About the Symposium: The Washington, DC Chapter of the Association for Preservation Technology is pleased to announce its Fall 2024 Symposium. This year’s theme is Monuments and Memorials.

Throughout the Chapter’s region, which encompasses Washington, DC; Virginia; Maryland; West Virginia; and parts of Delaware, hundreds of monuments and memorials have been erected to commemorate iconic and influential people and events that have shaped the cultural identity of the region and country. Further, our buildings become monuments themselves when they become engrained in our cultural heritage. This symposium will focus on the preservation and stewardship of these monuments and memorials and demonstrate how preservation is able to contribute to the protection, promotion, and reflection on these testaments to collective history and identity.

The Symposium will include eight paper presentations, related walking tours, and an optional happy hour. This year’s Symposium is available for in-person and virtual attendees.

Agenda:

About the Venue: 

We encourage attendees to use public transportation, such as metrorail, to reach this event; metered street and private garage parking is also available in the area. We will be reserving space in a nearby bar for an optional happy hour following the paper presentations and tour.

Registration Fees: 

Registration includes full breakfast and lunch, AIA CEUs, APT DC swag, and a walking tour. A separate happy hour ticket includes drinks and light snacks following the Symposium program. Please join us for both!

Continuing Education: 6.0 LU|HSW AIA CES credits approved (5.0 for the presentation sessions and 1.0 for the walking tour). Please include your AIA number at time of registration.

Volunteer Cleaning Day at Oak Hill Cemetery (9/21): Join APT DC on Saturday, September 21 for a volunteer cleaning event at Oak Hill Cemetery. Space is limited and separate registration is required. Click here for full details.

Please contact symposium@aptdc.org if you have any questions.

For session details, please click here.

Image credit: Oak Hill Cemetery

Join APT DC for a volunteer cleaning event at Oak Hill Cemetery!

APT DC is partnering with Oak Hill Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation and Prosoco to clean some of the historic monuments and memorials at the cemetery.

Lunch will be provided.

Four (4) AIA LU Credits are available for this event.

About Oak Hill Cemetery:
Oak Hill Cemetery is located in the center of historic Georgetown, a unique neighborhood founded in 1751. Oak Hill Cemetery is home to the historic Gothic Revival Renwick Chapel, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, designed by James Renwick. A landmark home to many famous Washingtonians and those who were influential in the country’s history. Neighboring Dumbarton Oaks, Dumbarton House, and Montrose Park, the main entrance is at the corner of 30th and R Street.

For more information on Oak Hill Cemetery please visit oakhillcemetery.org.

INDUSTRY ANNOUNCEMENT
The information below is provided as a courtesy.
Please reach out to the specified organization with questions.

For more information please visit www.ptn.org.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

FOR THE 2024

INTERNATIONAL PRESERVATION
TRADES WORKSHOP

OCTOBER 10-12TH

HOSTED BY Re:Purpose Savannah

2302 EAST GWINNETT STREET

SAVANNAH, GA 31404

The Preservation Trades Network invites you to the 26th annual International Preservation Trades Workshop in Savannah, Georgia, from October 10-12, 2024.

Converging at Re:Purpose Savannah, the three-day event features hands-on demonstrations from experts in the traditional building trades, including carpentry, timber framing, stone and brick masonry, plastering, roofing, and much more!

Attendees will meet and mingle with industry-leading professionals and learn from the masters.

Visit the IPTW 2024 page for details on lodging, pre-conference workshops, sessions, and more!

REGISTER NOW!

Join APT DC and the Tidewater and Big Bend Foundation for a day of historic home tours in New Kent County, VA. Tour three historic homes in different stages of restoration by the Tidewater and Big Bend Foundation; Mount Stirling, South Garden and Hampstead. The Tidewater and Big Bend Foundation will be hosting the tours with participation from a consultant at Colonial Williamsburg and an architect for some of the homes. 

Continuing Education: 3.0 LU AIA CES credits approved. Please include your AIA number at time of registration. 

The Homes

Exact locations of the homes will be shared after registration. Please see the map of the homes below for their general locations. 

MOUNT STIRLING is a 1851 Greek Revival residence that is currently under construction for rehabilitation. 

SOUTH GARDEN is a circa 1820 wood frame dwelling that is currently under construction for rehabilitation. 

HAMPSTEAD is a 1825 Greek Revival residence including 19th-century office, icehouse, agriculture building and ruins of a granary and kitchen. Hampstead is currently under construction for rehabilitation. 

Before the Event: Networking before the event will be at Hampstead beginning at 10:00 AM with coffee and pastries. A short presentation by Tidewater and Big Bend Foundation will start at 10:30 AM. 

Home Tours: Each home tour will be approximately 1-hour. Hampstead tour will begin at 11 AM. South Garden tour will begin at 12:30 PM. Mount Stirling tour will begin at 2 PM. 

Lunch: A bagged lunch will be provided.

After The Event: After the home tour at Mount Stirling, there will be a happy hour from 3:00-5:00pm located at Mount Stirling. Light food and drinks will be served. 

Parking: Parking is available at each house. Carpooling from each house is encouraged. 

If you need a ride to the homes or are willing to have others ride with you, please note on the registration form.

About Our Host: 

The Tidewater and Big Bend Foundation is a Texas 501(c)3 nonprofit, founded and endowed by John B. Poindexter in late 2020. The Foundation acquires, restores, reconstructs and preserves significant historical structures and expansive rural landscapes in the Big Bend region of West Texas and Tidewater, Virginia. 

The Foundation expects to interact with the public primarily through tours, but also by offering seminars, academic discussions and special events. Guided excursions in the form of nature walks, garden exhibitions and access to working farms and forests are anticipated.

Register today – space is limited to 30 for this event.