepresented Communities Grant.
Our Presenter
Diamond Crowder, Underrepresented Communities Survey & National Register at the State Historic Preservation Office. Diamond has a B.A. and M.A. in History, University of Toledo (with major areas of study Early American History, African American History, and Women and Gender History) and is currently finishing her doctoral dissertation that specifically focuses on African American women post Emancipation (University of Cincinnati).
African American Civil Rights Movement in Ohio Webinar
Wednesday, June 12th – 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
Expand your knowledge about the African American Civil Rights Movement in Ohio and learn about documenting the connection between people and events defining the movement and significant places where its history happened. Barbara Powers with the State Historic Preservation Office will share information about their project to project to research, document, and assist in the preservation of historic properties associated with African American history and the Civil Rights Movement in Ohio during the 20th century. The webinar will present important themes, individuals and organizations defining the Civil Rights Movement as well as buildings and sites associated with the history of the movement. Participants will learn how to get started nominating historic properties associated with the Civil Rights Movement to the National Register of Historic Places.
Speaker
Barbara Powers
Barbara Powers, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer for Inventory and Registration for the State Historic Preservation Office of the Ohio History Connection, has 37 years of experience with historic survey and the National Register of Historic Places programs in Ohio. Powers serves on the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center Commission. She was the state coordinator for the Society of Architectural Historians online publication Archipedia Classic Buildings. Published works include “Ohio’s Pride, the Art and Architecture of the Ohio State Office Building” in Timeline, a publication of the Ohio History Connection; “Louis Bromfield’s Big House at Malabar Farm: Form Follows Fiction” in Recreating the American Past, Essays on the Colonial Revival published by the University of Virginia Press and “The Architecture of the Ohio Governor’s Residence” in Our First Family’s Home published by Ohio University Press. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Miami University and a Master’s in Architectural History with a certificate in Historic Preservation from the University of Virginia.
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